Joseph Micallef
Understanding the future is essential to make strategic decisions in today's fast-paced business environment. Business executives and corporate managers are often faced with the need to make decisions in complex situations with insufficient information about current trends and future conditions. Joseph V. Micallef is a keynote speaker and trainer who offers important insights and a compelling methodology to help organizations overcome these common challenges in a complex, ever-changing business environment.
Joseph is a powerful and entertaining presenter who offers solid education on the techniques of strategic foresight and how to use them to identify and conceptualize current trends and to create and plan possible scenarios about the future. He is also a gifted futurist, a published historian and has a broad background in both corporate management and international security. He is also an entertaining after dinner speaker with humorous and fascinating talks about the origins and history of Scotch whisky and "Winston Churchill for the 21st Century."
Most organizations struggle with making decisions under uncertainty. These "knowledge gaps," about the future are a typical and persistent feature of our current, fast paced, rapidly changing environment. Joseph steps in to help each organization organize a systematic, institutional approach to understanding possible futures with clarity, fostering an environment of strategic adaptability and nimble execution in an ever changing world.
About Joseph V. Micallef
If you are looking for a dynamic speaker who offers results with each presentation, then Joseph V. Micallef should be at the top of your list. He is an expert on the application of strategic foresight to both decision making and understanding future trends. His insight into leadership in an opaque environment will help your organization create a culture that fosters nimbleness and adaptability while at the same time institutionalizing a consistent, rigorous methodology for developing and understanding possible futures. His background as both a historian and a specialist on global politics and international security give him a particularly broad perspective on future trends and how they will shape our tomorrow.
Joseph's presentations are solidly based on experience and research and have been enthusiastically recommended by corporations large and small all over the world. He has over a quarter of a century of experience in the media industry as a builder, leader and entrepreneur. His real-world experience as CEO and Chairman of the Allegro Media Group provided a unique experience and insight that can guide other organizations to higher levels of success. In addition, he has been active as an advisor, director and investor to numerous companies in a broad range of industries.
In addition to his public speaking and corporate advisory role, Joseph is also a futurist, best-selling author, historian, nationally syndicated columnist, and a commentator on national security and world politics. He has offered political insights on Fox News, Fox News Radio and CNN, and writes a weekly commentary on world politics for the Huffington Post. He has also produced, directed and/or written dozens of documentaries on military history and world affairs.
Joseph V. Micallef earned a Graduate Degree (M.Sc.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Italian Institute of International Affairs. In 2014 he was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year (Pacific Northwest) He also holds a Certificate, Director's Course from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
For more information, references and additional video see: http://josephvmicallef.com/
Understanding the future is essential to make strategic decisions in today's fast-paced business environment. Business executives and corporate managers are often faced with the need to make decisions in complex situations with insufficient information about current trends and future conditions. Joseph V. Micallef is a keynote speaker and trainer who offers important insights and a compelling methodology to help organizations overcome these common challenges in a complex, ever-changing business environment.
Joseph is a powerful and entertaining presenter who offers solid education on the techniques of strategic foresight and how to use them to identify and conceptualize current trends and to create and plan possible scenarios about the future. He is also a gifted futurist, a published historian and has a broad background in both corporate management and international security. He is also an entertaining after dinner speaker with humorous and fascinating talks about the origins and history of Scotch whisky and "Winston Churchill for the 21st Century."
Most organizations struggle with making decisions under uncertainty. These "knowledge gaps," about the future are a typical and persistent feature of our current, fast paced, rapidly changing environment. Joseph steps in to help each organization organize a systematic, institutional approach to understanding possible futures with clarity, fostering an environment of strategic adaptability and nimble execution in an ever changing world.
About Joseph V. Micallef
If you are looking for a dynamic speaker who offers results with each presentation, then Joseph V. Micallef should be at the top of your list. He is an expert on the application of strategic foresight to both decision making and understanding future trends. His insight into leadership in an opaque environment will help your organization create a culture that fosters nimbleness and adaptability while at the same time institutionalizing a consistent, rigorous methodology for developing and understanding possible futures. His background as both a historian and a specialist on global politics and international security give him a particularly broad perspective on future trends and how they will shape our tomorrow.
Joseph's presentations are solidly based on experience and research and have been enthusiastically recommended by corporations large and small all over the world. He has over a quarter of a century of experience in the media industry as a builder, leader and entrepreneur. His real-world experience as CEO and Chairman of the Allegro Media Group provided a unique experience and insight that can guide other organizations to higher levels of success. In addition, he has been active as an advisor, director and investor to numerous companies in a broad range of industries.
In addition to his public speaking and corporate advisory role, Joseph is also a futurist, best-selling author, historian, nationally syndicated columnist, and a commentator on national security and world politics. He has offered political insights on Fox News, Fox News Radio and CNN, and writes a weekly commentary on world politics for the Huffington Post. He has also produced, directed and/or written dozens of documentaries on military history and world affairs.
Joseph V. Micallef earned a Graduate Degree (M.Sc.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Italian Institute of International Affairs. In 2014 he was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year (Pacific Northwest) He also holds a Certificate, Director's Course from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
For more information, references and additional video see: http://josephvmicallef.com/
Leadership in Uncertain Times: The Role of Strategic Foresight
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What Would Winston Have Said: Churchill for the 21st Century
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It started with a botched murder. By the time it ended, over sixteen million people had lost their lives. Seventy million men took up arms; nine million of them never returned home. More than four times that number had been wounded.
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