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Keynotes & Conference Workshops

A room that leaves thinking differently.

Story-driven keynotes and interactive conference workshops that give audiences practical tools for innovation, growth, and change.

Where Jon has spoken
TEDx MintStreetASAEIFMAGreat Game of BusinessThe Indigo Road Hospitality GroupNARFEPhi Alpha DeltaNSCSAUPHANABLNonprofit HRThe ConnectiveASHEApplication Developers Alliance
Signature keynote

The Curious Advantage

How better thinking drives better results.

Most leaders were trained to have the answers. The ones who drive innovation, growth, and change ask better questions. Jon shows why curiosity is the missing half of better thinking, what quietly shuts it down, and how leaders and teams use better questions to solve problems and explore new possibilities.

Your audience walks away with
  • Why curiosity is the missing half of better thinking
  • How fear, habit, and ego quietly kill new ideas
  • Questions that solve problems faster and open up new possibilities
  • Three personal challenges: sit with it, find a sounding board, learn to be dumb
  • Three moves for leaders: speak last, know your people, be the conductor
More keynotes

Built for your audience.

Leadership & culture

Creating Curious Cultures that Drive Results

How leaders build the kind of culture where people speak up, ideas move, and teams deliver.

As seen at TEDx

The DIY Dilemma

Why going it alone holds us back, and how curiosity and the perspectives of others unlock solutions we would never find on our own.

Personal development

Kick the Dickens Out of Your Life

The stories of our past, the lies of our present, and the fears of our future decide what’s possible before we even try. Time to pick up the pen.

Interactive conference workshops

Don’t just hear it. Practice it.

For conferences that want more than a talk. Attendees work through The Curious Leader in hands-on exercises, like solving real problems using only questions, and leave with tools they’ll use the following week.

60 minutes to half dayBreakouts to general sessionsSmall rooms or large audiences
What attendees wrote down
  • “Learn to be dumb. Speak last.”
  • “Talk less, ask questions more.”
  • “Get to know our people deeply.”
  • “Questions lead to possibilities.”

Attendee takeaways, Great Game of Business Conference 2026

Proof

What organizers say

“Jon is a best-selling author, the author of The Curious Leader, which is what we’re literally doing our entire conference on.”
Steve PalmerIndigo Road
“It was phenomenal. Jon brought our chapter leaders together with our general attendees, and they loved asking a question with a question.”
Treslyn OnajokoIFMA

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⏳ Time’s Almost Up — Your Team Deserves This Reset The Curious Leader Workshop with Jon Bassford is transforming how execs think, lead & win. And it’s almost full.

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✅ Build operational clarity & confidence
✅ Unlock team innovation through powerful questions
✅ Reframe failure as fuel — not fear
✅ Leave with an action plan you can actually use

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