Dr. Keith Keating
Keynote Speaker | Workforce Futurist | Bestselling Author
A workforce futurist who helps leaders learn differently, adapt faster, and turn meaningful work into measurable value — with frameworks battle-tested inside McKinsey, HSBC, General Motors and BDO Canada.
Dr. Keith Keating is a keynote speaker, workforce futurist, and bestselling author who helps organizations learn differently, adapt faster, and unlock the full potential of their people. Twenty-five years in, he's built learning cultures inside some of the world's most demanding organizations — McKinsey, HSBC, Hearst, General Motors, Rocket Mortgage, and BDO Canada, where he currently serves as Chief Learning & Talent Officer.
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The future of work isn't coming — it's here. This keynote gives leaders the blueprint to stop reacting to disruption and start building organizations that outpace it. Ideal for C-suite forums, CHRO and talent summits, and organizational transformation events.
InquireL&D has been the most strategic function in the room and the least recognized. This keynote is the roadmap for changing that permanently — the framework learning leaders use to move from order-taker to trusted advisor and connect their work to business outcomes the C-suite already cares about.
InquireExtraordinary work gets overlooked every day — not because it lacks value, but because nobody made it visible. Based on Keith's award-winning book Hidden Value, this keynote hands leaders the Value Creation Compass and a repeatable way to prove their contribution in the language the business already speaks.
InquireEvery organization runs on boxes. Job titles. Performance ratings. Career tracks. Labels that start as descriptions and quietly become ceilings. This keynote is a four-step framework for identifying those invisible constraints and dismantling them — not as a one-time exercise, but as a new way of operating.
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