Nadya Zhexembayeva

Called ‘The Reinvention Guru’ (In Ventures magazine) and ‘The Queen of Reinvention’ (TEDx Navasink), Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a business owner, educator, speaker and author — specializing in reinvention.

Often called “The Reinvention Guru” and “The Queen of Reinvention,” Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a scientist, entrepreneur, and author specializing in resilience and reinvention. She is the Founder and Chief Reinvention Officer of the Reinvention Academy. As a consultant and educator, Nadya helped such companies as Coca-Cola, Cisco, L’Oreal Group, Danone, Henkel, Erste Bank and others reinvent their products, leadership practices, and business models to meet new market demands and prepare for incoming disruptions. As a speaker, she delivered keynotes and workshops to over 500,000 executives, and four TEDx talks. Her “How to Kill Your Own Company” TEDx talk has gathered close to 350,000 views. As an author, she wrote several award-winning books - most recently, “The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos,” and her work has been featured in a variety of publications, including the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and The European Financial Review.