Renowned Neuroscientist, Founder & CEO of Lab of Misfits and Ripple
Beau Lotto: Biography at a Glance
- Dr. Beau Lotto is a world-famous neuroscientist who motivates audiences by using the principles of neuroscience to understand personal evolution.
- Lotto provides the detailed steps to achieve a successful culture where teams are open to change and growth - and thrive as a result.
- Weaving in ideas from technology, art, fashion, music, and performance, Beau masterfully delivers his subject matter in a friendly, entertaining style that captivates audiences.
- Beau leaves audiences with ideas that create a more invigorating, inventive, and evocable company culture as well as more meaningful, post-transactional customer relationships.
- He’s been electrifying crowds for over 30 years, including a three-time gig as a mainstage TED-talk speaker, challenging his audiences’ perceptions about change.
- Beau is also the founder and CEO of two companies – Lab of Misfits, the world’s first neuro-design studio, and Ripple, which holds several highly influential patents in Augmented Reality (AR).
- He has earned a world-class reputation as a speaker, masterclass leader, and big-league corporate consultant in the areas of leadership, perception, neuroscience, and complex adaptive systems.
- Beua's message is an ideal conference kick-off – providing powerful, positive, and creative context that sets a tone for the content and collaboration that follow.
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Biography
World-famous neuroscientist, Dr. Beau Lotto, will prepare and super-motivate your audience by using the principles of neuroscience (yes, you read that right). When you step back and consider the Big Picture, the strategy makes sense. We all know the world is changing fast — that’s a given. The challenge is to adapt…or die. What you need is a speaker who will show your audience how to thrive in the face of change. Beau gives your attendees, in practical plain talk, the neuroscience behind personal evolution. He provides the detailed steps to achieve a successful culture where your audience can empower evolvability and thrive as a result.
Beau’s megamix is more than just science, however; he weaves in ideas from technology, art, fashion, music, and performance. It’s the kind of subject matter, delivered in a friendly, entertaining style, that turns heads.
The result for you: usable ideas that create a more invigorating, inventive, and evocable company culture. As well, this could be your first step in creating more meaningful, post-transactional customer relationships. Think of his gift to your audience as insight backed by science.
Beau’s keynote visit is more than just another indistinguishable inspirational speaker yelling, “You can do it!” Much more. Here, you get a fact-based return on investment. Don’t let Beau’s science background give you pause – his talks are always common-sense, and peppered with humor, audience participation, and actionable principles that audiences can apply in their professional lives.
Beau, a renowned audience arouser, is a leading expert in perception, neuroscience, and complex adaptive systems. He’s helped navigate brands like Cirque du Soleil, Microsoft, and L’oreal to even greater successes. In corporate circles as well as in the scientific community, Beau is well-known and well-respected; he’s earned a world-class reputation as a speaker, masterclass leader, and big-league corporate consultant.
He’s been electrifying crowds for over 30 years, including a three-time gig as a mainstage TED-talk speaker. How? By challenging his audiences’ perceptions about change, getting them to look past their biases, and sparking ideas about how to create a more evolved, can-do organization.
“The biggest mistake we can make in uncertain times is to think we know.”
Topics
Leadership
What makes a good leader? When asked this question of a diverse audience, I’ll receive many different possible qualities that are ‘essential’. And yet, there are only three such descriptions that correlate with the success of a company. What are they and why do they matter?
Here we will address these questions from the perspective of behavioral neuroscience, and consider a new answer: the quality of a leader is defined by how they lead others into uncertainty.
Risk/Uncertainty
One of the most dangerous things one can experience in life is doubt. During evolution, if your ancestors weren’t sure whether that ‘thing over there’ was a predator, well … it was too late for them. Thus, we hate doubt … and that’s usually a good idea (throughout evolutionary history).
We are genetically programmed to do so: Sea-sickness, and indeed most of our mental health problems are direct manifestations of our fear. The deep irony, however, is that nothing interesting begins without it. So taking the risk to step into uncertainty is an essential aspect of adaptation, which we know is at the root of success in all natural systems. What’s more, nature also tells us when it’s best to risk uncertainty. So how to deal with uncertainty is the fundamental problem that your brain evolved to solve. Here we discuss in a highly experiential way how and why everything is uncertain, and nature’s solution to it.
Adapt or Die
The future is unknown. It always has been and always will be. Whether technological innovation, wars, climate change, voting … or a pandemic, every decision an organisation and leader makes is, in one way or another, directly related to uncertainty.
In nature, the most successful systems do not just adapt, they are adaptable. Indeed, adaptability is the ‘skill’ most sought by leaders and organisations. To adapt requires stepping into uncertainty. Adapting to uncertainty is born out of a way of being … a practice … that one engages in every day at work, at home with one’s children, with one’s partner, friends, and with the cashier in the grocery store.
Only by understanding how and why you see what you do can you adapt to and lead others into uncertainty. Becoming perceptually intelligent in conflict enables leaders and their teams and organisations to succeed when others fail.
Change
There is no inherent value in change. Whether change is good or bad is – like everything else in life – context-dependent. Here, using principles in behavioral and perceptual neuroscience, we’ll explore what lives at the heart of change: why it’s often essential for success but equally the most feared of human activities. Indeed, to ask ‘why?’ is historically the most dangerous thing you can do. Hence, organizations, businesses, religions, and even our education systems are designed to reduce question-asking. And yet all revolutions (and revelations) begin with a joke (“you mean it could be different from this?”).
See how and why questions and metaphors are mediators of change; what makes a good question; and how change – when properly pursued – has no direction or goal. This means change is personal and – when properly considered – inevitable.
How To See New Meaning In Data
There is no inherent value in any piece of information! Data is meaningless. Why? This is because the brain deals with meaning and not information since information doesn’t tell you what to do. In fact, THE fundamental challenge that the brain evolved to solve is to take meaningless data and make it meaningful. This is true even at the most basic level of our senses: seeing light, which is why we never see the world in any direct sense. Instead what we see is the meaning of information grounded in our personal, cultural, and evolutionary histories. And it’s the historical meaning of stuff that we literally see, experience, and know (not the stuff itself).
Here we’ll explore – and experience – how to see new meaning in data that has always been there, but remains hidden. The result will be an understanding of the principles by which the brain makes the meaningless meaningful.
FAQs
How do I book Beau Lotto for my event?
Contact CAA Speakers at (424) 288-2898 or speakers@caa.com to book Beau Lotto to speak at corporate or private events, keynote speeches, speaking engagements, workshops, fireside chats, motivational speaking, or virtual appearances.
Quick booking process- Email CAA Speakers with event details
- Get availability confirmation within 24 hours
- Review speaking fee and contract terms
- Sign agreement and finalize logistics
As one of the most influential talent agencies in the world, CAA handles all speaking engagements from contract to event day coordination.
Who is Beau Lotto's booking agent?
CAA Speakers is the preferred booking agency to contact for Beau Lotto’s speaking engagements. Contact speakers@caa.com for all Beau Lotto in-person appearances and keynote speaking requests.
Contact Beau Lotto's agent- Email: speakers@caa.com
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CAA Speakers can check Beau Lotto's speaking calendar with direct access to availability and official pricing. While many websites may list Beau Lotto, CAA Speakers is the direct source for authentic information about availability and pricing.
What is Beau Lotto's speaking fee?
Beau Lotto's speaking fee varies by event type, location, and requirements. As a top keynote speaker, Beau Lotto's fee reflects their expertise and market demand.
Speaking fee factors:- Event type and audience size
- Travel distance and logistics
- Presentation length and customization
- Virtual vs. in-person delivery
Additional costs: Travel, accommodation, A/V requirements, and optional meet-and-greets.
Contact CAA Speakers at speakers@caa.com for Beau Lotto's current speaking fee and detailed cost breakdown.
How much does it cost to book Beau Lotto as a keynote speaker?
The cost to book Beau Lotto as keynote speaker includes their speaking fee plus travel and logistics expenses.
Total booking cost includes:- Beau Lotto's keynote speaking fee
- Travel and accommodation
- Technical requirements and A/V setup
- Optional add-ons like book signing and meet & greets
- Virtual presentations
- Local/regional events
- Off-peak booking periods
- Flexible event dates
Email speakers@caa.com for Beau Lotto's exact booking cost and customized pricing proposal.
How to contact Beau Lotto for speaking engagements?
Contact CAA Speakers at speakers@caa.com for all Beau Lotto speaking engagements.
Official contact for Beau Lotto bookings:- Email: speakers@caa.com
- Website: https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/beau-lotto
- Response time: 24 hours
Include your event date, location, audience size, and budget when contacting CAA about booking Beau Lotto.
Is Beau Lotto available for virtual speaking events?
Yes, Beau Lotto speaks at virtual events with professional-grade equipment and interactive presentation style.
Beau Lotto's virtual event options:- Live virtual keynotes with Q&A
- Interactive workshops and breakouts
- Hybrid events (in-person + virtual)
- Pre-recorded presentations
Virtual events offer global reach, flexible scheduling, and reduced travel costs while maintaining Beau Lotto's engaging presentation quality.
Contact CAA Speakers for Beau Lotto's virtual event availability and technical specifications.
What events can I book Beau Lotto for?
Book Beau Lotto for corporate conferences, industry events, private functions, and virtual presentations. Beau Lotto customizes content for any audience size or event type.
Event types:- Corporate meetings and conferences
- Industry summits and trade shows
- Private executive retreats
- Educational institution events
- Virtual and hybrid conferences
Beau Lotto engages audiences from private executive meetings to large conferences with thousands of attendees.
Contact CAA Speakers to discuss how Beau Lotto can customize their presentation for your specific event.
Beau Lotto booking information and availability
Check Beau Lotto's speaking availability through CAA Speakers at speakers@caa.com. Book 3-6 months in advance for best date selection during peak seasons (September-November, March-May).
Availability factors:- Event date and location
- Speaking fee and budget
- Lead time for booking
- Peak conference seasons
- 3-6 months: Best availability
- 3-6 months: Best availability
- 2-3 months: Good availability
- 1-2 months: Select availability
- Under 30 days: Limited availability
Contact CAA early in your planning process to secure Beau Lotto for your preferred event date.
Book Beau Lotto keynote speaker through CAA
Book Beau Lotto through CAA Speakers for guaranteed authentic representation and professional event coordination. CAA is the preferred booking agent for Beau Lotto, with direct access to their speaking availability and decades of experience representing the world’s top keynote speakers.
CAA booking advantages:- Direct access to Beau Lotto's calendar
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- Professional contract negotiation
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Trusted by Fortune 500 companies for their most important speaking engagements. Contact speakers@caa.com to book Beau Lotto for your next event.
Will Beau Lotto speak at private events?
Yes, Beau Lotto speaks at private corporate events, executive retreats, board meetings, and exclusive functions.
Private event types:- Executive retreats and board presentations
- Client entertainment and VIP gatherings
- Corporate celebrations and award ceremonies
- Private dinners and exclusive functions
Private event benefits: Customized content, enhanced interaction, complete confidentiality, and flexible scheduling.
Contact CAA Speakers for Beau Lotto's private event availability and confidential pricing proposals.
How quickly will I get a response about booking Beau Lotto?
CAA Speakers responds to Beau Lotto booking inquiries within 24 hours during business days. Complex requests or international events may take up to 48 hours for detailed proposals.
Response timeline:- Initial acknowledgment: Within 24 hours
- Availability confirmation: 24-48 hours
- Detailed pricing proposal: 48-72 hours
- Urgent requests: Same-day priority response
Include complete event details (date, location, audience size, budget) for fastest response times.
How far in advance should I book Beau Lotto?
Book Beau Lotto 3-6 months in advance for best availability, especially during peak speaking seasons. Early booking ensures better date selection and rate negotiations.
Recommended booking timeline:- 3-6 months: Optimal availability and pricing
- 2-3 months: Good availability
- 1-2 months: Select availability
- Under 30 days: Limited availability
Peak seasons: September-November and March-May book fastest. Contact CAA Speakers early for priority consideration.
How do I get Beau Lotto pricing information?
Get Beau Lotto pricing information by contacting CAA Speakers at speakers@caa.com with your event details. Receive detailed cost breakdown within 24-48 hours with no obligation to book.
For accurate pricing, include:- Event date and location
- Audience size and type
- Event format and duration
- Budget parameters
CAA provides transparent pricing with all costs included - speaking fee, travel, accommodation, and technical requirements.