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Kai Kight      

Classical Violinist Turned Innovator, Composer & Entrepreneur

As a classical violinist turned innovative composer, Kai Kight uses music as a metaphor to inspire individuals and organizations across the world to compose paths of imagination and fulfillment. Inspired by his own mother who, when diagnosed with cancer, revealed regrets of not bringing her ideas to the world. Kight is on a mission to spark a global mindset shift in which ingenuity is the norm, not the exception.

Kight’s unique background is one of both art and science. As a musician, Kight has performed his original music for thousands in venues across the world, from the White House to the Great Wall of China. As a product of Stanford University’s design and engineering program, the d. School, and the Behavior Design Lab, Kight studied how to help people create healthy and transformative habits in life.

Co-founder of Tea at Shiloh, a late night teahouse in Los Angeles, CA, Kight aims to reimagine nightlife by designing environments that calms the senses and foster authentic connection. On stage, Kight fuses his experiences to create presentations that are not only designed to stir the soul, but spark concrete action.

Speech Topics


Composing Your World for Customers

  • how to manage complexity and revise vision in changing times, adapting for audience needs (revising)
  • how to courageously put a new idea into the world/marketplace (perform)
  • how to create customer impact work and fulfill a higher purpose (captivate)

Composing Your World for Teams

  • how to inspire a workforce with a new vision (transcribe)
  • how to collaborate in a modern work environment (harmonize)
  • how to help others progress in times of change (conduct)

Composing Your World for Individuals

  • how to imagine new and unique possibilities (compose)
  • how to practice resilience and transform your skillset (practice)
  • how to find joy and gratitude in the midst of high performance (applaud)

Composing Your World

Whether in education, business, healthcare, or government, the systems and routines we depended on for so long have disappeared. While this void has been devastating, it also leaves us with an incredible opportunity: a blank page on which we can compose our future. We will look back at this time as the moment we made leaps forward by creating more innovative technologies, more human-centric businesses, and more inclusive workplaces.

As a violinist and keynote speaker, Kai Kight believes that music can be used not only as an escape during this difficult time, but as a guide for us to learn from as we look to redesign our lives and work.

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