About Shawn Hunter

Shawn is a dynamic, practical, entertaining and 'high content' leadership development keynote presenter, coach, corporate educator and author. Shawn speaks and advises on the intersection of leadership, organizational culture and innovation. Shawn’s new book Small Acts of Leadership: 12 Intentional Behaviors That Lead to Big Impact (October, 2016) is a Washington Post bestseller.
Until July, 2015 Shawn was Executive Producer & VP for Leadership Solutions at Skillsoft. For over a decade he has interviewed, and filmed, hundreds of leading business authors, executives, and business school faculty in an effort to assemble video learning solutions. Shawn’s first book, Out•Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes (Jossey-Bass) released August, 2013. Shawn’s most recent book Chasing Dawn, is an adventure in experiential learning and leadership. The book chronicles his summer of 2017 cycling across America with his son, two other fathers and their teenage kids.
Shawn has worked with numerous companies globally including Starbucks, Royal Bank of Canada, Association for Talent Development, TRowe Price, Triumph, Lear, Economical Insurance, World Economic Forum, Raytheon, Nintendo, Canon USA, Department of Treasury, WEX, and many others.
Until July, 2015 Shawn was Executive Producer & VP for Leadership Solutions at Skillsoft. For over a decade he has interviewed, and filmed, hundreds of leading business authors, executives, and business school faculty in an effort to assemble video learning solutions. Shawn’s first book, Out•Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes (Jossey-Bass) released August, 2013. Shawn’s most recent book Chasing Dawn, is an adventure in experiential learning and leadership. The book chronicles his summer of 2017 cycling across America with his son, two other fathers and their teenage kids.
Shawn has worked with numerous companies globally including Starbucks, Royal Bank of Canada, Association for Talent Development, TRowe Price, Triumph, Lear, Economical Insurance, World Economic Forum, Raytheon, Nintendo, Canon USA, Department of Treasury, WEX, and many others.
Ask Better Questions and Accelerate Your Innovation

Learn how to innovate with greater success by mastering the effective tools and techniques provided in this informative presentation. This presentation will challenge you to understand that your expertise may be getting in your way, the importance of diversity in innovation, how to borrow brilliance, and defy convention.
This presentation features interactive and engaging lessons designed to help you innovate like never before. These lessons will inspire you to initiate new and innovative work within your team and organization. You will learn to:
This presentation features interactive and engaging lessons designed to help you innovate like never before. These lessons will inspire you to initiate new and innovative work within your team and organization. You will learn to:
- Find a better box, instead of trying to think outside of one
- Gain understanding of the value of different types of expertise
- Realize the role collaboration plays when it comes to innovation
- Challenge yourself and your team to pursue unconventional ideas and solutions
- Learn to ask better questions