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Speaking Sample

My passion is demystifying the innovation process so anyone can access their latent potential and spark ideas with confidence.

This four-minute video showcases my speaking style, slide deck design, and my warm, energetic approach to making innovation feel clear, practical, and achievable.

Short Bio

Jessica Kavanagh is a Workplace Innovation Facilitator and Training Developer who specialises in helping leaders and teams build the culture and capability needed to generate ideas, solve problems, and drive innovation. With more than 20 years of experience designing custom training for organisations across Australia and internationally, her aim is to demystify the innovation process and make it achievable and repeatable for everyone.

Extended Bio

Jessica Kavanagh is a Workplace Innovation Facilitator, Training Developer, and founder of Creative Ark. She began her business at 16 and has spent more than twenty years adapting to new technologies, industries, and ways of working. Jessica has designed training for organisations such as BHP, CommBank, Isuzu, and the international charity OneSky, helping learners build capability, confidence, and momentum in their work.

Jessica’s passion is to help organisations unlock the innovative potential of their people. She specialises in practical, repeatable idea-generation techniques and psychologically safe collaboration which support innovative thought and productive team discussions. Her core belief is that innovative thinking isn’t the domain of a chosen few. It’s a skill that everyone can learn when the environment supports it.

Her suite of services is designed to support businesses throughout the innovation process.

Her hour-long Innovation in a Bottle Workshop teaches leaders and teams how to build creative capability, create an idea-safe workplace culture, and use simple idea-generating techniques to make innovation reliable and repeatable.

For teams facing roadblocks to innovation, progress, or momentum, Jessica facilitates a custom Creative Problem Solving Lab, guiding groups through a structured process to generate options and develop actionable solutions.  

For individuals wanting personalised support, her One-on-One Innovation Confidence Coaching helps people understand their strengths, build confidence in their thinking process, and apply their innovative capability in everyday work.

Whether she’s speaking to business leaders, councils, or individuals, her aim is always the same: to demystify innovation and make it achievable, safe, and repeatable for everyone.

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Talk Topics and Titles

All talks listed below can be accompanied by a professional slide deck.

Innovation in a Bottle: How to Make Ideas Flow in Any Workplace

(1 hour)

A practical, energising session that shows leaders and teams how to build innovation capability, create idea-safe cultures, and use simple, repeatable techniques to generate ideas on demand. Engaging written activities and opportunities for discussion make this ideal for a keynote or breakout session.

Idea-Safe Workplace Cultures: The Secret Ingredients Behind Every Innovative Team

(15-30 minutes)

Innovation requires the safety to take risks. To voice an idea. To experiment. To try the untried. This talk explores how psychological safety, confidence, and exploration help teams share ideas, solve problems, and innovate freely.

Where Ideas Come From and How to Get More of Them

(5-10 minutes)

A fast, practical insight into the two-step process the brain needs to form ideas, plus a quick technique for building a chain of possibilities in meetings and discussions to lead you to your next great idea. This talk helps people generate useful ideas with simple, repeatable processes.

How to Prompt Your Brain For Better Ideas

(5-10 minutes)

A short, actionable guide for priming your mind for innovative thinking. This talk introduces four key elements that support the idea-generation and experimentation inherent in finding your best ideas.

Past Speaking Experience

Jessica has more than 30 years of presenting experience, speaking publicly to audiences ranging from small groups to large-scale events of up to 10,000 people. She brings clarity, warmth, and practical insight to every stage, delivering structured, engaging content that resonates with diverse audiences.

Speaking Formats

  • Demonstrations of training techniques and discussion methods
  • Presentations for groups of up to 100 people
  • Interviews for events between 1,000 and 10,000 attendees
  • Regular quarterly presentations delivered in-person and via Zoom

Speaker Strengths

  • Clear, structured delivery with strong time management
  • Ability to make key points stand out through story, rhythm, and emphasis
  • Warm, encouraging stage presence that supports audience engagement
  • Confident use of gestures and vocal energy
  • Skilled at explaining complex ideas simply and practically
  • Experience in adapting content for different audience sizes and formats

Selected Engagement Types

  • Professional development presentations
  • Community capability sessions
  • Large-scale audience appearances
  • Online and in-person presentations

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