Adam Kingl is a British-American author, keynote speaker and educator whose work focuses on leadership, organisational change, creativity and innovation, multigenerational collaboration, nutrition and performance, and the future of work. He has held teaching and advisory roles in executive education and business schools in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and Australia.
Adam Kingl was raised in Silicon Valley, California and later relocated to the United Kingdom. He studied at Yale University, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and London Business School.
Kingl has worked in executive education, leadership development, and organisational consulting. He served as Executive Director of Thought Leadership and Learning Solutions at London Business School for almost a decade.
After managerial roles, Kingl is now faculty or an associate at a number of academic institutions, including the UCL School of Management, Ashridge-Hult International Business School, Imperial College, London Business School, the Møller Institute at Churchill College - University of Cambridge and Monash Business School.
He teaches and directs corporate executive education courses around the world, and particularly in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia.
His professional work and keynote speaking have focused on leadership development, strategic and management innovation, enhancing creativity using habits from highly successful leaders in the creative arts, generational differences and multigenerational collaboration in organisations, and teaching smart cooking and nutrition to improve executive performance and wellness.
Kingl has written commentary on leadership and management topics for newspapers and business publications, including the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, Forbes, Fortune, The Guardian, and Fast Company.
Kingl resides in Surrey, England.