Real Stories. Real Impact.
Looking for a speaker who can engage, educate, and inspire your team? John’s keynotes and talks are tailored to your audience, grounded in real-world experience, and designed to spark meaningful change.
Representative Past Speaking Topics:
Proximity Builds Empathy
Adopting More Inclusive Talent Management Practices and Workforce Culture
No Fear
Embracing Change and Overcoming Challenges
Designing for Accessibility
Ensuring Human in the Loop for Technology & AI Development
Human-Centered Care
Bringing More Equity to a Patient’s Healthcare Experience
Bring Don’t Ask the Blind Guy for Directions Book to Your Team or Community!
John offers guided book club facilitation—perfect for employee resource groups, leadership teams, student groups, and community organizations looking to spark real conversations around inclusion, identity, and purpose.
“I received numerous messages from team members who came away from our conversation inspired, told me it was ‘the best knowledgefest to date’ and who appreciated you all sharing your story with us. THANK YOU!”
—Vinesh Kapil
Director, Social Finance
As a global speaker, author, business leader, husband, father and adventure seeker, John will move you to action with his powerful story of overcoming astonishing obstacles. He shows you why it’s important that we continue to remove barriers that are limiting people from pursuing all aspects of their lives.
John’s passion for inclusion is rooted in the fact that he is blind, but it certainly doesn’t define him. He truly believes that proximity builds empathy, and through his storytelling, he will humanize what it means to be inclusive and show what is possible when we build a sense of belonging, for all people.
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