Mike Maddock
Mike Maddock is an entrepreneur, an inventor, a writer and a keynote speaker. He is the founding partner and CEO of Maddock Douglas, an internationally recognized innovation consulting firm, which has helped more than 25 percent of the Fortune 100 design, brand and launch new products, services, experiences and business models while also empowering an agile culture that can continually innovate. A serial entrepreneur, Mike has launched five successful businesses and co-chairs the Gathering of Titans Entrepreneurial Conclave at MIT. Mike is a contributor to Forbes and author of three books about innovation: Free the Idea Monkey...to focus on what matters most!, Brand New: Solving the Innovation Paradox, and Flirting With the Uninterested—Innovating in a "Sold, Not Bought" Category. He was also a featured innovation columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek.
He empowers curiosity within companies and makes even Maddock Douglas' most traditional clients perform like entrepreneurs.
His role is to align people who are completely committed to driving industry-changing ideas to market. He empowers curiosity inside his company and inside yours. Ultimately, Mike's job is to make even his most conservative clients more agile — like there are entrepreneurs in every department.
Thought Leader/Innovation Expert
Mike calls himself an Idea Monkey because he loves to solve problems with disruptive ideas.
This passion for problem solving led him to establish Maddock Douglas, Inc. in 1991. Maddock Douglas has become an internationally recognized innovation consulting firm that helps leading corporations brand and launch new products, services, experiences and business models.
Mike is also past president of both Entrepreneurs' Organization and Young Presidents' Organization.
Mike is a frequent keynote speaker and has a passion for inspiring and empowering innovation leaders by helping them build the types of culture and processes that lead to new product success.
VIDEOS:
For videos please visit: http://maddockdouglas.com/about-us/leadership-team/mike-maddock/
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS:
"Mike Maddock keynoted and ran a breakout session at our regional summit. He made us look really good. The meeting was one of the highest rated chapter meetings in the last 15 years. Mike's presentations were compelling and provided a lot of value –– scoring him at the top of all of our thought leaders." -- Arthur Samet, President and CEO Samet Corporation -- YPO Southern 7 Winter Meeting Education Co-Chair
"Honestly, Mike was a dream -- he rocked three presentations in three cities in three days -- we couldn't ask for more." -- Steve Dobbins, SVP Member Engagement -- Vistage
"I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. As a life-long learner, I attend a significant number of presentations on a wide variety of subjects. I am tough to impress; you are impressive. Enough said." -- Nikki Sullivan, Director of Continual Improvement -- General Kinematics
Mike Maddock is an entrepreneur, an inventor, a writer and a keynote speaker. He is the founding partner and CEO of Maddock Douglas, an internationally recognized innovation consulting firm, which has helped more than 25 percent of the Fortune 100 design, brand and launch new products, services, experiences and business models while also empowering an agile culture that can continually innovate. A serial entrepreneur, Mike has launched five successful businesses and co-chairs the Gathering of Titans Entrepreneurial Conclave at MIT. Mike is a contributor to Forbes and author of three books about innovation: Free the Idea Monkey...to focus on what matters most!, Brand New: Solving the Innovation Paradox, and Flirting With the Uninterested—Innovating in a "Sold, Not Bought" Category. He was also a featured innovation columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek.
He empowers curiosity within companies and makes even Maddock Douglas' most traditional clients perform like entrepreneurs.
His role is to align people who are completely committed to driving industry-changing ideas to market. He empowers curiosity inside his company and inside yours. Ultimately, Mike's job is to make even his most conservative clients more agile — like there are entrepreneurs in every department.
Thought Leader/Innovation Expert
Mike calls himself an Idea Monkey because he loves to solve problems with disruptive ideas.
This passion for problem solving led him to establish Maddock Douglas, Inc. in 1991. Maddock Douglas has become an internationally recognized innovation consulting firm that helps leading corporations brand and launch new products, services, experiences and business models.
Mike is also past president of both Entrepreneurs' Organization and Young Presidents' Organization.
Mike is a frequent keynote speaker and has a passion for inspiring and empowering innovation leaders by helping them build the types of culture and processes that lead to new product success.
VIDEOS:
For videos please visit: http://maddockdouglas.com/about-us/leadership-team/mike-maddock/
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS:
"Mike Maddock keynoted and ran a breakout session at our regional summit. He made us look really good. The meeting was one of the highest rated chapter meetings in the last 15 years. Mike's presentations were compelling and provided a lot of value –– scoring him at the top of all of our thought leaders." -- Arthur Samet, President and CEO Samet Corporation -- YPO Southern 7 Winter Meeting Education Co-Chair
"Honestly, Mike was a dream -- he rocked three presentations in three cities in three days -- we couldn't ask for more." -- Steve Dobbins, SVP Member Engagement -- Vistage
"I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. As a life-long learner, I attend a significant number of presentations on a wide variety of subjects. I am tough to impress; you are impressive. Enough said." -- Nikki Sullivan, Director of Continual Improvement -- General Kinematics
BALANCING IMAGINATION AND EXECUTION
Is your team better at creating big ideas or masterful execution? This fun and interactive keynote speech is based on Mike's bestselling book Free the Idea Monkey to focus on what matters most. Your team will see how the most successful companies manage the healthy and essential tension between the divergent and convergent thinkers on your team; The Idea Monkeys and the Ringleaders. In the end, they will realize that everyone is a hero in this...
GETTING INNOVATION UNSTUCK
How can a sophisticated organization, be so committed to a life-or-death mission - innovation - but still not achieve it? This was the innovation paradox Mike wrote about in his first book Brand New: Solving the Innovation Paradox.
This presentation is designed to help your team get unstuck. It turns out that there is a predictable pattern of where and how innovation teams get. Better still, there are proven and reliable ways to get your team unstuck, accelerating...
PLAN D—EMPOWERING DISRUPTORS
What do Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Walt Disney have in common? They are all Disruptors, which means they know how to blow sh** up for the good of the whole.
Do you?
Boxer Mike Tyson famously said, "Everyone has a plan until you get punched in the mouth." Today, leaders are being "punched in the face" by the confluence of game-changing technology, aggressive entrepreneurs and impatient consumers. This leaves winning leaders with three choices: They can be...
TRANSFORMATION BOOT CAMP - CREATE THE LEADERSHIP CULTURE YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Is your executive team ready to lead the innovation charge? This half, or full-day boot camp is designed to help businesses learn the proven, fundamental innovation methods that Fortune 500s use to get the most out of their people, their processes and their intellectual property.
The Innovation Boot Camp is designed to jump-start your team and provide the common language, focus, tools and momentum to heighten the likelihood of success.
Key takeaways include:
- How...
DRAMA-FREE CREATION
Drama sucks.
It sucks energy; it sucks fun; it sucks the creativity out of even the most resilient teams and relationships.
This presentation has been highly rated on corporate, couples and family retreats. It is designed to keep leadership teams, partners and couples-focused on great outcomes. It gives them the awareness, frameworks, and language to recognize and move quickly from complaining to creating. It will help you and the people you care about the most create a...
Outside-In Innovation - Methods to help your company tap the best thinkers in the world
Open innovation is a key strategy for leading companies. For example, recently an aerospace engineer, an expert in insect control and a Ph.D. chemist from a Fortune 500 paint company codeveloped new products for the engine additive industry. Weeks later, the CEO of a wireless security company, a principal of an international industrial design firm and a Ph.D. in nutraceuticals were inventing oral care products. Each team produced industry-changing ideas through a rigorous process designed...
I present programs virtually!
My office setting is professional, and I have high-quality equipment to broadcast my virtual presentation.
