Dylan Smith on stage

For Organizations · Corporate Keynotes

Neurodiversity is a leadership advantage.

Dylan Smith's story isn't only for classrooms. Organizations investing in resilience, innovation, and inclusive culture are bringing him into boardrooms, leadership offsites, ERGs, and conferences worldwide.

13,000+

Students reached

K-12 assemblies since 2021

22

Schools visited

16 cities · 15 states · 2 countries

58,000+

Books sold

#1 Amazon Intl. Bestseller · launched Feb 2026

#1

International bestselling author

The Words Are Backwards, You're Not

What your organization walks away with

Four outcomes leaders book Dylan for.

Innovation

Reframe 'weakness' as the team's unfair advantage. Leaders leave with three specific bets to make on neurodivergent talent.

Resilient Leadership

How to lead through a slow start, a hard quarter, or a personal crisis without performing your way out of it.

Inclusive Culture

What inclusion looks like for employees who don't communicate, learn, or process the way your handbook assumed.

Engaged ERGs

A keynote your neurodiversity, accessibility, and mental-health ERGs will quote for the next year of programming.

Signature corporate talks

Pick the talk. We'll tailor the room.

  • L&D · DEI · ERG events

    Neurodiversity at Work

    Why the brain that struggled in school is often the one your team is built around — and didn't know it.

  • Leadership offsites · Sales kickoffs

    Resilient Leadership

    Russian orphanage to founder, speaker, and #1 international bestselling author by 25. The mindset behind 'keep swimming'.

  • Product · Design · R&D summits

    Innovation Through Difference

    Dyslexic thinking solves problems linear thinkers can't see. How to design teams, products, and cultures that benefit.

  • HR · People Ops · DEI councils

    Building Inclusive Teams

    Beyond hiring statements. The small, concrete decisions that make a workplace genuinely belong to everyone in it.

Who books Dylan

Built for the room you're actually filling.

Leadership offsites

Sales & company kickoffs

DEI & accessibility summits

Neurodiversity & mental-health ERGs

L&D and people-ops events

Industry conferences

Board retreats

Founder & operator dinners

For organizations

A leadership keynote on neurodiversity, resilience, and inclusive culture.

From orphanage to founder by 25. A keynote your ERGs, leadership offsites, and DEI programs will be quoting for years.

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