Lisa Bodell – Simplification & Innovation Speaker
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Bodell argues that complexity is quietly killing organizations' ability to innovate — and that simplicity has become the competitive advantage of our time. She gives leaders practical tools to eliminate the busywork, rules, and friction that crowd out the work that actually matters.
Drawing on her bestseller, Bodell challenges teams to turn the tables on their own assumptions — using provocation and her signature "Kill a Stupid Rule" exercise to move an organization from complacency to a culture of active, fearless thinking.
Bodell shows leaders how to make their teams genuinely AI-native — using AI as a provocateur and amplifier of human thinking rather than a replacement for judgment, and closing the gap between "we need to embrace AI" and "here's exactly how."
Bodell delivers a call for leaders to cut through contradiction and reclaim the authority to lead — replacing performative, process-choked management with clarity, focus, and the capacity to act on what matters.
Lisa Bodell is a globally recognized expert on simplification and innovation, and the founder and CEO of FutureThink, one of the world's largest sources of innovation and simplification tools and training. Since founding the firm in 2003, she has worked with leading organizations — including Google, Netflix, Pfizer, SAP, Citigroup, and the U.S. Department of National Intelligence — helping them eliminate the complexity that undermines their ability to innovate and adapt. The bestselling author of Why Simple Wins and Kill the Company, she reaches more than 100,000 people a year and ranks on the list of the Top 50 Speakers Worldwide.
A serial entrepreneur who began her career at the advertising agency Leo Burnett after earning her degree from the University of Michigan, Bodell has taught innovation at American University and Fordham, delivered a popular TED talk, and serves on advisory boards including the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council and the Association of Professional Futurists. A monthly contributor to Forbes, she is known for a high-energy, practical style — challenging the status quo while making change feel achievable, with tools audiences can use immediately.
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