Jason Ryan Dorsey
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Jason is an acclaimed speaker and researcher whose gift is inspiring leaders with unexpected discoveries and proven strategies to cross the generational divide at work and with customers. He’s been featured on over 200 TV shows, received over 1,000 standing ovations, and is known for his high-energy speaking style filled with practical actions and unforgettable stories. Adweek calls Jason a “research guru.”
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Jason Dorsey is the #1 speaker and researcher on crossing the generational divide in business. He’s received over 1,000 standing ovations for his unexpected research-based discoveries and trademark high-energy speaking style.
“One of the most compelling and engaging speakers I’ve come across in my career…equal parts researcher, social anthropologist, and entertainer.” – CEO, Mercedes-Benz USA
A pioneering researcher, Jason has led more than 120 research studies to solve the generational divide for the biggest brands and global leaders. He’s helped major brands go from last to first in employee retention, inspired the rebuilding of trust and communication in challenging cultures, and ignited sales growth for both legacy and upstart brands in massively crowded markets. Jason’s research has uncovered that most business problems are actually generational problems.
The go-to expert on generational insights, Jason has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, HLN, BBC, and over 200 more TV shows, as well as a front-page story in The New York Times. Adweek calls Jason a “research guru.”
Jason’s unique approach to exploring generations and uncovering practical business solutions is why he’s received standing ovations at executive events from Paris to Singapore and Mexico City to New York City. Leaders value Jason’s insights because he has been shoulder-to-shoulder with them. Jason founded two Inc. 5000 companies, served on the board of directors of a public software company acquired for $11 billion, and actively serves on company boards backed by private equity and venture capital.
A bestselling author at age 18, Jason’s latest bestselling book for leaders is Zconomy: How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business—and What to Do About It. Jason gains his actionable insights as President of The Center for Generational Kinetics, the leading generational research firm with clients representing every major industry. This enables him to bring the latest data to executive offsites, must-deliver management meetings, and high-profile industry events.
We live in a time of rapid generational change, challenge, and opportunity. Leaders live this daily from recruiting and retaining different generations of employees to inspiring trust, engagement, and effective communication across multiple generations and geographies. Making the challenge even more costly are dramatically different work expectations by generation, the rapid emergence of AI, and a gap in how to best drive engagement and performance now. Leaders need to know what works—and why—so they can take decisive action to drive measurable results fast.
In this inspiring, research-driven presentation, acclaimed generational researcher and speaker Jason Dorsey separates myth from truth about generations and what most unlocks their performance. Jason has uncovered that most business problems are actually generational problems. Jason is uniquely able to deliver this powerful, customized program filled with surprising discoveries after leading over 120 research studies around the world. He’s the leading expert on research-based insights and strategies for unlocking the potential of each generation. Adweek calls him “Research Guru”.
Leaders will learn a new way to lead different generations at the same time, specific ways to bridge the generational divide, and customized actions that drive measurable outcomes fast. This wildly entertaining, high-energy program is instantly actionable, laugh-out-loud funny, deeply customized, and has delivered gains for leaders and companies around the world. Your audience will see firsthand why Jason has received over 1,000 standing ovations, from New York City and Paris to Chile, Singapore, and India.
Your audience will leave with:
• Unexpected ways to view and value generations as “clues and not a box” for much faster connection, trust, influence, and engagement
• “Wow” discoveries based on unique, original research on why every generation is valuable and how to quickly transform their differences into strengths
• Numerous ready-to-use actions customized to your most urgent priorities, culture, and data, from workforce performance to leadership development
Sales leaders and their teams face a never-before-seen challenge: engaging, building trust, marketing, and selling to four different generations of customers at the same time. This challenge has never been as difficult or costly as it is now—or more urgent and highly valuable to solve! This is true in any industry where multiple generations of customers and clients interact with multiple generations of sales teams and leaders. Solving this generational divide in sales drives much faster, more predictable growth and greater ROI, which can be built on for years.
In this high-energy, research-driven program, acclaimed generational researcher and speaker Jason Dorsey answers the burning question that sales leaders and teams want to know: How do we best connect, build trust, grow our business, drive referrals, and create customer and client advocates across every generation at the same time? Jason is uniquely able to answer this complex question and much more through this powerful, deeply customized program filled with surprising data and discoveries from his work leading over 120 research studies around the world. Jason is the leading expert on research-based insights and strategies for unlocking the potential of each generation as clients, customers, and sales leaders.
Jason customizes this take-action sales and marketing program—from technology sales to financial services, travel, and retail—through his unique data, client collaboration, and frontline work with over 700 clients around the world. The presentation will exactly fit your customer journey, industry, client interactions, and growth priorities. Every leader will leave inspired with a new perspective and specific actions to use immediately. Your audience will see firsthand why Jason has received over 1,000 standing ovations, from New York City and Paris to Chile and India.
Your audience will leave with:
• Unexpected, actionable sales and marketing perspectives into each generation of customers and clients, and how to rapidly connect with them whether older or younger
• Specific actions that advance the sales, marketing, and buying experience, from initial awareness to engagement, trust, decision-making, and loyalty
• Numerous strategies your sales professional can use right away, whether B2B, B2C, complex or high-velocity sales. These are the strategies and actions sales professionals want but can’t find anywhere else!
Generation Z is the fastest-growing, most influential, and most misunderstood generation of employees and consumers. They have a different relationship with technology, navigated a global pandemic at a defining life stage, exhibit very different shopping and job search patterns, and have upended employment from recruiting to retention. Accurately understanding and being able to connect, inspire, lead, and grow with this complex generation is essential for leaders to future-proof their businesses and fuel growth.
In this insights-filled, research-backed presentation, acclaimed generational researcher and speaker Jason Dorsey solves the challenge facing leaders by separating myth from truth about Gen Z through original research, sharing specific actions that drive measurable results, and inspiring immediate action to engage this trendsetting generation. Jason is uniquely able to deliver this customized presentation filled with surprising data and discoveries from groundbreaking Gen Z research, including his bestselling book Zconomy and his multi-year State of Gen ZⓇ study, which has been featured in major media around the world.
This insights-filled, highly entertaining presentation will have your audience saying, “I had no idea!” and “That finally makes sense!” Jason has led dozens of studies into Generation Z as employees, consumers, and trendsetters as well as helped global brands develop in-depth strategies and actions to unlock the potential of this exciting generation at this critical life stage. In this customized presentation, your audience will see why Jason has been featured as the go-to Gen Z expert from The Today Show to CNBC.
Your audience will leave with:
• New openness and enthusiasm about Gen Z based on original behavioral research and unexpected “wow” insights
• Leadership insights that drive results in recruiting, retaining, motivating, and developing Gen Z within multigenerational organizations
• Gen Z customer insights that deeply explore the buying mindset of Gen Z and specific actions to advance each step of their customer journey
• Inspiration to take action right away to unlock Gen Z’s potential—all based on original data and frontline actions
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