Every leader has ideas for change—ways to improve their organization, their industry, or even society at large. But too often, even the best ideas struggle to gain traction. Resistance builds. Momentum stalls. And the status quo wins. The truth is, meaningful transformation doesn’t happen by chance—it follows a predictable set of principles that anyone can learn to apply.

In this powerful keynote, bestselling author and global change expert Greg Satell shares key insights from his...

Bill Gates has said that, “The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone.” He and other experts predict major disruption as industries rush to reorient themselves. Some skills will become obsolete while others will come to the fore. Everyone, no matter their role, will need to adapt.

How will you manage the shift? How will you build a strategy to overcome resistance and activate change in your...

Most people work with a traditional managerial mindset. They build consensus, work to execute efficiently and deliver predictable outcomes for partners, customers and other stakeholders. Most of the time this is the right approach, but the problem is that eventually the environment changes and your business model is disrupted.

That’s why we need to be able to adopt a changemaker mindset. We need to not only execute, but explore to find new problems to solve, overcome resistance to...

One of the biggest challenges young managers face is how to pursue innovation. They think that they have to come up with big, impressive ideas, but that’s not what innovation is really about. It’s about empowering those around you to identify important and meaningful problems, devise and test solutions and then scale effective solutions to make an impact.

In this training, junior leaders will learn how to cultivate a culture of innovation by leveraging team dynamics...

Most people's idea of a great innovator looks a lot lot Steve Jobs. Mercurial and difficult, constantly spouting out a seemingly endless supply of ideas. That may work for some entrepreneurs, but does not promote innovation in an organization. In fact, it is often the hot-shots that stop innovation in its tracks.

Decades of research shows that great innovators are great collaborators. They build wide and diverse networks that help them identify the seemingly random bits of...

There is never a shortage of good ideas in any organization. Yet the simple fact is that roughly three quarters of change initiatives fail. Research has shown that roughly two thirds of employees complain about change fatigue, half do not understand the initiatives that they are being asked to pursue and a third are staunchly opposed to them.

The simple truth is that good ideas are not enough. You need to build a strategy to activate change in your organization by identifying those...