Learn How to Think Innovatively at NACS SOI Summit
At the NACS State of the Industry Summit next week, hear from a keynote speaker who teaches how to bring different perspectives to business.
Mar 16, 2026 | 2 min read
The 2026 NACS State of the Industry Summit, taking place next week, April 14-16 in Schaumburg, Illinois, will kick off with a speaker who will “Do Different Things Differently” this year—the tagline of poet and innovation keynote speaker Tucker Bryant.
A former Google employee who spent a decade working in Silicon Valley, Bryant uses his talent and skills as a poet to bring a different perspective to approaching business and innovating at work.
Bryant will reveal how poets and artists break from comfort, transform uncertainty into possibility and use creative constraint to fuel breakthrough ideas. He fuses artistic experimentation with professional rigor to show audiences how to “Do Different Things Differently.” The result is a practical shift that helps teams uncover breakthrough ideas hidden in their blind spots and discover opportunities conventional thinking would never reveal.
Bryant’s keynote address will be followed by two days of dynamic speakers from the industry who will deliver the latest in convenience-retail-specific data from the NACS State of the Industry Report of 2025 Data, along with insights into the numbers and trends shaping the industry.
Register now to join your peers at the NACS State of the Industry Summit next week and gain access to the newest metrics—as well as industry trends, opportunities and watchouts—in key topic areas such as finance, labor, store operations, foodservice, merchandising and fuels.
