Travels from Netherlands
Jos Dirkx's speaking fee falls within range: $15,000 to $20,000
Jos Dirkx dares to go where others don’t – she has lived an extraordinary life across fifteen countries. From warzones to boardrooms, she turns global insights from business, innovation, and education across a range of industries into relevant takeaways for forward-thinking organizations while seamlessly connecting her audience to must-know, global trends around great ideas, technology, inclusion, and education.
Her keynotes have inspired thousands around the world. Her experience as an award-winning founder, author, World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer, and Abundance360 member make her an engaging and inspirational highlight at any event. Jos sets the bar for the new world of work — where creativity, connection, and collective intelligence drive our brightest breakthroughs when we need them most.
For the past 20 years, Jos helped companies and communities unlock their potential by clearly demonstrating why teams stop innovating and how to keep ideation alive. Underpinned by an emphasis on the concept of range, Jos empowers her audience with what it takes to turn creative intelligence and inclusive practices into a driving force for profit and purpose.
Jos speaks with passion and authenticity about important, global trends: bringing to the forefront the essence of consistently, high-performing teams in a rapidly changing world. Jos presents in English and Dutch, has written two books, and is finalizing her third, Why Great Ideas Die, a how-to guide for 21st-century innovation, featuring global thought-leaders, ground-breaking research, and real-life experience on mastering our cognitive and somatic capacity for relentless ideation.
Alongside her team, she received a letter of recognition from Former First Lady Michelle Obama for her work on girls’ health. Jos was selected as a 50 Global Heroes Ending Violence Against Children (alongside others like Hilary Clinton and Maria Eitel), a 2019 Woman To Watch, a Women Deliver and Gates Foundation Young Leader, a Nike Girl Effect Challenge winner, a Microsoft YouthSpark winner, an Ashoka Changemaker, and has spoken at global events from the TEDx Stage to Glowork in Saudi Arabia, to World Economic Forum: Women in Leadership in Dubai. Her work and research have been awarded and featured in publications worldwide. Jos and her team have built solutions and products reaching over 85k users globally and have recently received a grant from the Dutch Government to design learning solutions for change in education.
Why Great Ideas Die
Great ideas die for reasons we struggle to name and identify from the inside. Eleven chapters of research, plus one collapse of her own, went into naming those reasons. Audiences leave with a system for spotting roadblocks early, and a method for staying creative, critical and curious under pressure.
Making Sense of AI
Knowing what AI can do is the easier half. The harder half is deciding what you would actually let it take off your plate and that is a question about values, not tools. Teams that skip the values conversation end up with a stack of software and no strategy. Audiences leave this keynote with a way to decide what they hand over, what to keep, and how to tell what matters most in an exponential age.
Refrigerator Stories
We seem to communicate more yet say less, while the things that matter become harder to voice: doubt about the strategy, fear about what an exponential age is doing to us, or a lack of clarity on what actually matters now. Drawing on the psychology behind her solo show, Jos examines what disconnection costs us in a digital age, and what it takes to build teams where the necessary things get said. So what is a refrigerator story? Come and find out.
“Today cast a new light on strategic questions. Received a framework to structure these issues: very helpful.” – NHL Stenden
“The audience spoke about how helpful and engaging you are. Those apprehensive about AI left the day feeling more confident. Mission accomplished.” – Consilio
“Thanks to your participation and generosity, we managed to inspire the business sector and the young people of Bogotá. We managed to impact more than 250 people in person and more than 2000 through our digital channels.” – Chamber of Commerce Colombia
“Hugely engaging, passionate and provocative in the most positive of ways, we were delighted to host Jos on our panel.” – PwC
“Awesome two-day program! I loved the way it was interactive…Jos makes you feel completely human. She is so amazing and follows her dreams with courage. Best two days at work. #investinyourself.” – Dell EMC
“I am so GLAD – we achieved that energy we wanted! Thank you so much, Jos , it was super! Honestly, thank you for your keynote. We achieved our goal of shocking, surprising, encouraging and calling for action. Thank you…!” – Ahlstrom Muksjö
“Jos is so inspiring! She’s hands-on and we would not hesitate to recommend Jos!” – L’Oreal
“Jos is incredible – I would recommend her in a heartbeat…She has a wealth of knowledge and experience, and I would go to her without a second thought…” – Meltwater
“Jos, you’re phenomenal…We love the way you underlined the importance of having a deep sense of self-awareness as a key role to future proof business and personal success…” – General Electric
“At TED, we seek collaborative relationships with partners who are as interested in surfacing great ideas and stories as we are. That’s precisely what we found in working with Jos…” – TED
“Jos is naturally elegant while presenting…she helped us craft our presentations to make them exciting and engaging. We are all looking forward to working with Jos again…!” – Van Cleef & Arpels
“Beyond Jos’s leadership, what really stood out was her ability to inspire and motivate.” – Evolvence Knowledge Investments
“Jos is an insightful leader, a visionary and highly motivational…” – IBM
“Jos is just amazing! What impresses me is that she’s so humble and kind, considering her huge background, having won awards in media and being a world traveler. And despite all this she remains so beautiful in and out, and so simple and kind…” – IBM
“Jos, you give us courage to speak authentically – because you speak authentically…! Thank you! – Natalie Rose Institute
“Jos makes a difference through her ability to lead a team; through her thoughtful approach to issues – seeking to understand both the issue and context.” – YPO
“Jos, thank you very much for being our speaker and sharing your expertise and knowledge, leveraged from your own experiences and travel” – Dell EMC
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Girls Do Good: A colorful guide to changing the world with stories of real-life superheroes!
Did you know Laura Dekkers is the youngest person to sail the world solo? Or, that Lily’s Kangaroo Cup invention helps thousands of Parkinson’s patients? Did you know Halima escaped her child marriage at age 15 and courageously returned to school, now striving to be Malawi’s Minister of Education? Our world is filled with amazing stories. For our audience of socially conscious thinkers and future peace-builders, we’ve captured a few of our favorites to spearhead our movement, “Girls Do Good: A Colorful Guide to Changing the World with Stories of Real-Life Superheroes.” With a foreword by Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Leymah Gbowee and influencer and businesswoman Huda Kattan, we have an unprecedented opportunity to create an ever-lasting impact in the lives of girls and boys around the world, by rewriting the narrative, telling untold stories and re-inspiring tech and creativity in education.
Why Great Ideas Die: And how to keep yours alive
Step into a realm of inspiration with Why Great Ideas Die, a nonconventional guide crafted for the 21st-century leader. In Why Great Ideas Die, bestselling author and entrepreneur Jos Dirkx offers a roadmap to design and sustain great ideas. Through the highs and lows of her own journey, where setbacks and tough lessons have been an integral part of success, Jos shows how the amalgamation of the spiritual and cerebral self is where true ideation happens. Case studies, practical tips, and perspective-shifting exercises teach you how to apply this nonconventional wisdom and activate true potential for yourself, your team, and your community. Why Great Ideas Die is a must-read for any team or leader navigating the exciting world of creativity and innovation.
Making Sense of AI in the Human+ Era: A soulful guide to intelligent systems, strategic choices, and staying human in a world of machines.
What if Al isn’t the end of humanity—but the start of a more intentional one?
Making Sense of Al in the Human+ Era helps you navigate this technological shift with clarity, wisdom, and heart.
Written by global keynote speaker and strategist Jos Dirkx, the book blends poetic insight with practical tools—grounded in real-world case studies from organizations like Google, Kushki, Sony, Turner, and many more.
From ancient wisdom to algorithmic design, it invites us to rethink how we build, lead, and live alongside intelligent systems.
Tackled!: A conceptual, practical guide to working with girls, boys, women and men in creating safe and healthy discourse around the deconstruction of harmful gender barriers.
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