Keynote Speaker & Strategic Facilitator
What if Innovation and Growth
are a 'Game of Inches®'?
Innovation | Leadership | Mindset
Keynote Speaker & Strategic Facilitator
What if Innovation & Growth
are a 'Game of Inches®'?
Innovation | Leadership | Mindset
I help leaders and their teams become more innovative and adaptive
I help build adaptive teams
one step at a time by
aligning bottom-up ideas
with top-down strategy.
Most people resist change because it feels too big. But growth doesn’t require breakthrough leaps, just small, doable steps. Nigel Collin helps leaders and teams build real adaptability through mindset and innovation.
As founder of the Game of Inches® methodology, Nigel brings over a decade of research and real-world insight—from his Ingenious Oz project to his doctoral work on grassroots innovation. His storytelling is evidence-based, engaging, and always focused on action.
“Nigel’s ‘Game of Inches’ received the best reviews”
– Andrew Heibl, CEO Australian Association of Convention Bureaux
“Nigel managed to rack up the #1 spot of most highly valued sessions”
– Kevin White – CSEP, 2XPL, USA
“I could spend hours with this man, ideas just sprout from him”– Richard Foulkes, The Paradise Experiment, UK
Keynote Topics
Adapt Fast. Grow Steady
In a fast-changing world, the goal isn’t to eliminate uncertainty, it’s to be more adaptive. But real adaptability doesn’t come from one-off initiatives or sweeping reforms. It’s built through small, consistent steps that drive momentum and measurable growth. This keynote introduces the Game of Inches® methodology, a research-backed approach that makes adaptability your strategic edge. Studies show building adaptive capability can boost productivity by 24% to 30%. Through real stories from the Ingenious Oz Project, Nigel shows how you and your team can become, and stay, adaptive.
- Discover how small steps lead to lasting impact
- Apply 4 proven actions and 3 behaviours to drive measurable growth
- Future-proof your career with adaptable thinking
- Build a culture of continuous improvement
- Leave with one powerful action to implement straight away
Shift Thinking & Grow
Mindset is the hidden switch behind adaptability and growth. Without it, no strategy sticks. In a world of constant change, most people resist change because it feels too big, but studies
show that a growth mindset can reduce that resistance by up to 40%, and boost adaptability by 30%. This keynote delivers practical tools to help individuals and teams embrace change with confidence. Based on insights from psychology, neuroscience, and real-world transformations, Nigel makes mindset real, practical, relevant, and scalable across organisations.
- Shift from change resistance to change readiness
- Master 3 key behaviours that build a growth mindset
- Build momentum by embracing disruption
- Learn from real stories of transformation in action
- Leave with one clear, immediate action to begin
Stop Innovation Theatre
Innovation belongs to everyone. But most innovation programs fail because real innovation isn’t about one-off projects or elite teams. It comes from unlocking the ideas already inside your people. This keynote shows how to tap into that ingenuity with a simple, practical process. One study found 38% of employees believe their ideas won’t be implemented. But when empowered with the right mindset and method, innovation happens fast. Drawing on the Ingenious Oz Project and corporate case studies, Nigel shows how everyday innovation, aligned with strategy, drives lasting growth.
- Unlock innovation across every level of your organisation
- Be known for ideas that deliver real results
- Align grassroots ideas with top-down strategy
- Cut through the noise—ditch the innovation theatre
- Walk away with one clear action to implement tomorrow
Adapt Fast. Grow Steady
In a fast-changing world, the goal isn’t to eliminate uncertainty, it’s to be more adaptive. Game of Inches is small, consistent steps that drive momentum and measurable growth.
Shift Thinking & Grow
Mindset is the hidden switch behind adaptability and growth. Without it, no strategy sticks. This keynote makes mindset real, practical, relevant, and scalable across organisations.
Stop Innovation Theatre
Innovation belongs to everyone. But most innovation programs fail because real innovation isn’t about one-off projects or elite teams. It comes from unlocking the ideas already inside your people.
Through keynotes, workshops, and advisory programs, Nigel empowers organisations to turn everyday ideas into measurable results, proving that sustainable growth isn’t about grand gestures, but consistent, practical steps. Known for his engaging style, Nigel weaves real-world case stories with practical insights that resonate across industries.
Nigel started his first business at 20 and sold it at 21. He holds an MBA with distinction and now lectures on leadership and strategy. His message is simple: with the right mindset and process, your team will deliver real-world outcomes.
20 years as a International keynote speaker, facilitator & coach.
He has presented at over 1000 meetings and events in 14 countries with a total audience of over 800,000.
He is the only Australian speaker awarded 'Outstanding Contribution to Meetings and Events Australia'
Past Chair of Meetings and Events Australia
CSP (Certified Speaking Professional)
MBA with High Distinction
Recipient of Executive Dean's Award - CSU
Member of Golden Key International Honour Society
Member AITD
Member of Golden Key International Honour Society
Member AITD
Published by Wiley, The Game of Inches lays out Nigel’s system of incremental change…and demonstrates through hundreds of interviews he did that it’s the SMALL things in a business that create the biggest long term results.
Here’s a taste of what you’ll find inside.
- Gain a system for using small consistent improvements to create big and lasting results for your business.
- Understand how to find gaps in how you do things and what your members want.
- Find the common actions and behaviours of over 80 successful entrepreneurs and leaders.
- Identify an existing challenge or gap and begin generating useful ideas and solutions.
- Discover how to empower your staff to consistently seek constant improvement.
How to win the long game
How to make small innovations and improvements every day. And build them towards fundamental improvements in a business’s performance
Actions and behaviours of successful people
Actual everyday habits Nigel has personally observed in some of Australia’s most successful business leaders and how to apply them.
A concrete action plan
Unlike other speakers, he delivers a tailored, specific set of first steps to set your people on a clear path to improving the business through step by step process.
Every presentation Nigel delivers is tailored based on your brief.
As a keynote speaker and leadership speaker he will work with you to deliver a presentation that aligns with your key outcomes and business goals. Which means your audience leaves with an understanding of what personal and business improvement really is. By using real life case studies and examples, Nigel interacts with your audience in a way that will reflect and resonate with them. He is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) the highest accreditation by the professional speakers industry.
All of his experiences in the business world come through in his presentations making him a valued and transformational growthmindset, empowered innovation and adaptive leadership speaker.
To learn more about Nigel’s approach visit his blog
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