Nancy Lyons
CEO, author, and speaker, Nancy has been ahead of the future-of-work conversation for more than twenty years. “People-first as a business strategy” is the guiding principle that fuels the unique, award-winning culture at Clockwork.
Nancy has led employees and clients through thousands of business, team, and work culture challenges. As a digital veteran, she has witnessed the dramatic change technology brought to both businesses and people, and yet also sees people and companies struggling to figure out how to adapt.
She speaks and writes about work culture's crucial role in delivering meaningful and effective results. Culture—our feelings, behaviors, and interactions—is core to how we work and a primary determinant of personal and professional success. Nancy has watched people go from being victims of work to agents of work with simple mind shifts.
Her first book was Interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process, a human-centered approach to producing digital products. Her current book, Work Like a Boss: A kick-in-the-pants Guide to Finding (and keeping) your Power at Work, is the little book everyone needs to remember the actions, attitudes, and attributes that will make work better, for individuals and everyone around them.
Fear is Normal. Stuck is a Choice.
Chaos isn’t coming. It’s already here.
Leaders don’t get to sit this one out. In a world that’s messy, loud, and constantly shifting, the only real choice is to move. In this talk, Nancy Lyons dishes out no-fluff truths about leading without certainty, choosing action over perfection, and showing up when everything feels sideways. Leadership in hard times doesn’t require magic. It requires guts, clarity, and a willingness to go first.
What you’ll walk away with:
A fresh perspective on what leadership looks like when everything is unclear
Tools to move forward when waiting for calm isn’t an option
Real talk about culture, change, and the myth of certainty
Simple, actionable ways to lead without the need to fix everything
Permission to show up as a human, not a hero
A few laughs. Maybe an uncomfortable truth or two. Definitely a call to step up.
