Alan Gregerman
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Change
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Creativity & Innovation
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Interpersonal Skills
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Strategy
Dr. Alan Gregerman is a highly-respected, award-winning, and best-selling author, speaker, teacher, entrepreneur, consultant, and community volunteer who is constantly trying to figure out how to unlock the genius in all of us and all of the companies and organizations we work for.
Alan’s most sought-after keynote topics:
The Wisdom of Ignorance – Why Not Knowing Can be the Real Key to Innovation in an Uncertain World
In a world where innovation is imperative, most of us have the wrong approach for getting innovation right. Fortunately, there is a better way…
This session, based on my brand-new book “The Wisdom of Ignorance,” is all about the power of “not knowing” stuff as the real key to thinking fearlessly and creating compelling breakthroughs in the things that matter most. The session turns innovation on its head by suggesting that expertise
is too often a barrier to innovation and that most companies and organizations have got innovation all wrong. Instead, it makes innovation more accessible and achievable for all of us and all our organizations by mastering six essential skills that are all tied to “not knowing” stuff. Six skills that are that provide a clear and powerful formula for coming up with the right new ideas and remaining relevant in a world changing super-fast. Participants will walk away energized by the importance of innovation, smarter about how it really happens, and much more capable of playing a vital role in an increasingly uncertain world.
The Necessity of Strangers – Why People You Don’t Know Yet are Essential to Innovation, Growth, and Success
Most of us rely on our relationships with friends, colleagues, and even relatives when we need to innovate and grow, but what if strangers are more essential to innovation and success?
This session, based on the award-winning and best-selling book “The Necessity of Strangers,” is all about the importance role that strangers play in innovation and business success. The session turns conventional thinking
about the value of friends and people we already know on its head by suggesting that people we could know, especially people who are different than us, are the real key to stretching our understanding and best thinking.
It then shows how we can become more skillful connecting with the right strangers, growing our networks in valuable ways purposefully and through serendipity, then using our new connections and insights to think fearlessly and create important breakthroughs. And it shows that you do not have to be an extrovert to engage with the right strangers. The result is a clear gameplan for unlocking the value of strangers and using it to grow our careers and businesses.
Innovation, AI, and the Importance of Being Human
The whole world seems focused on AI and its potential to eliminate many of our jobs and make most of our interactions transactional and lifeless. But it doesn’t have to be this way…
This session tackles our preoccupation with AI by showing the power of
being authentically human in a world calling out for creativity, innovation, and connection. In this session we will look at the promise of AI, the most compelling use cases, and the most essential use cases for humans committed to innovating and driving real impact. We will look at what makes us human, how to leverage our remarkable gifts, and how we can all be even more valuable in a world obsessed with AI. In addition to our unique abilities to imagine and be creative, we will also look at the powerful sparks that come from connection, belonging, and engagement with each other. The result is a clear gameplan for partnering with other humans and, at the right times, AI, to think fearlessly, remain relevant, and create real value.
Surrounded by Geniuses – How to Cast a Wider Net in the Search for Innovation and Value
While ideas and opportunities are all around, most of us get stuck in the
comfort zones of our own industries, disciplines, and what we already
know. We can change our thinking and be much more successful…
This session challenges business as usual by showing all of us how to use the power of curiosity to stretch our thinking and connect the dots required for innovation and greater success. Based on the award-winning and best- selling book “Surrounded by Geniuses,” we’ll explore the remarkable value of casting a wide net—to other industries, disciplines, cultures, popular culture, science, nature, and even science fiction—in solving previously unsolvable problems and creating new opportunities. The result is a new mindset and a set of very practical skills for engaging the world head-on and create important breakthroughs in the things that matter most.
Innovation is the Real Key to Sales and Marketing Success
Sales and marketing are all about bringing new ideas and greater value to the customers. It turns out innovation is the key!
This session provides an engaging and essential addition to current thinking about the keys to sales and marketing success. Don’t get me wrong, we all need to have a clear and compelling value proposition, a deep understanding of our customers and what matters most to them, credibility, and a keen ability to listen and craft solutions and value. But in a world changing fast, we need to be even better. And this is where innovation is vital. We all need to be able to come up with the right new ideas as part of the sales and marketing process and this session provides a clear and compelling formula for doing exactly that. The result is a much keener ability to bring our customers and new ideas that will help them to grow and remain relevant.
His work, research, speaking, and writing is focused on helping people and businesses to innovate, grow, and deliver the most compelling value to their customers in fast-changing times. Over the past twenty-five years, Alan has helped over 300 companies and organizations to create important innovations with a 90% success rate.
“Alan Gregerman is one of the most original thinkers in business today.” -Business Week
“All of us learned so much from you. To say you were inspiring would be a complete understatement.” -Women in Technology
Alan’s three books – The Necessity of Strangers, Surrounded by Geniuses, and Lessons from the Sandbox – have been translated into fifteen languages. They challenge our thinking in a fun, accessible, and impactful way about people, the world around us, how innovation and brilliance actually occur, and how to reach our full potential as individuals, leaders, and organizations. He has been called “one of the most original thinkers in business today” (Business Week) and “the Robin Williams of business consulting.” (Marriott International)
Popular topics:
Unlocking the Genius in Yourself, Your Colleagues, Your Organization, and the World Around You | Creating Compelling Value for Customers and Everyone We Have the Privilege to Serve | Engaging and Inspiring People in a Post-Covid World | The Intriguing Truth About Insight, Innovation, and Success
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