After years at Stanford and Google, Tucker Bryant uncovered a surprising truth: the skills that fuel world-class innovation aren’t confined to the boardroom—they’re also found in the mindset of a poet.
Tucker Bryant worked at Google as a Product Marketing Manager, where he focused on building go-to-market strategies for some of the company’s major products. His work involved helping launch and position tools for businesses, contributing to cross-functional leadership, and driving innovation initiatives—skills that now inform his insights on creativity, communication, and leadership in the corporate world.
Once a teenager who thought poetry and business had nothing in common, Tucker came to realize that the creative practices he once set aside were the very tools that helped him thrive in Silicon Valley. Today, as a nationally recognized poet and speaker, he bridges the gap between creativity and corporate strategy, helping leaders embrace discomfort, challenge assumptions, and unlock bold, transformative ideas. Tucker equips audiences with a powerful, poetic posture that drives innovation—and he’s ready to help audiences write what's next.
- Turn the Page: Innovative Thinking for Better Results
- In every chapter of our lives, we’re given a choice: stay on the page we know — the page of familiarity, but of unrealized potential — or turn it. For too many of us, our aspirations sit in the margins — dismissed as impractical, impossible, or premature. But what if our most actualized selves didn’t need to live in the realm of fantasy? What if our best selves are waiting on the other side of a blank page we haven’t figured out how to put our pens to?
- After spending a decade with world-class innovators at Stanford and Google, Tucker Bryant discovered an unexpected perspective to help professionals break from status quo thinking and write the future with confidence: the mindset of a poet. As a nationally renowned poet, he has identified a collection of powerful principles poets have used for millennia to push past comfort zones and innovate through art—tools that offer business leaders the perspective shift needed to navigate uncertainty.
- In this signature keynote experience, Tucker reveals how the Turn the Page™ principles empower leaders to unlock creativity, collaboration, and competitive advantage. Audiences leave inspired and equipped to build a culture of bold exploration and creative disruption, ensuring they drive their industries forward instead of clinging to outdated models that are bound for history.
- Turn the Page: From Comfort to Calling
- Every day, we face a choice between staying on the page we know — the page of familiarity, but of unrealized potential — or turning it. For too many of us, our aspirations remain unexamined and unexpressed — dismissed as impractical, impossible, or premature. But what if our most actualized selves didn’t need to remain hypothetical? What if our best selves are waiting on the other side of a blank page we haven’t figured out how to put our pens to?
- Drawing from lessons forged at the crossroads of Silicon Valley and the stage, poet and former Googler Tucker Bryant offers a fresh lens on unlocking professional and personal possibility — not just for ourselves, but for the organizations and teams we lead. In this dynamic keynote, Tucker introduces the Turn the Page™ framework: a set of poetic principles that help us rewrite what’s possible at work and in our personal lives by shifting our perspective and thinking creatively in the face of uncertainty.
- Through humor, story, and powerful poetic insights, attendees will learn how to break free from complacency, reimagine their next chapter of growth with creativity and clarity, and take bold steps toward opportunities and challenges that feel out of reach. This is about more than peak performance — it’s about living a life worth writing about. It’s about walking toward untapped potential, unspoken ideas, and unrealized excellence in the work you do and the life you live.
- Turn the Page: Leading The Charge for Change
- As the demands on leaders intensify in an age of unprecedented change, the qualities that once defined effective leadership are no longer enough. The pressures to navigate uncharted waters, inspire diverse teams, and make swift, impactful decisions have never been greater. Yet, according to a recent Gallup study, only 21% of employees strongly agree that their leaders are setting them up for success. The gap between traditional leadership methods and the needs of modern teams is widening, leaving many leaders struggling to stay relevant and effective.
- Tucker Bryant, who spent years at the crossroads of innovation at places like Stanford and Google, has uncovered an unconventional approach to leadership development: the mindset of a poet. Drawing from his experience as a nationally acclaimed poet, Tucker reveals how the same creative tools that poets use to evoke emotion and inspire change can empower leaders to transcend conventional boundaries and drive their teams to new heights.
- In this transformative keynote, Tucker introduces Turn the Page™ as a powerful framework for unlocking leadership potential. Attendees will leave with the insights and strategies needed to cultivate courageous leadership, inspire innovation, and guide their organizations with a renewed sense of purpose and resilience in today’s ever-changing landscape.