KwameChristian

Our next speaker helps people have the conversations most of us struggle with or avoid. Kwame Christian is a negotiation expert, an award- winning attorney, and the founder and CEO of the American Negotiation Institute. He has been named one of the top 10 negotiation experts in the world. Companies like Apple, Google, NASA, Uber, and Coca-Cola bring him in to help their teams negotiate better deals, influence without authority, and handle conflict with confidence. He hosted Negotiate Anything, the number one negotiation podcast in the world, with more than 16 million downloads in over 180 countries. Today he hosts Big Swings Only, which ranks in the top half of one percent of podcasts worldwide. You may also know his work as a contributor to Forbes and CNBC.

Kwame Christian is a two-time bestselling author, award-winning attorney, and founder and CEO of the American Negotiation Institute. Ranked among the top 10 negotiation experts in the world, he has trained teams at Apple, Google, and NASA. He hosted Negotiate Anything, the #1 negotiation podcast in the world, and now hosts Big Swings Only, a top 0.5% podcast worldwide.

Kwame Christian is a two-time bestselling author, award-winning attorney, and founder and CEO of the American Negotiation Institute (ANI). Global Gurus ranks him among the top 10 negotiation experts in the world, and Mindvalley named him its 2025 International Speaker of the Year. Kwame gives people practical tools for high-stakes conversations. Organizations including Apple, Google, NASA, Uber, Target, Coca-Cola, and Chase have brought in ANI to help their teams negotiate deals, influence without authority, and handle conflict with confidence. Kwame hosted Negotiate Anything, the world's #1 negotiation podcast, for nearly a decade. It reached more than 16 million downloads in over 180 countries. With over 1800 episodes, it’s the largest free audio library of negotiation content. He now hosts Big Swings Only, which ranks in the top 0.5% of podcasts worldwide. His approach draws on psychology in two ways: how people think and feel during a hard conversation, and how to perform well under pressure. Each tool he teaches is easy to learn, easy to remember, and easy to use when it matters most. His signature Compassionate Curiosity Framework™ comes from that work. He is an adjunct professor at Ohio State's Moritz College of Law, home to the nation's top-ranked dispute resolution program. He holds a bachelor's in psychology, a Master of Public Policy, and a J.D. He is also a certified mediator, a LinkedIn Top Voice, and a Forbes and CNBC contributor.