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Jordan Johnson — keynote speaker, founder and creative director

Keynote Speaker·Founder·Creative Director
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Everyone's racing to let AI replace the human.
I built the world's first made to re-center it.

The Signature Talk

The Human Layer

Building connection in the age of AI

AI is the loudest thing in every room right now, and most of the conversation is about speed, scale, and replacing the human. My whole company is the counter-proof. I built a sensory product first, the kind of thing someone holds and reacts to, then put AI underneath it as the engine, never the face. The feeling stayed human. The AI just made it reach further.

i.

Your real edge comes down to a feeling, and AI is finally how you deliver it at scale.

ii.

You can name the exact place a human moment lives in your own work, the one you should never automate away.

iii.

Human-first AI is a real, buildable thing, not a nice phrase, because you just watched someone do it.

Topics & Angles
01

The Human Layer

Why the brands that win the next decade will use AI to deepen emotion, not automate it.

02

Luxury as experience

Standing out in a sea of sameness, when feeling is the last real differentiator.

03

Sensory product to enterprise brand

The founder journey, the decisions, building a culture that scales without going cold.

04

Taste over tactics

The founder's case for a point of view, and the difference between presence and noise.

05

Starting young in the AI era

For teens, students, and the adults advising them. Start from something you actually love, build something real out of it, and use AI to future-proof it rather than fear it. For a generation told the old rules no longer apply, and your taste is an asset, not a soft skill.

06

The case for making it by hand

Building in a category that went from craft to fast-fashion, and refusing to be another iteration of it.

Built For
CX, retail & customer experience Marketing, brand & luxury summits Corporate keynotes & leadership offsites Entrepreneurship & founder events Universities & student summits K-12 schools & youth assemblies Women in business & leadership Nonprofits & community organizations AI, tech & innovation forums
On Stage
University of WyomingINK keynoteGirl ScoutsOn stageBoardroomFounder talk
Rooms of Every Kind

From eight-year-olds to executives, I've learned to read a room before I learned to drive.

Elementary through high schools. Universities and student summits. The Girl Scouts. Founder conferences, leadership offsites, and a plethora of private organizations. Different rooms, same job: make people feel something they remember.

INKUniversity of WyomingDECA InternationalGirl Scouts of AmericaGwinnett County Public SchoolsLaunchYouniversityNational Black Arts Festival
The Proof

A driveway cookie stand that has reached A-list rooms and individuals.

FedExRe/MaxWilliams-SonomaNeiman MarcusSaks Fifth AvenueSteve HarveyDelta Air LinesMayor Keisha Lance BottomsBen Horowitz · a16z FedExRe/MaxWilliams-SonomaNeiman MarcusSaks Fifth AvenueSteve HarveyDelta Air LinesMayor Keisha Lance BottomsBen Horowitz · a16z
8
Years old when she started
18
Years building the brand
20+
Signature flavors, 4 lines
1st
Place, international champion

Speaking

Featured keynote at INK and the University of Wyoming Entrepreneurship Summit. Speaker and judge for the Girl Scouts of America. Guest speaker across K-12 schools, colleges, and private organizations. Youngest-ever guest on the LaunchYouniversity podcast.

Featured In

DECA Direct Magazine (2-page feature), Suwanee Magazine, Wellness Magazine, Gwinnett Daily Post, For Girls Like You, GCPS Communiqué, and the National Black Arts Festival with Neiman Marcus.

Honors

First place, DECA International Career Development Conference. Teen Entrepreneur of the Year and GCPS Student Entrepreneur of the Year. Williams-Sonoma Featured Artisan. Re/Max "Realtors Choice" partner and two-time People's Choice winner.

Booking

Bring Jordan to your stage.

Let's create a moment your audience remembers.

Tell me about the room, the date, and what you want them walking out believing. I'll come back with a fit, a format, and a fee.

Or reach out directly

speak@jordanscookies.com

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