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Nigel
Collin

Founder and CEO, Ingenious Oz Project.

Profile

Nigel Collins is a leading expert in building adaptable teams through mIndset and innovation, to drive sustainable growth. As founder of the Game of Inches® methodology, he empowers organisations to embrace change and become more adaptive through small, practical steps.

He started his first business at 20 and sold it at 21 and went on to build one of Australia’s most prominent creative entertainment design companies within the Business Events Arena. In 2013, armed with a video camera, Nigel set off on an initiative, solo on his motorbike, to discover ingenious Australians and share their stories.

Nigel earned his MBA with high distinction from La Trobe University and is now a casual lecturer at the La Trobe Business School in Leadership, Strategy and People Management. He is now completing his doctorate of business administration, having earn a full scholarship, researching grassroots innovation,.

Through his Ingenious Oz Research initiative and as author of ‘Game of Inches’ he travels Australia finding the most ingenious business and professional success stories, takes out the key learnings and presents them back to you and your team.

He is a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD), a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD) and a Golden Key International Honours Society recipient. He is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) the highest accreditation within the professional speaking industry. Nigel is past chair of Meetings and Events Australia (MEA). He is the only speaker to be awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Meetings and Events. He is an alumnus of the Disney Institute, a Ted-Xer, and author of three books.

When not speaking, working with clients, writing or riding his motorcycle he spends his time between Sydney and the rural mid-north coast of NSW with his family.

Expertise
Talking Points

GROWTH MINDSET OF CHANGE: Embrace Change, Unlock Growth

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 various 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
• Leave with one clear, immediate action

THE GAME OF INCHES: Small Steps to Sustainable Growth

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. 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 making adaptability your strategic edge. Studies show building adaptive capability can boost productivity by 24% to 30%. Through real stories fromIngenious 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 impleme

INGENIOUS INNOVATION: Align Bottom-Up Innovation with Strategy

Innovation belongs to everyone. But most
programs fail because real innovation isn’t about one-off projects or elite teams. It comes from unlocking the ideas of 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 bottomup innovation 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 and ditch the innovation
theatre
• Walk away with one clear action to implement
Media
Feedback
Nigel was excellent and we received very positive feedback on him from participants. 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.

Bursars Association of New South Wales

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.

Enterprise Finance Solution

Nigel was fantastic; he interacted with the crowd extremely well. I would definitely recommend him and will certainly be considering him for future events.

Tooling Australia

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.

Milestone Events

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!

IBM Software Group

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.

Metcash Limited

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.

FST Media

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.

ING

Nigel always adds value. He is brilliant at taking people out of their comfort zones in a way that leaves them incredibly comfortable.

Nandos

I've being in this industry long enough to know that professionals of your calibre are hard to come by.

SAS

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.

Sanofi Aventis

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.

RTA

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.

Public Relations Institute of Australia

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.

Mater Health Service

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.

L&R Contract Business Services

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.

Risk Management Institution of Australia

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.

Rod Welford MP, Minister for Education and Training, Minister of Arts, Queensland Government

Not just entertaining but useful - great ideas you can use immediately.

Kevin White, CSEP, Empire Force Events Inc., NY

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.

IMB Building Society

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!

Macquarie Telecom

The opening session couldn't have been better.

Bryan Holiday MD, ICMS

I could spend hours with this man, ideas just spout from him. A lovely communicator, funny and oh so smart. Meet him and learn.

Richard Foulkes, The Paradise Experiment
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