About Jennifer
The greatest barrier to future success isn’t change—it’s how leaders approach change. Jennifer Vessels transforms that approach.
Jennifer Vessels reshapes how people think, lead, and grow in a world where change is constant. With over 30 years of guiding transformation at Adobe, Google, Cisco, Genentech, Microsoft, and other global organizations, she equips leaders and teams to move beyond reacting to uncertainty and instead drive the future.
Her keynotes and masterclasses go beyond inspiration; they provide a proven roadmap for results. Through Jennifer’s P.E.A.C.E. Framework (Purpose, Exploration, Action, Collaboration, Empowerment), audiences learn how to translate technology trends into practical actions that accelerate performance, strengthen culture, and unlock new value.
While many talk about the future, Jennifer delivers it — on the ground, with real teams, every day. It’s why she was named Best Positive Impact Speaker of 2024 and why leaders worldwide rely on her to build the future-ready organizations of tomorrow.
Next Step
Founded in Silicon Valley by Jennifer, Next Step’s global team of 40 professionals accelerate business growth through commercialization and business transformation services. Through a holistic approach to change, growth, innovation, and leadership, they ensure clients achieve measurable growth in revenue, profitability, and market value. Successes have included Adobe, Airbnb, CDW, Cisco, Genentech, Google, Live Nation, Nvidia, and Schneider Electric.
Executive Growth Alliance (EGA)
Global community of future-ready leaders who collaborate to co-create success as they resolve Specific Actionable Challenges. Developed by Jennifer EGA, the proven methodology has delivered results for Aker, DNB, IKEA, Novartis, Rabobank, Sutter Health, Schneider Electric, Wilhelmsen, and many others globally.
Speaking and Advisement
Speaking and Advisement
Jennifer delivers keynotes, facilitates workshops and moderates events to accelerate successful change, utilization of AI and technology and future-ready leadership. As a Silicon Valley native and global nomad committed to delivering lasting results, her bold insights, real-world examples energetic stage presence and actionable takeaways deliver real results.
All keynotes or workshops are fully customized and available in person or online.
Today is a tipping point – economically, geopolitically, environmentally, and technologically creating pressure to deliver, adapt and engage. My keynotes are guaranteed to delivery future-readiness with P.E.A.C.E.
My proven framework as accelerated success for leaders as they:
- Embrace change delivering shareholder value
- Apply AI and emerging technologies
- Transform and build a future-ready organization
- Empower people through humane leadership, interpersonal skills, coaching
- Accelerate growth through AI and other technologies, enabling co-creation with custom
Next Step
Founded in Silicon Valley by Jennifer, Next Step’s global team of 40 professionals accelerate business growth through commercialization and business transformation services. Through a holistic approach to change, growth, innovation and leadership, they ensure clients achieve measurable growth in revenue, profitability and market value. Successes have included Adobe, AirBnB, CDW, Cisco, Genentech, Google, Live Nation, Nvidia, Schneider Electric.
Executive Growth Alliance (EGA)
Global community of future-ready leaders who collaborate to co-create success as they resolve Specific Actionable Challenges. Developed by Jennifer EGA’ proven methodology has delivered results for Aker, DNB, IKEA, Novartis, Rabobank, Sutter Health, Schneider Electric, Wilhelmsen and many others globally.
Speaking and Advisement
Speaking and Advisement
Jennifer delivers keynotes, facilitates workshops and moderates events to accelerate successful change, utilization of AI and technology and future-ready leadership. As a Silicon Valley native and global nomad committed to delivering lasting results, her bold insights, real-world examples energetic stage presence and actionable takeaways deliver real results.
All keynotes or workshops are fully customized and available in person or online.
Today is a tipping point – economically, geopolitically, environmentally, and technologically creating pressure to deliver, adapt and engage. My keynotes are guaranteed to delivery future-readiness with PEACE.
My proven framework as accelerated success for leaders as they:
- Embrace change delivering shareholder value
- Apply AI and emerging technologies
- Transform and build a future-ready organization
- Empower people through humane leadership, interpersonal skills, coaching
- Accelerate growth through AI and other technologies, enabling co-creation with custom
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Get in touch if you are:
“Jennifer is THE speaker I can always rely on to deliver real high impact results.”
“When you want to make change happen and grow your business, Jennifer is person to call”.
“Adobe’s successful transformation from software to services was accelerated by Jennifer and her team. We truly could not have done it without her.”
Future-ready Lessons Learned from Silicon Valley, Europe and the World
Future-ready leadership starts with embracing change through exploration of new technologies, adapting culture and empowering diverse team members. By setting direction, demonstrating an innovative mindset, taking action and building a humane culture, global leaders deliver 500% greater results than their peers.
Business Transformation with PEACE requires clarity of purpose, empowerment of people to explore, try, learn as they leverage technology, collaborate with customers and take action to achieve results. Through PEACE, Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia have delivered increased shareholder value.
Technology AND People are the future. AI, empowering, accelerating, delivering exponentially greater productivity, innovation and competitiveness is also redefining ‘work’ – and it is just the beginning. Advanced technologies allow people to deliver greater value, achieve their life purpose and collaborate to co-create the future.
“Jennifer has an amazing ability to engage, encourage people to collaborate, explore and move forward.”
“Jennifer is amazing – she integrates, connects and delivers based on real world experience from her work in Silicon Valley and globally.”
“AT last I and our board members have a path forward – your Silicon Valley perspective combined with real world transformation leadership for global companies was exactly what we needed.”
What Makes Jennifer Different:
30 years experience leading business growth and transformation for worlds-leading companies including Adobe, Autodesk, Genentech, Google ++
Silicon Valley insider insights on AI and future of technology – applied globally
Examples through daily work leading change, growth, innovation for global clients Novartis, Schneider Electric, Microsoft, Wilhelmsen
Demystifies complex technology while highlighting the role and value of people in the future of work
Approachable, authentic and committed to delivering lasting impact
