Nicole Velik, is a leading speaker, facilitator, and trainer on Innovation and Creativity. She is the founder of The Ideas Bodega, and host of both her podcast Creativity Unpacked and CreativeMornings Sydney.

For 15 years Nicole has facilitated and trained organisations across The United States, Australia, Europe, New Zealand, Africa, and Asia. Her clients include The United Nations, Nike, LEGO, Coca-Cola, and Google – driving her mission to demystify creativity, and make it accessible to everyone. 

With a background in advertising, she worked at Saatchi & Saatchi in Sydney and KBP in New York City, before founding The Ideas Bodega in 2009. Her podcast followed, and on launch ‘Creativity Unpacked,’ hit number one on Apple Marketing charts, where she interviews creatives to emphasize that creativity is a skill within everyone’s reach. 

She’s a sought-after speaker at events like SXSW Sydney and Vivid Ideas, and nurtures her own creativity by playing percussion in a 50-person samba band, playing guitar, writing songs, and learning to speak Portuguese.