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Phil Hansen helps audiences turn limitations into creative breakthroughs, showing how art can spark fresh thinking. A creativity speaker, innovation speaker, and multimedia artist, he has worked with the Grammy Awards, Disney, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Phil Hansen is an internationally recognized multimedia artist, speaker, author, and innovator, known to his fans as "the Artist for the People." He works at the intersection of traditional art, electronic media, offbeat materials, and interactive experience, constantly pushing past conventional boundaries. His meta-art, built around process-focused videos that sometimes include destruction, shows millions of viewers that art is action, not just result.
Phil's work extends deeply into traditional media, with features on the Discovery Channel, Good Morning America, the Rachael Ray Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, Glamour, and more. Influential clients including the Grammy Awards, Disney, Skype, Mazda, and the Rockefeller Foundation seek out his work. For the tens of millions of people who have seen Phil's art on TV and online, his journey to get there is hard to imagine.
His career nearly ended when a tremor developed in his drawing hand. Searching for new ways to create art, Phil discovered that embracing his shake turned his limitation into a passage toward creativity. He first shared this story on the TED stage to a standing ovation, reaching a global audience with broadcasts on PBS, BBC, and CBS. Phil's ability to draw parallels to business now wins him followers among industry and business leaders too.
Topics, sessions and talks
Phil Hansen emphasizes the importance of making creativity and innovation a continuous process in today's dynamic business landscape. His concept, "Embrace the Shake," stems from his personal journey of overcoming a near career-ending tremor, which pushed him to transforms his limitations into creative opportunities. Attendees will learn to identify and challenge preconceived assumptions about obstacles, recognize how limitations can drive creativity, and activate their internal resources for fresh perspectives. Additionally, they will engage in a collaborative art experience that reinforces teamwork and innovation.
In his engaging virtual talk, Phil Hansen explores how limitations can fuel creativity. Using a dynamic mix of visuals and multi-camera setups, he shares his personal journey of overcoming adversity, inspiring attendees to rethink their own challenges. Participants will learn to identify preconceived assumptions that hinder success and manage change through systematic creativity. Phil's presentation is designed for both large and small teams, making it a valuable addition to any virtual conference.
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To book Phil Hansen, email phil.hansen@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Phil's availability and speaking fee. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and about your audience.
Phil Hansen structures his presentations around a live or demonstrated art-making process, using his own experience of developing a hand tremor as a narrative anchor to illustrate how constraints can generate creative output. Sessions incorporate a collaborative art experience alongside multi-camera visual elements to reinforce the connection between limitation and innovation.
Phil Hansen speaks on transforming limitations into creative opportunities, systematic approaches to innovation, and collaborative team-building through shared creative experience. His TED Talk, Embrace the Shake, has been viewed over 2.5 million times and led to broadcast features on PBS, BBC, and CBS.
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