Joel McKerrow

The go-to-speaker for Creativity Driven Transformation. An award winning writer, keynote speaker, MC and performance poet. The VIC/TAS president of PSA (Professional Speakers Australia). Australia’s only Certified Applied Narrative-intelligence specialist. The director of The School for Creative Development. An author with Penguin Random House. Giving over 250 presentations in 2024 alone Joel champions the belief that both CREATIVITY and STORY are far too important to be confined to only those we traditionally deem as being creative. From vision to brand, culture to leadership, well-being to innovation, all human behaviour, and therefore all organisations, are driven by STORY. Learning how to leverage the power of story is, therefore, paramount for any leader. Be it the Sydney Opera House, Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Centre, or The Metropolis in Montreal, Joel McKerrow has spent the last fifteen years, on global stages, captivating hundreds of thousands of people with his passionate performative style, inspiring keynotes, strategic training and dynamic MC work. Joel’s extensive portfolio includes clients from Village Roadshow to Hager Electric, to AIME, to the Global Health Summit, to the International Transforming Education Conference. From Start-ups to schools, NFP’s to Multi-nationals, Joel will bring creative and innovative breakthrough for your people and your organisation. "A true creative genius...His impact on my team was nothing short of extraordinary.” (Clark Kirby, CEO – Village Roadshow).