Anna Kirah has had the unique opportunity of shadowing people from all life stages around the world. Her goal has been to understand the motivations and aspirations of everyday people in their everyday and not so everyday lives. With deep insights, she has provided meaning behind these motivations and aspirations in order to facilitate the co-creation of concepts (products, services, organizational change, mindset change) for a variety of industries.
Anna is frequently asked to hold inspirational keynote talks based on her experiences working with people and companies.
Anna tailormakes her talks to meet your specific needs.
What others say about Anna:
One speaker especially made an impression on me... the main point in Anna Kirah's presentation was that one should not base the development of new products on market analysis, but instead go out and live with your customers adn understand not just how they use the product, but also the context within which it is used. Don't go to the Zoo, go to the Jungle! Lars Kolind (Kolindkuren.dk)
A perfect, interesting and inspiring hour with lots of good examples. Funny in an intelligent way! (Blog: In search of media innovation)
It came as no surprise to see you were the best presenter, see below: (Esomar)
"Une sacrée bonne femme"!!!
Anne was very authentic and touchy, extremely inspiring as she spoke from her personal experience.
Excellent opening keynote - got the group into a great mindset for the rest of the conference.
very interesting and dynamic speaker. Reinforces great concepts and my desire to break the American client mindset of wanting to control research.
Anna Kirah is clever and she hits exactly where most, absolutely most have problems with innovation. Hans Henrik H. Heming (Publicmind.dk)
We like showcasing excellence. So why, you ask, does Anne Kirah deserve this acolade? Because she keeps things simple, she keeps it real. And while that may sound like a cliche, it's what few clientside researchers do...it's inspirational and, as Vinny Jones would say, it's emotional. Research Talk
Some of her recent talks:
People Centered Innovation in a Global World
Changing our mindset through story telling
Leadership and the Global Mindset
Issues of concern in designing for a global world with the goal of improving lives
Bridging the Heart and Mind: Innovating with People
People Centered Concept Making
Connecting Ourselves to the People we are building for and building with
Design Anthropology and Concept Making
Bringing the people in to concept making through participatory design
Life Stages: Segmentation with meaning
180° Academy, The making of a Concept Making School
Excerpts from Talks
