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Nick Hodder

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Technologist & Comedian
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United Kingdom
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London
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English
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Technologist & Comedian

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Technology & Transformation

Nick Hodder has had a career in technology spanning more than two decades, working for brands such as Sun Microsystems and Google, and founding a start-up. He now talks regularly on a wide range of topics across digital, technology and entrepreneurship and covers disruption focused subjects as culture change, the future of work, customer experience, AI, machine learning, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Fintech, Defi and many more.

For the last 10 years spent Nick has also worked on digital transformation at leading brands in the non-profit sector, with a particular focus on culture change and the future of work.

Comedian & Writer

Nick Hodder is an award winning comedy writer and stand-up comedian, winning BBC Funny Hunt in 2006 and picking up an award for BBC Big Screen Best Short Film Comedy, judged by film critic Mark Kermode.

Nick was a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year awards in 2013, and is regular on the stand up comedy circuit, and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Nick's sketch writing has featured on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 and Funny or Die, and has collectively received several million views on YouTube. In 2010 Nick authored the comedy section of the Writers Handbook.

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Presentations (5)
Digital Transformation: Failure is the only option

Why does Digital Transformation go wrong? Could it be that rather than a lack of technology, a traditional culture of blame and fear failure is the thing that sinks these programmes? Should you embrace failure and the learning that comes with it? How do you avoid sounding like a nutcase when you tell your boss you need to fail more? Figure out these things you're not just on the way to a successful digital transformation, but the adoption of an innovation led culture!

A dropouts guide to disruption

Elon Musk doesn't think you need a degree to succeed, in fact ideally 'You're a dropout". This seems to be born out by the fact that some of our most successful tech entrepreneurs were dropouts including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison. So why is dropping out so good for your career? Why is it working for the tech sector? And if you drop out, will you be awesome too? Another dropout is here to provide an insight into the incompletely educated mindset. He doesn't have a degree from Harvard Business School, but that's sort of the point, isn't it?

Bitcoin is ridiculous, but it will change the world!

An explanation of blockchain that even idiots like me understand.
We'll explain the differences between blockchain, cryptocurrency coins (Like Bitcoin), and smart contracts. We'll also discuss decentralisation, the single aspect of blockchain that may have an earth shattering effect our global financial systems, politics and governance.

We're using Zoom now! Have we transformed yet?

The answer is no. But the expectation is any presentation should be at least 20 minutes long, so we'll be going into some detail as to why we're not there yet, and when we will be.

Go disrupt yourself!

Many of our traditional businesses feel like immovable objects when it comes to digital transformation. Is it because we're too focused on the technology and not focused enough on the more fundamental changes that need to be made? What's your mission? If you started with a blank sheet of paper tomorrow, how would you do things differently?

Past talks (6)
The Accessible Internet of Things
Internet of Things World
Dublin
October 29, 2016
Digital Marketing: Real authenticity wins
Technology for Marketing
Olympia
October 20, 2017
The future of AI and us
Cloud & Devops World
Olympia
June 20, 2019
What we've learned about Digital Transformation in a pandemic
Computing Deskflix Live
Online
November 19, 2020
How to fail at digital transformation
Beyond Business Buzzwords
Online
September 24, 2020
Is the pandemic accelerating transformation?
IT Leaders Festival 2021
Online
October 21, 2020
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Technology Comedy Digital Transformation Digital Disruption Leadership Business Digital Culture Digital Content Digital CX Future of work Non-profit Leadership funny speaker comedian Stand-up comedian

Clients

Incisive Media
Haymarket
Giant Digital
Disruptive Media
Roar Media

Reviews

Testimonials (9)
  • Thank you, Nick, for delivering a unique and inspiring session at our conference. Your messaged combined just the just the right amount of wit and wisdom. Keynote was on point and everyone loved it! He also a lovely guy, and so easy to work with!
    Bethany Brown
    Verified
  • Nick's presentation was super insightful, giving us a very different take on digital transformation that contrasted from many other speakers, but was all the more valuable for it. The humour that he injects into these presentations makes them so much more engaging, and he's now one of our go-to speakers every year.
    Sue Abbott
    Verified
  • A wonderful speaker! A very funny, and informative talk about how we need to fail, to succeed. Highly recommended!
    Geraldine Forcaro
    Verified
  • I took a leap of faith in booking with Nick as our keynote speaker because I had no prior experience in hearing him speak, but I don't regret it for a second. He was energetic and entertaining and the message he shared was insightful and actionable. If you book him you won’t be disappointed.
    Laura Trask
    Head of Events
    CME Limited
    CME Annual Conference - Edinburgh 2019
    24/08/2019
    Verified
  • The most attendees we've ever had at our closing keynote. Standing room only, so being an organiser I missed out on a seat, but absolutely worth it. Hilarious and inspirational.
    Cleveland Jones
    Verified
  • The best speaker of the day, and very funny. Couldn't recommend highly enough.
    Andy W
    Verified
  • Nick is the most entertaining, and engaging presenter I have ever had the pleasure to work with. From the moment he took the stage, our sizable audience was completely on board. He delivered valuable, important insights and ideas with incredible wit and professionalism. He represents really good value and I would certainly recommend him.
    Sienna Wood
    Verified
  • An engaging, smart, and most importantly funny speaker! It is a genuine challenge to find a speaker that will provide our super smart, savvy and experienced audience something genuinely new, but we found that in Nick.
    Samantha
    Events & Marketing Manager
    DIoT Ltd
    Verified
  • Nick is one of our favourite comedians, who regularly comperes and headlines our shows. He's a confident and joyful presence interacting with the audience, but never mean, and always very, very funny.
    Anastasia Brown
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