Goal
Begin with your most pressing and most important goals
Insight
Get a talk with original and powerful ideas that are relevant to you
Action
Get those insights and ideas translated into immediate actions
OPI Talks
Original and powerful ideas to help your team discover and do amazing things
Each idea I share around story, design, creativity, communication, psychology, and organizations is big, powerful, and far-reaching in its impact, such that no matter who you are, expert or novice, these ideas can help you.
The ideas are built from my unique scientific mind, artistic heart career as a scientist, designer, consultant, executive educator, and business professor.
Technique: Goal Boards
In many of my talks, we write your goals on two boards, such that the talk takes place in the literal middle of your goals
This ensures that the Original & Powerful Ideas are always applied directly to your goals using the Goal Insight Action framework.
“Troy has the superpower to turn science into tools.”
Brad Robertson
Partner, On Your Feet
“Brilliant research.”
Adam Grant
Author, Professor, Wharton
“Troy delivers creative and theatrical talks that delight audiences.”
Peter McGraw
Author The Humor Code
"The session was just plain fun and engaging."
Pamela Kelly-Dockter
Product Owner, Intel Women's Leadership
Past OPI Talks
Original & Powerful Ideas
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Story Ideas
How to use the most powerful, persuasive, and entertaining story structure of all time to connect with audiences and lead authentic change
How to best communicate the value of an idea, solution, product, business plan, data point, or scientific finding
How to tell a big story through multiple complementary narratives
Design Ideas
A model for breaking norms and making amazing things
How to better begin everything
A model for designing amazing experiences, inspired by what makes a great Disney ride
A guide to designing for and leading people in our oscillating, metamodern world
A flexible model for designing and deciding anything based on how different stages of a process require different mindsets
Creativity Ideas
A way of seeing all the different shades of an idea, inspired by how Vincent van Gogh could paint with every shade of blue
A scientific exploration of the two words most fundamental to creativity, communication, and collaboration
How to deeply define and powerfully apply big ideas, academic knowledge, and design techniqes
The power of writing lyrics for innovation, discovery, and communication
Psychology Ideas
Why people deny solvable problems
A model for reaching new and resistant audiences through the act of welcoming
Why what we feel about ourselves matters so much to what we enjoy
A guide to the most fundamental human bias and how to overcome it
The foundations for complete relationships in life and work
Business & Organizations Ideas
How to find the value you already have but cannot see
How and why people with adjacent expertises should come together more often
The importance of everyday learning and sharing and of creating experiences for building innovative people and organizations
An exploration of how many of today's new challenges are difficult because we never mastered certain fundamentals
Communications Ideas
How to get people to remember what you have to say
A model for combining multiple forces to powerfully communicate
How to make someone feel a meaningful of something
What teams always need to do: Acknowledge, Connect, and Explore