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Amy Wilkinson
Bestselling Author of The Creator's Code | Founder & CEO of Ingenuity | Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer | Former White House Fellow
Speaker Amy Wilkinson is a Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer and bestselling author of The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs. Founder and CEO of Ingenuity, she advises CEOs and emerging leaders on scale, originality, and competitive edge. Audiences leave with practical, research-backed habits drawn from her interviews with 200 of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
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Amy Wilkinson biography
Speaker Amy Wilkinson is the founder and CEO of Ingenuity and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she teaches the next generation of entrepreneurs the patterns behind breakout success. She is the bestselling author of The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, the result of her research interviews with 200 of the world’s leading founders, including those behind SpaceX, Tesla, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Dropbox, PayPal, Under Armour, Chipotle, JetBlue, Spanx, and Revolution Foods.
Before turning her focus to research and teaching, Wilkinson held leadership roles at J.P. Morgan and McKinsey & Company and founded the cross-border export company Alegre. She also served as a White House Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative, giving her a rare combination of policy, finance, and entrepreneurial perspective.
From the Creator’s Code to the Ingenuity playbook
Through Ingenuity, Wilkinson now advises Fortune 500 executives and emerging founders on how to build originality, agility, and scale into their organizations. Her keynote work has reached audiences at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Porsche, BMW, Oracle, Hearst, NACD, CES, the National Governors Association, the Federal Reserve Board, and TEDx stages around the world. Her insights have been featured by the World Economic Forum, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, Fortune, Forbes, Inc., and Bloomberg TV.
Wilkinson earned her bachelor’s, master’s, and MBA from Stanford University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an Eisenhower Fellow, and her research on high-growth entrepreneurs was supported by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
As a speaker, Amy Wilkinson translates rigorous Stanford research into immediately useful tools that help leaders sharpen their thinking, take smarter risks, and grow profitable, durable companies. Her sessions are favorites among CEO communities, innovation teams, and entrepreneurship speakers programs aiming to convert insight from the world’s best founders into action inside their own organizations.
Amy Wilkinson Speaking Videos
Ingenuity: 3 Keys to Creating a Profitable Competitive Edge | Amy Wilkinson | TEDxBeaconStreet
The Secret of How to Think Like an Entrepreneur | Amy Wilkinson | TEDxPaloAltoSalon
Amy Wilkinson Keynote Topics
What truly separates founders who build enduring companies from those who fade after early success? In this signature keynote, Amy Wilkinson shares the six essential skills she identified after interviewing 200 of the most successful entrepreneurs of the past two decades, from Elon Musk to the founders of Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Chipotle, and Spanx.
Wilkinson translates her bestselling research into a clear, learnable framework that any leader can apply — whether building a startup, scaling a high-growth business, or driving entrepreneurial behavior inside a Fortune 500. Audiences leave with concrete habits to spot opportunities, take smarter risks, and lead through change.
How do industry leaders stay relevant in markets that move faster every year? Drawing on her work with executives at Walmart, General Motors, Barclays, and other global brands, Amy Wilkinson reveals three keys to building a profitable competitive edge: originality, agility, and the discipline to keep innovating from the core.
This keynote is built for senior leadership teams under pressure to defend share, deepen customer loyalty, and grow margins amid disruption. Wilkinson shares concrete tools and case studies that help audiences move from awareness to action, sharpening their organization's ability to outperform over time.
In this keynote, Amy Wilkinson examines what large organizations can learn from the world's most successful entrepreneurs — and how to embed that mindset across teams without losing the strengths of scale. Drawing on her Stanford research and advisory work with Fortune 500 leaders, she shows how to encourage smart bets, fast learning, and an ownership mentality at every level.
The session is especially valuable for leadership teams navigating digital transformation, AI adoption, or competitive threats from younger challengers. Audiences leave with practical strategies to unlock latent entrepreneurial talent, accelerate decision-making, and turn disruption into a source of competitive advantage.
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FAQs on Booking Amy Wilkinson
Why Amy Wilkinson?
Amy Wilkinson stands apart because she has personally interviewed 200 of the world's most successful entrepreneurs — from Elon Musk to the founders of Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Spanx — and distilled their habits into a clear, teachable framework. As a Stanford lecturer, founder of Ingenuity, and Wall Street Journal expert, she combines rigorous research with the storytelling ability to translate complex ideas into action. Her keynotes consistently rank among the most cited at events like the World Economic Forum and Google. Book Amy Wilkinson through Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring this rare blend of Stanford research and entrepreneurial insight to your next event.
What is The Creator's Code about?
The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs is Amy Wilkinson's bestselling book identifying the six common skills shared by the world's most successful founders, including Elon Musk and the creators of Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Tesla, Chipotle, and Under Armour. Based on more than 200 in-depth interviews, the book argues that entrepreneurial success is not luck or genius — it is a learnable set of habits that anyone, in any industry, can adopt to spot opportunities and build enduring companies.
Who has Amy Wilkinson interviewed for her research?
For The Creator's Code, Amy Wilkinson interviewed 200 of the most successful entrepreneurs of the past two decades, including Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX) and the founders of LinkedIn, Airbnb, Dropbox, PayPal, Under Armour, Chipotle, JetBlue, Spanx, and Revolution Foods. Her research was supported by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and conducted while she was a senior fellow at Harvard University and a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
What types of events book Amy Wilkinson as a keynote speaker?
Amy Wilkinson is regularly booked by Fortune 500 corporations, leadership summits, innovation conferences, and academic forums. She has spoken at Google, Microsoft, IBM, Porsche, BMW, Oracle, Hearst, the World Economic Forum at Davos, CES, the National Governors Association, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, among many others. Her sessions work especially well for executive offsites, sales kick-offs, and entrepreneurship programs. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring Amy Wilkinson to your stage and equip your audience with proven entrepreneurial habits.
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