
Graham Kenny
CSP, PhD
NSW, AUSTRALIAGraham Kenny has great fun talking to managers about how to win. He provides a provocative and dynamic outlook on business strategy, competitiveness and performance measurement, unveiling the insights from his 30 years at the cutting edge of corporate strategy. His presentations are fast-paced, interactive and humorous containing many "light-bulb" moments and insights. He creates a compelling experience that is challenging and personally relevant. Graham's presentation style has been described as both warm and energetic. He holds his audiences from start to finish with a powerful mix of insight, anecdote and humour all packaged and delivered with humility and a sense of keeping it very real. He carefully structures his presentations to ensure the right balance is struck between raising the big issues relevant to strategy and competitiveness and keeping his audience's interest firmly focused on its situation. Graham's presentations include a mix of topics structured around the needs, interest and location of the client audience – he works with clients to suggest how best to structure an event to achieve the best possible outcome. Graham has been designed CSP – Certified Speaking Professional – the world's highest designation for professional speakers.
Graham Kenny has great fun talking to managers about how to win. He provides a provocative and dynamic outlook on business strategy, competitiveness and performance measurement, unveiling the insights from his 30 years at the cutting edge of corporate strategy. His presentations are fast-paced, interactive and humorous containing many "light-bulb" moments and insights. He creates a compelling experience that is challenging and personally relevant. Graham's presentation style has been described as both warm and energetic. He holds his audiences from start to finish with a powerful mix of insight, anecdote and humour all packaged and delivered with humility and a sense of keeping it very real. He carefully structures his presentations to ensure the right balance is struck between raising the big issues relevant to strategy and competitiveness and keeping his audience's interest firmly focused on its situation. Graham's presentations include a mix of topics structured around the needs, interest and location of the client audience – he works with clients to suggest how best to structure an event to achieve the best possible outcome. Graham has been designed CSP – Certified Speaking Professional – the world's highest designation for professional speakers.
Strategic Thinking to Drive Innovation
Do customers and other stakeholders know your strategies and you don't? Are you a prisoner of your own organisation? Could this be the reason why delivering what you perceive as good products, processes and procedures is not making your organisation a champion? Graham has fun challenging this inside-out thinking placing it against the outside-in thinking of your stakeholders. Discover how to switch from operational to strategic thinking via Graham's high ranking keynote to supercharge your...
The Three "I"s of Strategy
Effective strategy has three souces - three "I"s. The first of these is insight. Without insight all strategy in an industry turns out to be much the same. Graham addresses what insight is and how you can gather it. The second I is for innovation. While great strategy starts with insight it has to move to action. But that process has to be different. This is where innovation comes in. But how do you transition from one to the other? The final "I" stands...
Rising Above the Crowd
You want to succeed don't you? Being competitive is very important in so many spheres - in your business, in your personal life and, of course, in sport. And there's nothing wrong with aiming to be the best - the best in your field, the best you can. This requires three things:
- a different way of thinking from everyone else
- a simple method to achieve an edge
- an effective way to assess your progress.
In this challenging presentation, Graham...
Flying High with the Right KPI
Are you confused about how to measure performance? Yet, measuring and managing performance sits right at the top of the agenda for managers, CEOs and boards. In this provocative presentation Graham demonstrates why "performance" remains unclear for many organisations. To be an effective manager you have to know what "performance measurement" really means and how to approach it in such a way that "KPIs" won't be seen as the bad guy. Audiences finally see that...
Business Model Magic
Are you driving blind in the troubled space of new technologies, new delivery systems and new breeds of consumers? Graham will provoke you to realise a clear understanding of your and your competitors' business models. This will lead you to challenge and change how you do business. In providing a fresh slant on what a business model is, Graham explains how to approach finding new business models. In sharing his own story he explains why it is that organisations have so much...
Strategic Thinking for Leaders
Tired of "leadership" yet still want to know how to produce leaders? The important feature of leaders is that they inspire - and renew. Drawing on numerous and varied examples, Graham shows how great leaders are also highly effective strategic thinkers being able to take an outside-in view of their situations. He demonstrates how strategic thinking in a management team is essential if it is to lead and grow a business. Graham engages his audience in explaining how as a leader you can...



