Timm Chiusano

Former Fortune 100 marketing executive who responsibly fired himself after building a $30M creative agency—now oddly TikTok famous at 48 with 1.5M+ followers who crave his raw, authentic take on life and leadership. His upcoming book and TED Talk on getting addicted to appreciation are transforming how leaders think about emotional intelligence, culture, and what really matters.

Suggested Topics

✅ How To Get Addicted To Appreciation – Transform your leadership and culture through the power of daily gratitude and recognition ✅ Responsibly Firing Yourself – Knowing when to walk away from success and what comes next ✅ Building Culture That Actually Works – Creating values and beliefs that survive mergers, reorgs, and pandemics ✅ The Accidental Influencer – Lessons from becoming TikTok famous in your mid-forties and what authenticity really means ✅ Leading Through Chaos – Managing 270+ people through acquisition, transformation, and unprecedented change ✅ The $30M Creative Agency You’ve Never Heard Of – Building something unprecedented inside a Fortune 100 company ✅ Raw, Real, and Revenue – How authentic storytelling drives brand partnerships and business results ✅ Emotional Intelligence For Leaders Who Think They Don’t Need It – Why the hardest skills to learn are the softest ones ✅ From Boardroom to Viral – Translating corporate experience into content that moves millions ✅ The Art of Seeing Life Differently – Daily inspiration practices that change everything ✅ Building Teams That Build Things – Leadership lessons from producing 20,000+ pieces of creative annually ✅ Why Your Culture Strategy Is Failing – And what to do about it before it’s too late

Books

📗How to Get Addicted to Appreciation (release date 2026)

Language (s)

English

Travels From

New York

Engagement Fee

$15,000-20,000

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Biography

Timm is a writer, TED speaker, executive coach, brand consultant, and former Fortune 100 marketing executive. He spent the last 11 years of his corporate career building and overseeing the most unique internal creative agency in advertising history before responsibly firing himself in June 2024.

Early Career
Timm started as a live graphics producer with ABC Sports before pivoting to ESPN’s customer marketing and sales team, where he led ideation and execution of brand campaigns for NFL, NBA, NASCAR, Golf, Tennis, ESPYs, and IndyCar properties.
Building Something Unprecedented
In 2013, after seven years at ESPN, Timm joined Time Warner Cable with a unique challenge: build an internal creative agency capable of producing 20,000 pieces of creative annually for over 5,000 small businesses.
✅ Led a team of 270+ through the Charter Communications merger, multiple reorgs, and the pandemic✅ Oversaw a $30M annual P&L✅ Generated over $1.7B in advertising revenue during his tenure✅ Developed the company’s creative vision for branding needs✅ Led culture, values, and beliefs strategies
The Social Media Phenomenon
Timm is an idiot savant in the social media world. His raw, authentic content inspires his 1.5M+ followers to see life differently every day, for the better. A creative at heart always, his storytelling journey didn’t start in earnest until 2020. He now finds himself in the odd world of being TikTok famous in his mid-forties.✅ 1.5M+ followers across platforms✅ Brand partnerships with Google, Meta, Spectrum, New Balance, The NHL, and Dyson✅ First book, HOW TO GET ADDICTED TO APPRECIATION, publishing in 2026✅ TED speaker on appreciation and emotional intelligence✅ Former goaltender in Ontario’s Junior hockey system
100 Words

Timm spent twenty-five years in Corporate America with ABC Sports, ESPN, and Charter Communications, where he managed a $30M P&L generating over $1.7B in advertising while overseeing the company’s creative vision, culture, and values strategies.
Now, oddly TikTok famous at 48, Timm is publishing his first book “How To Get Addicted To Appreciation” in 2026. He recently gave his first TED Talk on the same topic and is highly sought-after as an emotional intelligence and executive coach who also creates award-winning brand partnerships on his social media channels alongside his daily inspirational content.
✅ 1.5M+ followers✅ Brand partnerships with Google, Meta, Spectrum, New Balance, The NHL, Dyson

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Testimonials

“I’ve been to hundreds of corporate events, but Timm’s talk stopped me in my tracks. His raw honesty about walking away from a $30M P&L to find what really matters hit differently than any leadership speaker I’ve heard. Within 10 minutes, half our executive team had their phones out—not scrolling, but taking notes. He doesn’t just talk about appreciation and emotional intelligence; he makes you feel it in real-time. Three months later, our leadership team is still quoting him. Book him before his calendar is impossible.”