Innovation / Strategy / Customer
THE INNOVATION ARCHITECT PROFESSOR PADDY MILLER (BARCELONA & HONG KONG)
How to create Innovation Architects in Your BusinesS?
Innovation expert Paddy Miller recommends that leaders at all levels become “innovation architects,” creating an ecosystem in which people engage in key innovation behaviours as part of their daily work. Co-author of ‘Innovation as Usual’ (Harvard) Washington Post's top ten Innovation books of 2015.
AVAILABLE FOR 45-60 MINUTE KEYNOTE ADDRESS OR 1-2 DAY WORKSHOP
INNOVATION AS USUAL Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg (New York & Denmark)
Helping companies bring great ideas to life.
Specialising in innovation in large companies, Thomas has become one of the most sought after speakers in Europe and the USA. Co author of the Harvard Business Review (HBR) book on the art of driving innovation in regular organizations, 'Innovation as Usual'. Thomas Wedell- Wedellborg was named the USA HR Magazine list of the 'TOP 20 International thinkers'.
AVAILABLE AS KEYNOTE ADDRESS OR 1-2 DAY WORKSHOP
FUTURES THINKING DR. ROBERT BURKE (SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA)
"Strategic planning often falls down because many organisations conceive of it as a completed plan “set in stone".
FUTURES THINKING, on the other hand, allows for flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances which means the plan is dynamic and, in today’s climate of rapid change, increasingly being modified to reflect the changing environment.
AVAILABLE AS KEYNOTE OR 1-2 DAY WORKSHOP
ACHIEVING STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP DR JACK GOODWIN (USA) 'MANY ORGANISATIONS DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT STRATEGY IS AND DON’T HAVE A STRATEGY'.
These organisations have substituted ambition, budgets, goals and a host of other things for strategies. Their strategic processes are an annual meetings, a fill-in-the-blank exercises, or weekend retreats. In most cases, even if they had a strategy, only a handful of employees would know what it was rather than the thousands of employees who needed to be executing it every day.
AVAILABLE AS A KEY-NOTE ADDRESS or 1-2 DAY WORKSHOP
'STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE' DR MARC JONES (SYDNEY AUSTRALIA)
'ARTICULATING 'WHERE TO PLAY' AND 'HOW TO WIN'
Strategic thinking is the ultimate competitive advantage that enables an organisation to consistently make better choices than the competition. The essence of strategy is in the articulating 'where to play' and 'how to win’.
AVAILABLE AS KEYNOTE ADDRESS OR 1-2 DAY WORKSHOP
'STRATEGY & SUSTAINABILITY' PROFESSOR MIKE ROSENBERG (SPAIN)
'A HARD-NOSED AND CLEAR-EYED APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR BUSINESS.'
How to move beyond the hype and take a decidedly pro-business, fact based point of view, recognizing the complexity of the issues at hand and the strategic choices businesses can make.
AVAILABLE FOR 45-60 MINUTE KEYNOTE ADDRESS or 1-2 DAY WORKSHOP
'CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE CULTURE'
PROFESSOR SIMON BELL (MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA)
'TO MEET GROWTH TRAJECTORIES, MOST COMPANIES TEND TO BE STUCK IN THE INVESTMENT ‘ARMS RACE’ TO PRODUCE THE BEST SERVICES AND PRODUCTS.’
However, a growing band of companies have realised that identifying their most valuable customers and maximising their strategic value should now be the priority.
AVAILABLE FOR 45-60 MINUTE KEYNOTE ADDRESS or 1-2 DAY WORKSHOP
REPUTATION (RISK) MANAGEMENT PROFESSOR PETER VEHEZEN (BELGIUM)
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN INVESTORS EXPECT A COMPANY TO DELIVER CONTINUOUSLY GROWING OR PERSISTENT EARNINGS PER SHARE – AND THE COMPANY THINKS THAT’S NORMAL ?
Often, the company’s response is a frantic effort to satisfy the investors relentless appetite. And that—not surprisingly in a competitive business environment—can lead to cutting corners or taking the easiest route to profits while avoiding accountability. The result is almost inevitably a loss of trust and confidence in the company.
