http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/ Connect Speakers Bureau News RSS 2.0 Feed. Please visit http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/ for more information. en-gb Copyright 2012 Connect Speakers Bureau. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 20 May 2012 7:04:14 GMT 60 http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/images/pageElements/logoRSS.gif http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/ http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/introducing-luke-williams-author-of-.781.html "At Some time, Someone, Somewhere is going to Disrupt Your Entire Industry. Shouldn't it be you?" Luke Williams is an internationally recognized authority on Innovation Leadership. He is a Fellow at frog, one of the world's most influential innovation companies and Professor of Innovation at NYU's Stern School of Business. He has worked with industry leaders including American Express, GE, Sony, Crocs,Virgin, Disney and Hewlett-Packard to create breakthrough product, service and business model solutions. In order to stay competitive, business leaders need a revolution in thinking: a steady stream of disruptive strategies and unexpected solutions to stay ahead of the game. Luke Williams shows organizations exactly how to generate those strategies and deliver those solutions with his insightful and truly mind blowing presentations. Author of Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business he is one of the world's most respected voices on "Innovation Leadership". "Luke Williams reveals a way of thinking that has the power to transform your business. Work with him before your competitors do." - Cordell Ratzlaff, Director of User-Centered Design, Cisco Mon, 14 May 2012 9:25:01 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/.771.html Messrs.Govindarajan and Trimble say that, increasingly, business success is coming from companies that use their knowledge and resources to create innovative new products for developing countries and then adapt those products to satisfy demands in the developed world. The traditional flow of innovation - from rich to poor nation - is moving in reverse. The book is rich with examples of the phenomena. An early case dates from the 1960s, when Western doctors who went to Bangladesh to help address a cholera outbreak. The doctors discovered that the locals were using a drink made of carrot juice, rice water, bananas and carob flour- a mix of carbohydrates and sugar- to rehydrate those suffering severe diarrhea. A doctor at the University of Florida read about the traditional treatment and concluded that something similar might help dehydrated football players. The result: Gatorade. The authors also describe how Wal-Mart discovered that its big-box-store formula didn't work in Central and South America because shoppers didn't have enough money or storage space to make buying in bulk feasible. So the company developed smaller stores selling products in more manageable quantities for those markets - and now is bringing the idea to dense urban settings in the U.S. "Reverse Innovation" argues that these anecdotes aren't isolated examples but rather part of a trend that is gathering steam. If growth is going to be driven by developing markets, they say,then innovation almost certainly will be as well. Tue, 08 May 2012 9:43:04 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/lucy-p-marcus-.770.html Lucy P. Marcus is a board chair and non-executive director who is challenging conventional wisdom inside and outside the board room. She has emerged as the voice setting the agenda on future proofing boardrooms and companies around the world. Lucy has been awarded the Thinkers 50 “Future Thinkers” Award. Here is an except form a a recent FT article entitled "It used to be about fixing the Women" to which Lucy contributed; For employers looking to rectify a gender imbalance in senior management, Lucy Marcus, professor of leadership and governance at IE Business School in Madrid, says: “Companies need to ask themselves: do we have the kind of environment that gives women what they need to be successful?” Of course women need many of the same things as men to achieve: new and stimulating challenges, a collegial and professional atmosphere, for example. But the disproportionate numbers of men at the top suggests companies need to pay special attention to developing women leaders, according to Prof Marcus, who is also chief executive of Marcus Venture Consulting, and a non-executive chair of the Mobius Life Sciences Fund. Women ought to have ample opportunities to improve basic skills, such as public speaking, writing, negotiation, and networking. They need peer mentors and role models; and they need opportunities for international exposure, she argues. “We know that to become a chief executive today you need to have done a tour abroad. I spoke to one [male] chief executive who said ‘we don't like to ask women [to move overseas] because we don't want to ask them to uproot their families',” says Prof Marcus. “But that should be her personal choice.” She says that while companies “can throw money at the problem … the dirty secret is that this doesn't have to cost a lot of money. It comes down to the attitude of the company and the way it integrates women into senior management.” Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:42:17 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/kresse-wesling-winner-of-cartiers-.769.html Kresse Wesling has a rather extraordinary passion which is waste, as a result she co-founded Elvis & Kresse to make luxury goods from it. Some might be hard-pressed to see how old hose could be beautiful, but this is exactly what makes Kresse's passion extraordinary: her vision. ‘When you polish it and see the lustrous red rubber it becomes this fantastic material!' Kresse and her future business partner, Elvis, set about figuring out what they could make from it. ‘If a use couldn't be found for the hose, most of it would go to landfill, which to me is simply uncivilised. Waste is a mix of inherently valuable materials. It's shameful to shove it in the earth.' A lengthy process of trial and error ensued, as they made the hose into roof tiles, furniture, Christmas ornaments… and finally belts. ‘Elvis's leather belt split so we cut off a bit of hose, added his buckle, and hey presto!' It wasn't quite as easy as that, of course. More work was required to find machines sturdy enough to cut, rivet and sew the rubber, which is as tough as nails, let alone to clean the sooty grime off it. ‘We're on uncharted territory so we have to innovate!' Kresse enthuses. Fast forward two years and the enthusiasm is not just contagious, it's hit the big time: Elvis & Kresse belts, bags, and accessories are sold in the world's most luxurious department store, Harrods, alongside famed luxury labels, and have recently been launched in New York. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:27:54 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/introducing-vijay-govindarajan-ranked-no-3-business-management-thinker-in-the-thinkers50.760.html JOHN MATTONE was recently named by Thinkers50.com as one of the fastest rising stars in the field of leadership development. The Thinkers50, a biennial list of the world's top business thinkers, identifies people who are making a real difference in the world of business. John was ranked as one of the "World's Emergent Thought Leaders" and appears on the 2011 Thinkers 50 “Guru Radar” list. He is recognized globally as an inspiring keynote speaker, prolific author, and highly sought-after executive coach. John is President of JohnMattonePartners (JMP), a global leadership consulting firm that specializes in executive assessment, development, and coaching. John has over 30 years' experience in the fields of executive development and human capital management, an entrepreneur who has built two successful human capital consulting firms, and as executive of a multi-million dollar leadership consulting firm, as a leading author known throughout the Fortune 500 for his extraordinary speaking ability. His newest books, entitled “Stealth Leadership: Using Assessment & Coaching to Propel Your Leaders and Organization to Greatness” and “Unlocking & Unleashing Your Leadership Potential”, are being heralded by leading experts, CEO's and HR leaders as “groundbreaking and innovative”. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 7:05:08 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/lucy-p-marcus-recipient-of-the-.744.html LUCY P. MARCUS won the Thinkers 50 Future Thinker Award which recognises "A Thinker who has emerged over the last two years with the potential to change the world of theory and practice” Challenging conventional wisdom both inside and out of the boardroom, Lucy has been recognized for setting the agenda on future proofing boardrooms and companies around the world. She speaks and writes about corporate governance, ethics and leadership in her own column for Reuters, as well as in The Harvard Business Review, Business Week, and Huffington Post.. The founder of Marcus Venture Consulting, she is committed to fostering sustainable success for funding organisations, working with venture capital and private equity funds, institutions and corporations to build strong funding businesses. As Professor of Leadership and Governance at IE Business School she teaches on their flagship International MBA program and is also a Cambridge Associate at the University of Cambridge's Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM). Recognized for her ground breaking work in leadership and governance she was the recipient of the 2011 Yale University "Rising Star of Corporate Governance" Award, and was selected for one of the 2011 National Association Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100 lists for promoting boardroom excellence. She was also recently voted one of 6 of "Britain's Best Connected Women" in the UK Institute of Directors' Director Magazine. The founder of Marcus Venture Consulting, she is committed to fostering sustainable success for funding organisations, working with venture capital and private equity funds, institutions and corporations to build strong funding businesses. As Professor of Leadership and Governance at IE Business School she teaches their flagship International MBA program and is also a Cambridge Associate at the University of Cambridge's Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM). Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:39:13 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/no-straight-lines-now-available.746.html No Straight Lines – the new read/write book from Alan Moore – argues that we have reached the nadir of the adaptive range of an industrialised world, in fact we are now faced with a trilemma of social, organisational and economic complexity, tensions and questions. And therefore face a design problem. No Straight Lines presents a new logic and inspiring plea for a more human centric world that describes an entirely new way for true social, economic and organisational innovation to happen. http://www.no-straight-lines.com/ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:20:37 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/umair-hague-economisttop-50-thinker.723.html UMAIR HAQUE is a consultant, author & economist. He is also a columnist and blogger for the Harvard Business Review and is ranked #49 in the "Thinkers 50" List. He is director of "The Havas Media Lab" which is a platform for a new kind of strategic advisor that helps investors and entrepreneurs experiment with radical management business models and strategic innovation. His latest book, "The New Capitalist Manifesto:"Building a Disruptively Better Business published in 201, contends that companies must orient their business models around: “Renewal in order to maximize efficiency; equity in order to maximize productivity; meaning in order to maximize effectiveness; democracy in order to maximize agility; and peace in order to maximize evolvability.” Previously he founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that shaped strategies across media and consumer industries. He has been ranked the 5th most influential Twitterer in the UK by the Independent, his various media appearances and citations include the FT, the New York Times, Wired, Forbes, the Guardian, MSNBC, and CNN. Umair studied neuroscience at McGill, did his MBA and research with Gary Hamel at London Business School, and more postgraduate work in economics, strategy, and innovation at Oxford. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:08:20 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/congratulations-clayton-christensen.711.html 2011 Ranking: #1 Winner: 2011 Thinkers50 Innovation Award Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost experts on innovation and growth. Christensen is the bestselling author of a number of books: his seminal work, The Innovator's Dilemma (1997) which received the Global Business Book Award for the best business book of the year; The Innovator's Solution (2003); Seeing What's Next (2004); Disrupting Class (2008) looks at the root causes of why schools struggle and offers solutions; The Innovator's Prescription (2009) examines how to fix the US healthcare system; The Innovators' DNA (2011); and The Innovative University (2011). Christensen and his writings have won a number of awards, including five McKinsey Awards for articles published in the Harvard Business Review. Christensen became a faculty member at the Harvard Business School in 1992, and was awarded a full professorship with tenure in 1998, becoming the first professor in the school's modern history to achieve tenure at such an accelerated pace. In 2000, Christensen founded Innosight, a consulting firm that uses his theories to help companies create new growth businesses. Christensen is also the founder of Innosight Institute, a non-profit think tank whose mission is to apply his theories to vexing societal problems such as healthcare and education. Christensen has advised the executives of many of the world's major corporations. They generate tens of billions of dollars in revenues every year from product and service innovations that were inspired by his research. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:06:27 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/introducing-.704.html Dave deBronkart, better known on the internet as “e-Patient Dave,” is the leading spokesperson for the e-Patient movement. E-patients are empowered, engaged, equipped and enabled. A high tech executive and online community leader for many years, he was diagnosed in 2007 with Stage IV kidney cancer, with a median survival of just 24 weeks. He used the internet in every way possible to partner with his care team and beat this unbeatable disease. Today he is well. In 2008 he discovered the "e-patient movement", and began studying, blogging, and speaking at conferences, and in 2009 was elected founding co-chair of the new Society for Participatory Medicine. He was a leading voice in Washington for new federal regulations to require that patients and families have access to their electronic medical records, and is now engaged full time in speaking and advocating for patient engagement. A year after the diagnosis Dave was invited to join the annual retreat of the e-Patient Scholars Working Group. Founded by the late Tom Ferguson MD, a true visionary, the group consists of pioneers, both medical and lay, who have been quietly altering the balance of power in healthcare, demonstrating that as the internet brings patients together with information and with each other, a new world of Participatory Medicine is evolving, in which patients become potent agents in creating and managing their own health, in partnership with physicians. An accomplished speaker and writer in his professional life before his illness, today Dave is an advocate and activist engaged in opening health care information directly to patients on an unprecedented level, thus creating a new dynamic in how information is delivered, accessed and used by the patient. This is revolutionizing the relationship between patient and health care providers, which in turn will impact insurance, careers/jobs, quality of life and the distribution of finances across the entire spectrum of health care. He's appeared in Time, U.S. News, and the Health Leaders magazine cover story "Patient of Future". In December 2009 Health Leaders named him to their annual list of "20 people who make Healthcare Better" and in 2010 he released his first book: "Laugh, Sing and Eat Like A Pig "How an empowered patient beat Stage IV Cancer (and what we can learn from it) Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:03:18 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/carmen-m-reinhart.687.html Carmen M. Reinhart is the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. She was previously Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for International Economics at the University of Maryland. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Reinhart held positions as Chief Economist and Vice President at the investment bank Bear Stearns in the 1980s, where she became interested in financial crises, international contagion and commodity price cycles. Subsequently, she spent several years at the International Monetary Fund. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Reinhart has served on numerous editorial boards, panels, and has testified before congress. She has written and published on a variety of topics in macroeconomics and international finance and trade including: international capital flows, exchange rates, inflation and commodity prices, banking and sovereign debt crises, currency crashes, and contagion. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:39:52 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/diane-coyle-testimonial.695.html Dear Diane: You contributed everything I had hoped for and more. I know the journey to prepare for the talk and travel such a long distance is quite arduous. But having a perspective on America from across the pond is more likely to influence our exclusively American audience than our own chatter in the US with one another. In other words, you were superb and made us think. David Braddock University of Colorado Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:23:27 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/niall-fergusons-ted-talk.686.html Watch the amazing Niall Ferguson deliver his fascinating talk to TED on the "Six killer Apps of prosperity". He is one of the world's leading historians on the global economy. Called “the most talented British historian of his generation,” his recent book "Civilisation" The west and the rest" is an international bestseller and the basis for a multi-part television documentary. Controversial, expansive and eloquent, he writes and speaks about the costs and benefits of globalisation, the relations between finance and politics, the lessons to be learned from the British experience of empire, and the strengths and limitations of American global power. A contributing editor at the Financial Times, Ferguson brings unique historical perspective to contemporary economic and political issues. Ferguson is author of several other internationally-acclaimed works, including The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, The War of the World, and The World's Banker. He currently is writing a biography of Henry Kissinger. He is a regular contributor to television and radio on both sides of the Atlantic and several of his books have been made into television documentaries, including Empire, Colossus, The War of the World, and The Ascent of Money. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:12:03 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/amar-bhidé-.682.html Amar Bhidé is Thomas Schmidheiny Professor at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Previously he was Professor of Business at Columbia University. He is a founding member of the Center on Capitalism and editor of its journal, Capitalism and Society. His latest book "A Call for Judgment" Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy clearly explains how bad theories and mis-regulation have caused a dangerous divergence between the real economy and finance. In simple language Bhidé takes apart the so-called advances in modern finance, showing how backward-looking, top-down models were used to mass-produce toxic products. Thanks to excessively tight securities laws and loose banking laws, anonymous transactions have displaced relationship-based finance. And Bhidé offers, tough simple rules for restoring relationships and case-by-case judgment: limit banks-and all deposit taking institutions-to basic lending and nothing else. A Call for Judgment is both a primer on the role of finance in a dynamic modern economy, and a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of banks functioning as highly centralized, mechanistic entities. It is essential reading for anyone interested in bringing the economy back to a point at which decisions can be made that foster organic economic growth without the potentially disastrous risks currently accepted by modern finance Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:21:51 GMT http://www.connectspeakersbureau.com/latest-news/introducing-francis-fukuyama-world-renowned-expert-on-the-international-policital-economy-democratization.660.html Dr. Fukuyama has written widely on issues relating to democratization and international political economy. His book, The End of History and the Last Man, was published by Free Press in 1992 and has appeared in over twenty foreign editions. His most recent book,The Origins of Political Order, was published in April 2011. Other books include America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy, and Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap between Latin America and the United States. Francis Fukuyama is Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), resident in FSI's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, effective July 2010. He joined Stanford from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University, where he was the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy and director of SAIS' International Development program. Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:12:05 GMT