Growth & Learning for Leaders and Their Organizations

Evan Smith’s tailored speaking engagements bring practical, research-based neuroscience to leaders and managers.

Evan works with Kotter Inc. on large-scale change and transformation initiatives. He’s also Program Leader and a Speaker with the leadership coaching company, Box of Crayons, based in Toronto.

Evan is widely published on leadership in the blogosphere. You can read his articles at this link.

MMG Past Events

Podcasts/Episodes

“Breakfast Leadership Network VIP” with Michael Levitt (Evan Smith) – Jun 2021
“The Leadership Hacker” with Steve Rush
(Episode #54, Evan Smith) – Jan 2021 (transcript)
Prevedere Podcasts (Patrick Slattery)
“C-Series on Resilience Planning” (Evan Smith) – Oct 2020
“Senior Economist Q&A with Executive Leaders”
(Patrick Slattery, Tony Cioffoletti, Evan Smith) – Sept 2020

Virtual Keynotes

Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) June 2020 (Evan Smith)
reVISION – “Open, Curious, Listening: Practices for Leaders…”
Project Management Institute (PMI of New Jersey + 5 others), Stevens Institute of Technology, Nov 2020, (Evan Smith) sImPosiuM – “Leaders, Habits & Change”
Project Management Institute Mid-South (PMI Nashville + 8 others) Sept 2021 (Evan Smith) Professional Development Days (PDD): “Inspire, Integrate, Innovate” – “Practical Hacks for Better Outcomes”

Webinars

“Influencing Change” Oct 2020 Webinar (Don Mick)
with Blackstone+Cullen

Keynote Sessions

(20 - 90 minutes)

In keynote sessions, Evan is a story-teller and question-asker. He shares insights and experiences from his work, as well as insights/ findings from recent neuroscience on cognitive and behavioral biases, habits and patterns.

Evan invites participants to reflect on and share their stories, adding layers of dialog, constructive additive insight-development, and experience to the training.

Attendees at Evan’s keynotes will walk away with an understanding of how to: