Dominic Thurbon
Dominic Thurbon is Managing Director of the Centre For Skills Development, a world top-10 speaker, and for some years was Head of Research for global generational trends and business strategy consultancy Peter Sheahan Pty Ltd.
After graduating from the University of Sydney, Dominic joined Peter Sheahan while continuing his honours thesis in political science. In this role, Dominic led the research on Peter's new business book Flip: How Counterintuitive Thinking Is Changing Everything, which has now been published in the US, UK and throughout Asia and examines the forces of change currently reshaping the business environment. With Peter, Dominic worked through this material with clients around the world including News Corporation, Google, GlaxoSmithKline, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
In his role as Managing Director of the Centre For Skills Development, an organisation that he co-founded, Dominic works with partner organisations to address important social issues in areas such as health, education and skills shortages. He is currently focusing on projects to do with helping companies embrace the potential of Web 2.0 and adopt to new technologies Dominic is also a recognized speaker with a proven track record of performance at the highest level. In 2006 at the World Debating Championships in Dublin, Dominic was ranked the 7th best speaker in the world, and this year was a Grand Finalist at the World Championships in Thailand. He speaks on subjects such as generation change and new business strategy internationally at business conferences in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
His expertise in these areas and his dynamic and engaging manner make him a powerful and provocative speaker, capable of shifting mindsets out of the world as it used to exist and into the world as it exists today.
"Dominic is a fantastic, dynamic presenter who really demystified the whole thing for us. His presentation was engaging, entertaining and - best of all - really valuable to us in the way we work. I know a lot of people came away from his session with many ideas about how their teams could embrace these tools and improve how they work!"
Learning & Development Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
"We had the pleasure of Dom Thurbon presenting to the team. It made us think very differently and we were all buzzing with new ideas at the end of the session. We would highly recommend Dom to work with your team - you will be certainly be engaged, challenged and very creative with your approach."
Head of Corporate Marketing, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
TOPICS AVAILABLE
Unleashing the Collaborative Potential of your Workforce
To get ahead in the knowledge economy, companies must capture the expertise already floating around inside its four walls. By using simple social media tools, we can not only capture and search the expertise we already have, but also direct it towards solving pressing business problems. Unleashing innovation and collaboration in this way is a sure-fire method for driving better results!
In this insightful and empowering presentation Dominic will:
• Show you and your team the model for capturing, sourcing and directing the knowledge inside your organisation
• Identify the connection between information flow and driving innovation, collaboration and productivity
• Save you time, money and energy by helping you capture what you already know
• Prove that if you knew what you knew, you'd be unstoppable!
• Clearly demonstrate how to use everyday enterprise 2.0 solutions to create a more innovative and collaborative
Flip! How Counterintuitive Thinking is Changing Everything
Flip is your future-focused strategy for leading in times of ambiguity through embracing innovation and change. Based on Peter Sheahan's international business bestseller Flip: How Counterintuitive Thinking is Changing Everything (now published in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia), this powerful and provocative session will challenge you to rethink the status quo, reassess your business strategy and look at the changing business environment in a whole new way.
This interactive and engaging presentation will:
• Frame the four forces of change currently impacting our business environment and offer strategies for adapting to and profiting from these changes
• Pinpoint the causes, nature and results of rising stakeholder expectations across all markets and offer inspirational case-studies of companies that have adapted to meet and exceed these demands
• Highlight the growing importance of stories, "superficial" experiences and non-monetary factors in consumer decisions
• Explore new notions of ownership and control in areas is of brand, products, innovation and marketing & management
Dominic Thurbon is Managing Director of the Centre For Skills Development, a world top-10 speaker, and for some years was Head of Research for global generational trends and business strategy consultancy Peter Sheahan Pty Ltd.
After graduating from the University of Sydney, Dominic joined Peter Sheahan while continuing his honours thesis in political science. In this role, Dominic led the research on Peter's new business book Flip: How Counterintuitive Thinking Is Changing Everything, which has now been published in the US, UK and throughout Asia and examines the forces of change currently reshaping the business environment. With Peter, Dominic worked through this material with clients around the world including News Corporation, Google, GlaxoSmithKline, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
In his role as Managing Director of the Centre For Skills Development, an organisation that he co-founded, Dominic works with partner organisations to address important social issues in areas such as health, education and skills shortages. He is currently focusing on projects to do with helping companies embrace the potential of Web 2.0 and adopt to new technologies Dominic is also a recognized speaker with a proven track record of performance at the highest level. In 2006 at the World Debating Championships in Dublin, Dominic was ranked the 7th best speaker in the world, and this year was a Grand Finalist at the World Championships in Thailand. He speaks on subjects such as generation change and new business strategy internationally at business conferences in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
His expertise in these areas and his dynamic and engaging manner make him a powerful and provocative speaker, capable of shifting mindsets out of the world as it used to exist and into the world as it exists today.
"Dominic is a fantastic, dynamic presenter who really demystified the whole thing for us. His presentation was engaging, entertaining and - best of all - really valuable to us in the way we work. I know a lot of people came away from his session with many ideas about how their teams could embrace these tools and improve how they work!"
Learning & Development Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
"We had the pleasure of Dom Thurbon presenting to the team. It made us think very differently and we were all buzzing with new ideas at the end of the session. We would highly recommend Dom to work with your team - you will be certainly be engaged, challenged and very creative with your approach."
Head of Corporate Marketing, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
TOPICS AVAILABLE
Unleashing the Collaborative Potential of your Workforce
To get ahead in the knowledge economy, companies must capture the expertise already floating around inside its four walls. By using simple social media tools, we can not only capture and search the expertise we already have, but also direct it towards solving pressing business problems. Unleashing innovation and collaboration in this way is a sure-fire method for driving better results!
In this insightful and empowering presentation Dominic will:
• Show you and your team the model for capturing, sourcing and directing the knowledge inside your organisation
• Identify the connection between information flow and driving innovation, collaboration and productivity
• Save you time, money and energy by helping you capture what you already know
• Prove that if you knew what you knew, you'd be unstoppable!
• Clearly demonstrate how to use everyday enterprise 2.0 solutions to create a more innovative and collaborative
Flip! How Counterintuitive Thinking is Changing Everything
Flip is your future-focused strategy for leading in times of ambiguity through embracing innovation and change. Based on Peter Sheahan's international business bestseller Flip: How Counterintuitive Thinking is Changing Everything (now published in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia), this powerful and provocative session will challenge you to rethink the status quo, reassess your business strategy and look at the changing business environment in a whole new way.
This interactive and engaging presentation will:
• Frame the four forces of change currently impacting our business environment and offer strategies for adapting to and profiting from these changes
• Pinpoint the causes, nature and results of rising stakeholder expectations across all markets and offer inspirational case-studies of companies that have adapted to meet and exceed these demands
• Highlight the growing importance of stories, "superficial" experiences and non-monetary factors in consumer decisions
• Explore new notions of ownership and control in areas is of brand, products, innovation and marketing & management
