Nigel Collin is a leading authority on mindset, innovation, and adaptability, helping organisations achieve sustainable growth one small step at a time. As founder of the Game of Inches® methodology, Nigel equips leaders to bridge top-down strategy with bottom-up innovation through practical, incremental change.
Renowned for making complex ideas accessible through engaging, research-driven storytelling, he draws on over a decade of proprietary research and unique case studies from his ongoing Ingenious Oz research and doctoral work in grassroots innovation for sustainability.
Most people resist change because it feels too big and overwhelming, but sustainable growth is achievable through small, doable steps. Through compelling 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, actionable steps.
Nigel started his first business at 20 and sold it at 21. He holds an MBA with distinction from La Trobe University, where he now lectures on leadership, strategy, and sustainability. The big idea makes a good story, but it’s hard to implement in daily work. Give your team an achievable process and a growth mindset, and they’ll deliver real results.
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GROWTH MINDSET OF CHANGE: Embrace Change, Unlock Growth
In our rapidly evolving world, your mindset is your greatest asset to embrace change and be more adaptive. This dynamic keynote equips you with the tools to cultivate a growth mindset, empowering you and your team to thrive in the face of change. Blending insights from business psychology, neuroscience, and real-world leadership experiences, you'll discover actionable strategies to transform your thinking and fuel sustainable growth.GROWTH MINDSET OF CHANGE: Embrace Change, Unlock Growth
Key Takeaways:
- Understand the mindset-success connection in your organisation
- Master three game-changing behaviours for growth
- Apply the "Game of Inches" approach for lasting results
- See transformation stories in action
- Leave with one powerful action step
THE GAME OF INCHES: Small Steps to Sustainable Growth
What if sustainable growth doesn’t require a single big idea, but unfolds through small, consistent improvements? This keynote reveals a proven, research-backed process for building adaptability and innovation into your organisation, one step at a time. Drawing unique case studies from the Ingenious Oz Research initiative, Nigel’s Game of Inches® methodology gives leaders and teams the tools to drive measurable, lasting results in any market.THE GAME OF INCHES: Small Steps to Sustainable Growth
Key Takeaways:
- Discover hidden opportunities for growth
- Learn a practical, four-step framework for everyday innovation
- Implement small changes that deliver big, sustainable impact
- Be inspired by real-world success stories
- Leave with one actionable commitment to drive immediate progress
INGENIOUS INNOVATION: Align Bottom-Up Innovation with Strategy
This inspiring and practical keynote message is that Innovation belongs to everyone. This eye-opening session reveals how to empower innovation and align it with the organisation’s direction through small, consistent changes that spark remarkable outcomes. Grounded in research from hundreds of top entrepreneurs and business leaders, you’ll uncover how the ‘Game of Inches’ methodology can revolutionise your organisation’s adaptability and drive sustainable growth.INGENIOUS INNOVATION: Align Bottom-Up Innovation with Strategy
Key Takeaways:
- Leverage the power of incremental improvements for exponential results
- Identify and harness profitable opportunities
- Adopt a proven framework for continuous innovation and adaptability
- Gain insights from real-world stories
- Leave with ‘One’ actionable step to drive innovation immediately
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Nigel Collin Keynote Speaker | Author of 'Game of Inches'
Nigel Collin is a change and change leadership expert. He helps organisations and their people embrace change and act on it every day. This requires a shift in mindset that change is all about consistent small steps and structuring a process for that to occur. It is when people take ownership of change that excellence thrives.Nigel Collin | Th e Adaptive Leader | Saxton Speakers
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Nigel was excellent and we received very positive feedback on him from participants. ... keep reading Commonwealth Bank
This is the fourth time we have engaged Nigel and he is fantastic. He ensures we run to time deals well with all speakers and provides a great deal of comfort to the Committee as well as offering a high degree of professionalism to our Conference program.
Nigel understood the business within a short period of time. Nigel was professional yet humorous and made sure that our conference was lively and not monotonous.
Nigel was fantastic; he interacted with the crowd extremely well. I would definitely recommend him and will certainly be considering him for future events.
Your friendly approach set the scene and made everyone feel at ease to contribute freely. The fantastic content shared by everyone on the day has been so helpful and will assist me to prepare an insightful and useful strategy for the client.
I'd just like to say thanks once again to you all for your hard work during the show, it has been a great success!
He was terrific and we couldn't fault him at all. He did everything right; he was interested in staff and how we operate and he intuitively knew how to manage the party.
Aside from being a fluid presenter who knows how to work the crowd according to the theme and format of our various conferences, Nigel facilitates as though he is an extension and member of our team.
Nigel was absolutely outstanding on all levels and for all of the reasons we needed him for. In many ways, he went over and above but I think that this came down a lot to just the person he is - a fantastic MC, we loved him.
Nigel always adds value. He is brilliant at taking people out of their comfort zones in a way that leaves them incredibly comfortable.
I've being in this industry long enough to know that professionals of your calibre are hard to come by.
The feedback from the team was very positive both for the plenary and the workshop. Thanks so much for all your help at the meeting. It was great fun working with you again.
Thank you so much for the session you conducted for the RTA Human Resource Strategy Kick-Off. It was a great success and the feedback since that day has been very positive.
Never has the need to differentiate been more important in this competitive marketplace. We received great feedback from the participants who found the course gave them a range of great ideas that they can apply to their own organisation.
I imagine you're quite accustomed to your session being a popular favourite amongst conference or workshop participants, but in addition to it being popular it was also extremely valuable for our daily leadership work.
Watching Nigel Collin work is inspirational in itself. He can certainly make a difference to one's business and certainly to the people attending any session that he is involved in.
Nigel Collin's keynote address was excellent and showed a good depth of knowledge of the topic. It was clear that it was well researched and professionally presented compared to other speakers.
I was invigorated and energised by our discussion and it reaffirmed for me my personal view on the important of developing creativity in our young people.
Not just entertaining but useful - great ideas you can use immediately.
Nigel's experiences combined with his knowledge were an absolute hit with our attendees, with each and every attendee walking away with a fresh approach to idea generation. I would highly recommend Nigel to anyone looking to expand their creativity and capacity to generate original and practical ideas.
What can I say? Both of your sessions were absolute hits! In fact, in the five years that I've been running our sales conference, your feedback and scores have been the highest we have ever seen!
The opening session couldn't have been better.
I could spend hours with this man, ideas just spout from him. A lovely communicator, funny and oh so smart. Meet him and learn.
