NICOLE VELIK – LEADING INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY SPEAKER
Nicole Velik is a globally recognised creativity and innovation speaker, facilitator, and trainer. As the founder of The Ideas Bodega, host of Creativity Unpacked: The Podcast, and the force behind CreativeMornings Sydney, she’s on a mission to make creativity exciting, accessible, and essential for everyone.
For 17 years, Nicole has helped organisations around the world—from the U.S. to Australia, Asia, Europe and Africa—supercharge their creative potential through workshops, talks and training. Her clients include The United Nations, Nike, Apple, Canva, LEGO, Spotify, Coca-Cola, TikTok, and Google.
Nicole believes creativity isn’t a gift for the lucky few—it’s a skill we all have. Her high-energy sessions leave audiences buzzing with confidence and ready to generate game-changing ideas.
Her podcast, Creativity Unpacked, debuted at No. 1 in the Apple Marketing charts and stayed there for six weeks. Through in-depth conversations with brilliant creatives, Nicole demystifies the creative process, proving that innovation isn’t magic—it’s something we can all tap into.
With a background in advertising as a brand strategist, Nicole worked at Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney and KBP New York City before returning home in 2008 to pursue her passion for building creative workplace cultures. In 2009, she founded The Ideas Bodega, blending her love for ideas, innovation, and empowering people to think differently.
Nicole is a sought-after speaker at global conferences, including SXSW Sydney, Vivid Ideas, Ad:Tech, Promax BDA, CreativeMornings, Creative Innovation, CREA, and Emergence Creative. Nicole’s insights on creativity and innovation have been featured in The Australian Financial Review, ABC, CMO Magazine, Media Week, and The Collective Magazine.
For 8 years Nicole has hosted CreativeMornings Sydney - A monthly, global lecture series for the creative industry. Sydney is one of 240 cities around the world to take part.
When she’s not igniting creativity in others, she fuels her own by playing percussion in a 50-person samba band, writing songs, playing guitar, and learning Portuguese.