Niki Skene

Exponential Growth Expert, Storyteller

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Niki Skene Biography

Niki Skene is a serial entrepreneur, author, and “Super-Connector,” dedicated to bringing together curious minds to spark growth and innovation. As the founder of “Conference on Wheels,” he orchestrates immersive journeys to innovation hubs like Silicon Valley, New York, London, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Hongkong/Shenzhen, and Dubai, creating unparalleled opportunities for leaders to connect with visionary thinkers and transformative ideas. Author of “The Future is Obvious”, Skene explores future scenarios in industries like automotive, energy, health, food, and relationships, helping navigate change with clarity and confidence. With a passion for managing curiosity and crafting meaningful interactions, his programs are designed to inspire Aha-moments that lead to personal and professional growth. Through a dynamic career spanning advertising, exponential strategies, and speaker coaching, Skene continues to empower leaders by fostering connections that make a lasting impact.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/05/2025.

Niki Skene Speaking Topics

  • The Future is Obvious: Anticipating Change Before the Headlines Hit

    The future doesn’t arrive overnight—it leaves breadcrumbs. In The Future is Obvious, Niki Skene invites you to tune your radar to the weak signals that precede massive change. Drawing on years of curating Silicon Valley immersion programs, he explores how to anticipate what’s next before it becomes news. A central element of the talk is the anatomy of exponential organizations—how they think, scale, and disrupt entire industries. You’ll learn the patterns behind 10x growth, the mindset that fuels adaptability, and the structural levers used by today’s most agile companies. Through real-world examples and provocative insights, Niki makes the future feel less like a mystery—and more like a design challenge. Ideal for leaders and teams who want to shift from reactive to proactive and become architects of their own transformation.

  • Designing Curiosity: How to Create Cultures That Ask Better Questions

    Curiosity isn’t a soft skill—it’s the engine of innovation. But most organizations are optimized for answers, not questions. In Designing Curiosity, Niki Skene explores how to reverse that trend and design teams, systems, and leadership models that thrive on not knowing. Drawing from his work with innovation tours, corporate workshops, and education reform, he shows how to move from a culture of execution to a culture of exploration. The talk includes real-world examples, curiosity design principles, and questions that unlock potential in people and products. Ideal for leaders, educators, and culture builders who want to future-proof their organization by building a question-asking, learning-loving team. Curiosity didn’t kill the cat—it built the rocket.

  • From Insight to Stage: The Art and Science of Transformative Talks

    A great talk doesn’t start with slides—it starts with understanding your audience. In From Insight to Stage, Niki Skene shares his proven framework for crafting TED-style talks that captivate, connect, and convert. You’ll learn how to profile your audience like a strategist, shape your message like a storyteller, and deliver it like a seasoned performer. From finding the one idea worth sharing to using simple stage hacks that boost confidence and clarity, this keynote is both inspirational and highly practical. Whether you’re preparing for a keynote, a pitch, or a crucial internal message, Niki equips you with the tools to go beyond informing—to truly transforming your audience. Ideal for thought leaders, executives, and changemakers who want to leave a lasting impression—on stage or off.

  • The Flipped Conference: Learning Through Conversation, Not Consumption

    Most conferences are passive marathons of bullet points and buzzwords. The Flipped Conference turns that model upside down. Based on Niki Skene’s Conference on Wheels format, this talk explores a new way of learning—through dialogue, not download. What if we stopped treating knowledge as a one-way stream and started treating it as a co-creative experience? In this keynote, Niki unpacks the mechanics of meaningful interaction, shows how to curate environments where participants become protagonists, and shares lessons from years of “conference tourism” in the world’s top innovation hubs. Expect a mix of mindset shift, method, and practical tools to help leaders, educators, and event designers create gatherings people remember—not because of what they heard, but because of what they discovered together.

Niki Skene Videos

  • Silicon Valley Mindset with Niki Skene - SEF’25
    “Linear thinking doesn’t see the future—experiments do.” On the Founders Stage at SEF’25, Niki Skene, innovator and futurist, broke down...
  • Niki Skene | TEDxDonauinsel
    Embracing ‘I don’t know’ in leadership.
  • Niki Skene | The Creativity Conference
    Anticipatory Creativity

Niki Skene Books

  • The Future is Obvious: Future scenarios from a traveler through the world's leading innovation hubs
    The Future is Obvious: Future scenarios from a traveler through the world's leading innovation hubs

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Niki Skene is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Future is Obvious: Anticipating Change Before the Headlines Hit, Designing Curiosity: How to Create Cultures That Ask Better Questions, From Insight to Stage: The Art and Science of Transformative Talks and The Flipped Conference: Learning Through Conversation, Not Consumption. The estimated speaking fee range to book Niki Skene for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Niki Skene generally travels from DubaiUnited Arab Emirates and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are R "Ray" Wang, Afdhel Aziz, Josh Linkner, Mike Walsh and Adam Markel. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Niki Skene for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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