Leadership Consultant, Innovation Expert & Author

Sydney, Australia

Gaia Grant Biography

Gaia Grant (PhD) is a renowned leadership consultant and keynote speaker specializing in innovation, leadership, and corporate culture. She is the co-founder of Tirian International, an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney Business School in the Discipline of Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, and Leadership Hub Chair at the For Purpose Alliance (FPA). Grant has developed key tools for fostering innovation, including the "Innovative Change Leader" Profile (iCLi) and "Polar Positioning" (PoP) tool. Her influential books include "The Innovation Race: How to change a culture to change the game" and "Who Killed Creativity?... And How Can We Get it Back?", among others.

In her extensive research, Grant focuses on sustainable innovation strategies and has presented her findings globally, including at prestigious forums like the Salesforce International Roadshow, Gartner Symposium, and Worktech International Conferences. She draws on data from interviews with over 70 global leaders and surveys of more than 1,000 respondents. Grant's corporate clients include high-profile organizations such as Google (US), JP Morgan (Asia Pacific), and Visa (US). She has also consulted for Fortune 500 companies and various not-for-profits worldwide on innovation and corporate culture.

Grant is also highly active in academia and professional development. She designs and lectures courses at the Work Integrated Learning Hub of the University of Sydney, focusing on future work cultures and sustainable business practices. Her work has been recognized with multiple university awards. Additionally, Grant contributes to major publications and has been featured in international media, including BBC and ABC TV. Together with her husband and co-author, Andrew Grant, she has traveled extensively, studying and consulting on innovation and creativity across different sectors and cultures.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/08/2025.

Gaia Grant Speaking Topics

  • Purpose-driven Innovation Leadership

    Gaia has just realised a brand-new book based her cutting edge specialised research with global innovation leaders which all leaders will be keen to hear about.

    The topic covers: ‘Why purpose-driven innovation is no longer an option’ , and ‘How to lead innovation responsibly’. Gaia addresses the paradox of how leadership teams can understand and deal with the unique competing demands when innovating responsibly, and she includes examples from interviews & research with companies such as Atlassian through to the OpenAI debacle.

  • Other topic headings can include…

    INNOVATE:

    • The Innovation Race: Becoming Future Ready. Who will win, lose and be eliminated? What does successful & sustainable Innovation look like? Includes: best practices- Countries, Companies, Cultures & Innovation Leaders.
    • Ambidextrous Leadership: Identifying Paradoxical Innovation Orientations in Teams
    • Are you an Innovative Leader? Creating agile leadership teams: Identifying ambidexterity across different occupational profiles. Innovation profiling.

    CREATE:

    • Harnessing Creative Intelligence (CQ)

      • for a Competitive Advantage.

    • Who Killed Creativity? And How to Get it Back? From the Classroom to the Boardroom.
    • The 7 Critical Creative Thinking Strategies for Designing New Innovations, & why Design Thinking often fails.

    COLLABORATE

    • The Collaboration Deception: A gamified simulation social experiment, to explore building collaborative teams in a competitive environment

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Dr Gaia Grant  (PhD) - Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, Author, Designer

Dr Gaia Grant (PhD) - Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, Author, Designer

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Gaia Grant is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Purpose-driven Innovation Leadership, Other topic headings can include…, Who Killed Creativity?... And how can we get it back?+ Harnessing Creative Intelligence (CQ) skills for a competitive business advantage: , Are you an Ambidextrous Innovation Leader? and The Innovation Paradox: Are you an innovative leader?. The estimated speaking fee range to book Gaia Grant for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Gaia Grant generally travels from Sydney, Australia and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Andrew Grant, Neal Petersen, Erik Wahl, Daymond John and Libby Gill. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Gaia Grant for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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