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Mick Brands / Keynote speaker & strategic advisor

Fresh perspectives.
Practical next steps.

Keynotes on marketing, technological change and personal growth. Lessons from more than a decade at Google and Oracle, translated into the choices your audience faces.

English or Dutch · Shaped around your audience · Optional Q&A

Mick Brands on stage at YouTube Festival
Ideas come to life in conversation.Mick Brands · YouTube Festival
Previously on stage at
  • Channable
  • YourSurprise
  • YouTube Festival
  • Nyenrode
Three keynotes. One practical starting point.

What should your audience see differently?

Start with the question your audience is wrestling with. Each keynote connects a clear perspective to choices people can take back to work.

01 / Personal development

10 Lessons from 10 Years in Big Tech

Help people take ownership of their growth, navigate change and make more deliberate career choices.

A strong fit for
Early-career professionals, new managers and teams at a turning point.
What stays with the audience
A different way to think about visibility, strengths and meaningful impact.
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02 / Marketing & growth

Marketing & Growth Strategies

Bring brand and performance thinking together, with clearer audience choices and a longer view of growth.

A strong fit for
Marketing leaders, commercial teams, agencies and growth teams.
What stays with the audience
Three principles: brand consistency, audience clarity and short- plus long-term demand.
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03 / Innovation & future of work

Technology: What’s Next?

Move the conversation beyond hype to how technology changes our work, organisations and everyday lives.

A strong fit for
Leadership teams, innovation events and organisations navigating change.
What stays with the audience
A people-first lens for deciding what to explore, question and test next.
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Not sure which topic fits?
The Matchmaker helps you choose around your audience and goal. Or compare all three side by side.

Find your keynote →
Mick Brands
The person behind BrandsTalks

A strategic advisor at heart.

I help organisations turn complex, ambiguous problems into clear, workable plans. At Google and Oracle, that has meant working with partners and customers on long-term growth, coaching teams and building the relationships that make advice land.

I care about growing companies and the people inside them. Sometimes that is a client, sometimes someone I am coaching—and sometimes an audience with a question about what comes next.

On stage, I bring that same approach: make complex ideas understandable and create room for better choices.

Based in Ireland, speaking in English and Dutch. Location and delivery format are agreed for each event.

See my background on LinkedIn ↗
Mick on camera

A sense of how I explain an idea.

In this Dutch-language Google advertisement, I explain how customers move through a buying journey. A short example of my on-camera presentation—not a recording of a keynote.

Want to assess whether my approach suits your audience? Tell me what your event needs.

Discuss the fit →

The video includes its original subtitles.

For event organisers

From a good idea to the right keynote.

Start with your audience

Who is in the room, and what question should they leave thinking about? Choose the topic that fits.

Make the internal case

Compare the topics and share a concise one-pager with your team.

Send a short brief

Share your date, audience and objective. We can discuss the content, format and availability together.

Let’s discuss the fit

What do you want your audience to take away?

A date, an idea or an initial question is enough to start the conversation.

mick@brands-talks.com