Think
Differently™
What if the answer isn't another answer?
What if it's a different way of thinking?
Nicola Tyler challenges leaders to see differently, think differently and act differently, turning complex challenges into new possibilities and tangible business results.
Nicola TylerStrategic Thinker | Keynote Speaker | Master Facilitator
25+ years experienceThousands of leadersInternational experienceTrained alongside Edward de Bono
The signature keynote
Think Differently™
In a world of constant change, complexity and uncertainty, leaders need more than information. They need the ability to think differently.
Nicola's signature keynote challenges audiences to examine how they think, how perception shapes decisions, and how deliberate thinking can create better possibilities, better decisions and better business results.
- 60Minute Keynote
- 90Minutes, Extended
- ∞Customised
Live visual thinking
She doesn't just present ideas. She makes people see them differently.
Nicola combines strategic insight, storytelling, humour and live visual thinking, illustrating on her iPad as she speaks, to create keynote experiences that audiences don't simply listen to. They participate in them.
Topics
What do you need your people to think differently about?
- Change
- AI
- Leadership
- Innovation
- Competition
- Customer Experience
- Value Creation
- Simplicity
- Growth
- The Future
No two audiences are the same. Nicola customises the keynote around the challenge, context and ambition of your organisation.
Design Your KeynoteWhy Nicola
A track record you can put on a stage.
25+Years in strategic thinking
ThousandsOf leaders trained
HundredsOf strategy workshops
GlobalInternational experience
de BonoTrained alongside Professor Edward de Bono
5 VenturesFounder, co-founder and partner across five businesses
GIBS | Duke CE | StellenboschFaculty and associate faculty
Progress Conference Series
In conversation with some of the world's great thinkers.
Nicola has shared stages, hosted conversations and interviewed some of the world's leading business thinkers, bringing their ideas to African audiences and translating them into practical business thinking.
Tom PetersAuthor of In Search of Excellence
Martin SeligmanFounder of positive psychology
Dave UlrichThe father of modern human resources
Liz WisemanAuthor of Multipliers™
Martin LindstromBrand and consumer behaviour authority
Robert KaplanCo-creator of the Balanced Scorecard
Ricardo SemlerPioneer of radical workplace democracy
Tara SwartNeuroscientist and executive advisor
Richard KochAuthor of The 80/20 Principle
The person behind the thinkingMeet Nicola
Nicola Tyler
Strategic Thinker. Entrepreneur. Speaker. Curious Human.
Twenty five years in the company of leaders trying to solve something genuinely difficult, working where strategy, lateral thinking, leadership and creativity meet. A fourth generation entrepreneur who is as comfortable on the shop floor as in the boardroom.
Nicola trained alongside Professor Edward de Bono, the father of lateral thinking, and is a de Bono master trainer. She is faculty and associate faculty at GIBS, Duke Corporate Education and Stellenbosch, and through the Progress Conference Series she has brought the world's great business thinkers to African audiences.
Testimonials
What happens when Nicola enters the room?
I cannot recommend Nicola highly enough and genuinely credit her as one of the primary contributors to several successful turnaround strategies I have been fortunate enough to be a part of during my tenure with TFG.
What sets Nicola apart is her innovative and fresh thinking, as well as her talent for customising her approach to cater to the unique needs and personalities of the team.
Insights
Thinking worth thinking about.
What does your organisation need to think differently about?
Tell us about your audience, your challenge and what you want people to leave thinking differently about.