Chris Deaver Keynote Speaker
- Co-Author of Brave Together & Co-Host of the popular podcast "Lead with a Question"
- Culture Shaper & Leadership Coach
- Co-founder of BraveCore
Chris Deaver's Biography
Chris Deaver is co-author of Brave Together: Lead by Design, Spark Creativity, and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation (McGraw-Hill), featured in The Next Big Idea Club (with Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Grant), as INC.’s Top 5 Books for Transforming Business, in Big Think, and Forbes. He’s a regular contributor to Fast Company, featured in The Wall Street Journal & Entrepreneur.
Deaver has had the dream career, working with inspiring teams at Apple that shaped iProducts while influencing a culture shift from “Thinking Different” to “Working Different Together.” At Disney he contributed to the people and product integrations during the acquisition phases of Marvel and Lucasfilm which lead to innovative Star Wars experiences found at theme parks.
His prior culture work at Dell was tied to the core group that started GenNext, a platform for connecting next-generation thinkers and innovators. They successfully launched a think tank and ideation event called GameChangers that continues to this day.
Chris gained his love for leadership principles when he co-founded a startup and mentoring network with Stephen Covey. Through BraveCore he continues to advise startups and coach leaders contributing to 10x growth.
Chris earned his MBA and is a guest lecturer at the Marriott School at BYU.
Chris Deaver's Speaking Topics
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The Future of Work: Being Brave Together
Many people feel overwhelmed by the world’s push to achieve more, to have more and we allow fear to hold us back. Yet, we can see a collective future powered by principles. If fear is our baseline experience—the dread of the unknown, fear of missing out, and the pain of going it alone; then to move forward we must embark on a co-creative journey. Let us demonstrate the first steps it takes to develop a co-creative mindset.
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How to Reimagine Meetings
Why are most meetings so terrible? Many of us experience meetings as downloads sessions, data dumps, with no real listening. They offer nothing inspiring, just a loaded or directionless agenda. Leaders and teams can inspire each other with brave conversations like they do at Pixar. To make this shift in your meetings we will discuss the importance of leading with questions to help a team feel more connected, activated, and aligned.
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How to Create Brave Space
A brave space makes it possible for people to experience shared flow and selfless work. It enables us to be vulnerable and respectful as we live out our creative identity. Brave space is the skunk works for today, applicable to any domain. Co-creation isn’t exclusive to leaders; anyone can engage this way as peers or colleagues or with different departments. We will show you the key principles to help ignite a culture of collaboration.
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Supercharge Culture with Co-Creation
What if we we’re brave enough to build cultures people love? Shift broken cultures into brave ones. Explore the approach it took to ignite Apple’s transformative “working different together” mantra. We offer a futuristic framework that captures the building blocks of culture. In this session, we will cover what is needed to unlock the best work of your people, helping your customers feel more connected to your brand and growing the business 10x+.
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