Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel

President

ThinkersOne


Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings with focused 15-minute bursts. Mitch is also a globally recognized speaker, advisor, author and long-form interviewer whose work helps leaders navigate disruption, understand emerging technologies and rethink how organizations create value.

Before ThinkersOne, Mitch spent nearly three decades in technology and media. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.”

Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine.

He has delivered thousands of keynotes across both B2B and B2C industries and is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players.

Speaking in:

Thursday Jul 23

8:30am - 9:15am

Welcome + Opening Keynote: Algorhythm: Finding Retail’s Rhythm in the Algorithm

Disruption is no longer a moment – it’s the operating environment. Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping how consumers discover, evaluate, and buy, forcing retail leaders to rethink marketing, pricing, loyalty, and inventory in real time. As AI enables “one-to-X” engagement – deeply personalized experiences delivered at scale – the rules of retail are changing. Static pricing gives way to dynamic models. At the same time, consumer trust is under pressure as pricing, personalization, and value become increasingly opaque. In this always forward-looking session, Mitch Joel will introduce his P.A.C.E. framework to help retail leaders navigate this disruption. Attendees will gain a strategic roadmap to compete in an AI-mediated economy where adaptability, trust, and intelligent systems define competitive advantage.

Mitch Joel | NRF Nexus 2026