Josh Sundquist.
Josh Sundquist.
Josh Sundquist. Josh Sundquist.
His fascinating and hilarious keynotes spark the joy of creativity as they demystify the creative process.
Audience members discover their inner innovator regardless of their job title. Josh takes your group on a narrative-driven journey of storytelling and aha-moments that will leave them buzzing with fresh thinking and new ideas to disrupt the marketplace.
Takeaways
Takeaways
Takeaways Takeaways
Innovation Cycle
Notice What Works,
Then Work It
After losing a leg to childhood cancer, Josh became a user and innovator of mobility devices and technology. His crutch review videos and tutorials have been a leading resource for mobility aid users for over a decade. He recently partnered with Össur, a mobility technology company, to help refine and promote the world’s first motor-powered microprocessor controlled prosthetic knee. Through fascinating case studies based on personal experience, Josh shows that the future is now…so now is the time to start leaning into the future.
All Work Is Creative Work
Innovation is not an activity for loan creative geniuses. Innovation is simply a matter of noticing what’s working—or not working—then working on that. Innovation is taking two existing ideas and putting them together in a new way.
Josh teaches conference goers not to put “lightning bolt ideas” on a pedestal. Don’t wait to be (or expect to be) struck by a mystical epiphany. Real innovation is in the grind. It’s an iterative, disciplined process.
Highlight. DOn’t Hide.
Differences are differentiators
“His approach is both innovative and playful, purposely dressing in a way that takes advantage of what makes him unique.”
Josh is best known for his one legged Halloween costumes, a viral phenomenon over ten years running. He recounts hilarious anecdotes and behind-the-scenes details of his annual creative process to inspire audiences to find their own personal “Halloween costumes.”
Authenticity Driven Innovation
Fake is the shortcut to failure. Authenticity is the long cut to success.
Inverted Thinking
If you get put in a box, flip it over
The sock market
Uncover your untapped or ignored resources
In the Sundquist family, orphaned socks from the drier don't get thrown away—they get adopted by Josh
Exceed expectations in an unexpected way
Innovation Elevator
To keep up his Paralympic training during the off season when ski resorts were closed, Josh used parking deck elevators as a ski lift and skated down the ramps on wheels
Find Your Solemate.
Share your shoes and collaborate creatively
If you team up with the right people, your innovations will go twice as far.
An interactive and customized keynote
Josh partners directly with you, immersing in your organization to deliver a bespoke speech with actionable insight