Joel Hilchey

Joel Hilchey

B.Eng, M.Eng, CSP

ON, CANADA

Equip your leaders to create magnetic culture.

Joel is an ideas guy. His gift seems to stem from a strange combination of observation,
insight, and blatant disregard for conventional thinking.


He's also a juggler (literally and figuratively). In addition to leading the Beanstalk Creative team as Executive Producer & CEO, he maintains a busy schedule as a keynote speaker, creating unforgettable spectacles on stage. 


He's the father of 3 kids, 2 of whom co-habitated a uterus, and he attempts to be a good husband. Joel has authored 3 books, (2 of them with Brandon Love), and he taught engineering for over a decade at McMaster University, where he was named one of the Top 150+ Alumni. 


He’s a seasoned barbershop quartet singer, he formerly chaired the board of the world-renowned Hamilton Children’s Choir, and he's a semi-competitive joggler (that's right... juggling whilst jogging). 


Joel's Books:

"The Time to Climb"

"Brainsprouting: How to Become Fearlessly Creative & Have Better Ideas More Often"

Social Media:

Twitter & Instagram - @JoelHilchey 

LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook - Joel Hilchey

Joel is an ideas guy. His gift seems to stem from a strange combination of observation,
insight, and blatant disregard for conventional thinking.


He's also a juggler (literally and figuratively). In addition to leading the Beanstalk Creative team as Executive Producer & CEO, he maintains a busy schedule as a keynote speaker, creating unforgettable spectacles on stage. 


He's the father of 3 kids, 2 of whom co-habitated a uterus, and he attempts to be a good husband. Joel has authored 3 books, (2 of them with Brandon Love), and he taught engineering for over a decade at McMaster University, where he was named one of the Top 150+ Alumni. 


He’s a seasoned barbershop quartet singer, he formerly chaired the board of the world-renowned Hamilton Children’s Choir, and he's a semi-competitive joggler (that's right... juggling whilst jogging). 


Joel's Books:

"The Time to Climb"

"Brainsprouting: How to Become Fearlessly Creative & Have Better Ideas More Often"

Social Media:

Twitter & Instagram - @JoelHilchey 

LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook - Joel Hilchey

Suddenly Unstuck: The Art of Making Change Fun

Imagine a different type of organization - one where creativity was abundant... Where each new roll-out didn't seem like just another pointless scheme from management... Where people were actually enthusiastic about their work.

This type of organization is totally possible, but it's also exceptionally rare, because most people are taking the wrong approach. Instead of throwing more money at the problem or sinking more energy into "managing change", we need a fundamental shift in thinking....

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Entitlementality - The Cause and the Cure

It seems that people, especially millennials and young people, increasingly feel "entitled" to an easy path, absenteeism, immunity to discipline, and success without effort. They expect others to do their thinking FOR them.

As managers struggle to motivate and employee expectations seem to be on the constant rise, what are we to do? We'll get beyond the cathartic complainy-pants-ing and discuss practical tactics to switch entitlementality into empathy, creativity, and effort. With...

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Brainsprouting: Eliminate Judgement, Overcome Group-Think, and Boost Your Team's Creativity

As the demand for innovation soars, too many people still believe they're not creative. Enter Brainsprouting - a new approach to generating lots of innovative ideas. We'll talk about how to set it up, the goals and guidelines, and your role as the facilitator. Plus, you'll learn practical tools to get your team generating more ideas, and be even more excited to turn these ideas into action.

This is a great workshop for...

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How To Attract, Develop, and Keep Exceptional Talent

How do you consistently attract the best new talent? How do the best organizations develop top-performers? Once you've got them, how do you make sure your key-players don't jump ship?

Attracting exceptional talent is not about dress-down Fridays or foosball tables in the lounge. Training top performers doesn't require spending huge sums of cash. In fact, when we look at the best insights from brain science and high-performance coaching, the secrets to talent acquisition and...

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"Is this all there is?" …When Success Feels Oddly Unfulfilling

Do you ever feel like you should be happier than you feel? You may have enough money, a stable job, and great friends, but something still feels like it's lacking... We pour our energy into our jobs, but too many people are either living a life of boredom or they're on the road to burnout. This is something every organization should care about: When even big successes feel unsatisfying, motivation plummets, people lose their mojo, and they start questioning whether they need a big career...

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Training When There's No Time

How do you train people to handle the unexpected? Everyone is busier than ever, standards keep going up, and the world keeps getting crazier. You need more help, but there's hardly enough time for you to do YOUR job, let alone teach someone else everything you know. It's impossible to cover every situation your people will encounter, but what if you could train them to think like you?

We'll share a simple process to uncover your own hidden decision-making rules, add in the best...

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