Bill Jensen
Bill Jensen is President/CEO of the Jensen Group a change consultancy he founded 32 years ago, October, 1985 whose mission is to make it easier to do great work.
Bill is a highly sought-after keynote speaker at over 40 events per year.
Among the Jensen Group's clients are Bank of America, Merck, Pfizer, GE, L'Oreal Italia, Genentech, NASA, the US Navy SEALS, Social Security Administration, The World Bank, BBC, Philips Lighting, the government of Ontario, Singapore Institute of Management, Guangzhou China Development District, and the Swedish Post Office.
Bill helps companies and teams double their productivity and pursue their passions. He is globally recognized as the premier thought leader in organizational and leadership simplicity.
He has spent over 30 years studying how work gets done, interviewing and surveying over one million people worldwide.
Bill is an internationally-acclaimed change management and change communication consultant, known for his passion for making it easier for everyone to work smarter, not harder. He has written eight best-selling business books, printed in over 25 languages.
His first book, Simplicity, was the Number 5 Leadership/ Management book on Amazon in 2000. While sitting among the best-seller list was nice, the acclaim that made him most proud was being called a knowledge worker's Studs Terkel. "I focus on how real people get read work done," he says.
His second book, Work 2.0 (2002), foresaw the current workplace changes long before they occurred. Many of today's biggest organizational and work shifts were predicted in Work 2.0.
His third book, The Simplicity Survival Handbook (2003), was the detailed How To follow-up to Simplicity. These How Tos are still among Bill's most valuable tips when speaking and conducting workshops with corporate audiences.
His fourth book, What Is Your Life's Work? (2005), is among Bill's most deeply personal books. In it he captures the intimate exchanges between mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and caring teammates, all talking about what matters at work and in life. Thousands of participants wrote what became known as legacy letters one- to three-page letters to loved ones about the love- and value-based legacy they wished to leave behind.
His fifth book, Hacking Work (2010), was named by Harvard Business Review as one of the top breakthrough books of that year. It revealed how the workforce was becoming an army of benevolent hackers, working around corporate bureaucracies that simply were not changing fast enough to meet marketplace demands.
His sixth and seventh books, The Courage Within Us (2013) and Disrupt! Think Epic, Be Epic (2013), revealed the secrets of 100 great disruptive heroes on how to thrive and take advantage of continuous disruptions, disorder, disarray, and change.
His eighth book, Future Strong (2015), maps the five toughest choices each of us must make to create our best futures. It is based upon Bill's breakthrough research, studying the future of work through the lens of deeply personal individual choices.
In addition to his books, Bill has written for such journals as Harvard Business Review, Strategy and Leadership, Knowledge Management Journal, Focus on Change Management, Human Resource Planning Society Journal, Employee Relations Today, National Productivity, Communication World, and Strategic Communication Management.
Education
Bill holds degrees in Communication Design (BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1977) and Organizational Development (MS, HRM, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1995)
Website
http://www.simplerwork.com
Other Online
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simpletonbill
https://twitter.com/simpletonbill
https://www.facebook.com/bill.jensen.7731
The Dream
Bill's personal life fantasy is to bicycle around the globe via breweries.
Bill Jensen is President/CEO of the Jensen Group a change consultancy he founded 32 years ago, October, 1985 whose mission is to make it easier to do great work.
Bill is a highly sought-after keynote speaker at over 40 events per year.
Among the Jensen Group's clients are Bank of America, Merck, Pfizer, GE, L'Oreal Italia, Genentech, NASA, the US Navy SEALS, Social Security Administration, The World Bank, BBC, Philips Lighting, the government of Ontario, Singapore Institute of Management, Guangzhou China Development District, and the Swedish Post Office.
Bill helps companies and teams double their productivity and pursue their passions. He is globally recognized as the premier thought leader in organizational and leadership simplicity.
He has spent over 30 years studying how work gets done, interviewing and surveying over one million people worldwide.
Bill is an internationally-acclaimed change management and change communication consultant, known for his passion for making it easier for everyone to work smarter, not harder. He has written eight best-selling business books, printed in over 25 languages.
His first book, Simplicity, was the Number 5 Leadership/ Management book on Amazon in 2000. While sitting among the best-seller list was nice, the acclaim that made him most proud was being called a knowledge worker's Studs Terkel. "I focus on how real people get read work done," he says.
His second book, Work 2.0 (2002), foresaw the current workplace changes long before they occurred. Many of today's biggest organizational and work shifts were predicted in Work 2.0.
His third book, The Simplicity Survival Handbook (2003), was the detailed How To follow-up to Simplicity. These How Tos are still among Bill's most valuable tips when speaking and conducting workshops with corporate audiences.
His fourth book, What Is Your Life's Work? (2005), is among Bill's most deeply personal books. In it he captures the intimate exchanges between mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and caring teammates, all talking about what matters at work and in life. Thousands of participants wrote what became known as legacy letters one- to three-page letters to loved ones about the love- and value-based legacy they wished to leave behind.
His fifth book, Hacking Work (2010), was named by Harvard Business Review as one of the top breakthrough books of that year. It revealed how the workforce was becoming an army of benevolent hackers, working around corporate bureaucracies that simply were not changing fast enough to meet marketplace demands.
His sixth and seventh books, The Courage Within Us (2013) and Disrupt! Think Epic, Be Epic (2013), revealed the secrets of 100 great disruptive heroes on how to thrive and take advantage of continuous disruptions, disorder, disarray, and change.
His eighth book, Future Strong (2015), maps the five toughest choices each of us must make to create our best futures. It is based upon Bill's breakthrough research, studying the future of work through the lens of deeply personal individual choices.
In addition to his books, Bill has written for such journals as Harvard Business Review, Strategy and Leadership, Knowledge Management Journal, Focus on Change Management, Human Resource Planning Society Journal, Employee Relations Today, National Productivity, Communication World, and Strategic Communication Management.
Education
Bill holds degrees in Communication Design (BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1977) and Organizational Development (MS, HRM, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1995)
Website
http://www.simplerwork.com
Other Online
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simpletonbill
https://twitter.com/simpletonbill
https://www.facebook.com/bill.jensen.7731
The Dream
Bill's personal life fantasy is to bicycle around the globe via breweries.
The Future of Work Begins With Us
The future of work is already here - and it benefits those who are elite knowledge workers, and hurts many who are struggling with 21st century norms.
The problem is: We need everyone, not just some. We need to do more to bring everyone into the future of work. We need disruptive heroes, now!
Leaders in HR, tech, and senior management, who will be stronger workforce advocates. This talk will show you why, and how.
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Every critical issue - Succession Planning, Engagement, Leadership Development, Change, Tomorrow's Workforce, and more - has one thing in common: NOBODY has enough time!
EVERYBODY is overloaded. And that's not going to go away. Actually, it's going to get worse.
Let's finally address this!
We need to start building workplaces where people get better and better at staying focused, getting more done in less time - all while engaging the hearts, minds, and actions of...
Cultural Transformation in the Digital Age
Putting People First at the Speed of Disruption
The future of work is already here. Digital transformation is underway.
Yet many companies are still struggling to transform their cultures at the disruptive rate of technological change. We need more than elite knowledge workers. Cognitive era norms need to be adopted in throughout your culture, by everyone.
This talk will show you why, and how. Bill Jensen covers how to achieve the fastest and best quick wins, and how...
Think Epic. Be Epic. Now!
Bill Jensen has spent the past two decades studying the difference between doing good work and being great. The key differences: Barriers and passion. Those who do great work simply refuse to take on external barriers. They go over, under or around anything that stands in their way.
OK, let's stop the tape there. You've heard this motivational stuff before. What's going to be different about this session?
Bill has studied how today's best of the best - disruptive heroes -...
Riding the Waves of Disruption to Success
You have your To Do list. You're sitting down with your first cup of coffee. Then: What the what?!?! Every single To Do just went kaflooey! And every single day feels like this: Constant chaos, distracting disruptions. Arrrrrgh!
Welcome to the age of continuous personal disruption - where there is no solid ground and no stability. Bill Jensen knows how frustrating this can feel! That's why he spent a couple years studying hundreds of disruptive heroes - people who are intentionally...
Unleashing the Courage Within Us
The Values and Habits That Drive the Courage to Act
Bill Jensen interviewed 100 Disruptive Heroes, asking each: What are the most crucial character traits necessary in an age of continuous personal disruption? In this session, Bill will deliver the secrets he uncovered.
It's time to unleash the courage within you. No matter how disruptive, chaotic and crazy things get: You have what it takes. You are enough. You do not need more than you already have. You just need to...
