Peripheral Thinking™:
Secret Leadership Skills of the Top 1%
International speaker, bestselling author, board advisor, and "Innovation Whisperer," Paul Daniels shares the power of Peripheral Thinking™. You'll learn the secret super-skill that inventive leaders have used for centuries to challenge convention, innovate at will, find multiple paths to growth, and succeed in any market condition.
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Testimonials
"…thought-provoking … incredibly relevant to the challenges and opportunities of our time. Paul Daniels, Jr. skillfully wove together real-world examples, compelling anecdotes, and actionable takeaways, creating a narrative that resonated with everyone in the audience. …informative… a call to action… inspiring us to embrace change and strive for excellence."
- Donna Orn, VP of Operations, Texas Urban Living Realty
“Best speech ever. Just hours after the keynote, a team applied Peripheral Thinking™ to create a new client strategy. The strategy won! A 10X ROI in less than two weeks.”
– EVP Leadership Development, Fortune Global 500 Tech Company
"Paul Daniels’ keynote was outstanding! Time flew by, and our participants are still talking about it. Paul and his message are engaging, thought-provoking, and inspiring! We’ll have him deliver another keynote soon."
– Jeremiah McGuire, Vice President, Sales & Strategy for WebMD/Krames
"Paul's speech is one of the most popular to date. Paul's insights on Peripheral Thinking™ is paradigm-shifting. And for me, his message applies to my professional and personal life. I can't wait to have him speak at another event."
– Ray Green, Founder, and CEO of RJG & Co.
Paul opened our eyes to a new way of thinking. The audience response has been fantastic. Paul is amazing. Book him for your event. I’m glad I did.
- Lou Bortone, CEO, The Video Godfather
Keynotes and Workshops
Peripheral Thinking™: How to be the Disruptor, not the disrupted.
Disruption often comes from outside. Disruptors find opportunities that industry insiders can’t or won’t. While companies worldwide have improved their agility and adaptability, these skills are still reactive. Disruptors use Peripheral Thinking™ to proactively change the landscape that the disrupted must adapt to. You’ll learn the secret skills that history’s disruptors use to thrive in any market condition. You can be the Disruptor or the disrupted. Your choice.
Peripheral Thinking™: How to challenge convention to thrive in any environment.
Conventional wisdom and industry best practices are often defined by the industry’s leaders and subject matter experts. While the advice is well-intentioned, without a broad set of experiences, it will be from narrow perspectives. There’s a secret set of super-skills innovative leaders have used for centuries to challenge convention and set new standards for success. You’ll learn the one skill they all have in common, and you’ll have it for the rest of your life.
Peripheral Thinking™: The skill every CEO needs to future-proof their business.
When facing unexpected changes, some CEOs ignore them, expecting problems to pass by. Others muscle their way through, coming out the other side having adapted but with little sustainable improvement. Then there are the few. These leaders do more than come up with a fix. They innovate before and beyond obstacles. Every Time! Learn how to use indicators from unrelated industries to identify coming changes and build a repository of action-ready solutions to future-proof your business.
Peripheral Thinking™: The sales professional’s secret weapon.
Relationships and Perspectives are paramount for successful sales professionals. Building relationships requires confidence when working with people from various backgrounds, industries, cultures, and countries. Applying multiple perspectives from everyday experiences creates unique, highly engaging, and insightful interactions with clients and prospects. Peripheral Thinking™ helps sales professionals quickly develop strategies that outpace the competition, delight clients, and secure long-term relationships.
Peripheral Thinking™: [Your Event Title or Theme].
Paul customizes his thought-provoking keynote to address your event’s theme. He guides your audience on an engaging journey of discovery. Using research, stories, statistics, and client successes, Paul will inspire you to think, feel, and act differently. He exposes a secret super-skill found innately in only ~10% of the population but in many of the world’s most prolific inventors, corporate pioneers, mathematicians, rocket scientists, and artists. Refined from four decades of work with clients in 31 industries and 27 countries on six continents, Paul shares this super-skill in a way anyone can use to create new perspectives that transform individuals, leaders, companies, and industries.
Engage | Challenge | Inspire
Known as the “Innovation Whisperer,” Paul’s keynote is decidedly different than “traditional presentations.” From butterflies to bicycles. Global history to modern healthcare. High fashion to high-tech. Participants travel on an engaging journey and learn the one critical skill for innovation and sustained growth.
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Recent Interviews
The Jeff Crilley Show with Emmy Award-Winning Reporter Jeff Crilley
Masters of Leadership with Laura Perez-Ehrheart
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Office Hours Live (LinkedIn Learning) with Drew Boyd
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Inventive Experts with Devin Miller
The B2B CEO Show with Moby Hayat
Growth Igniters® Radio-2022 & 2023 with Pam and Scott Harper
The Mindset Zone with Ana Melikian
Let’s Keep It Real with Sandy Joy Weston
The COO’s Corner with Tamar Nelson
A Brave New Podcast with Josh Dougherty
The Thoughtful Entrepreneur with Josh Elledge
Building to Scale with Jeff Chastain
Leading2Sales with Brett Williams
Collective Genius for Entrepreneurs with Bernell Taylor
Repeatable Revenue with Ray Green
Manufacturing Supply Chain CEOs with Martin Harshberger