October 5, 2017

On the Ethos of Innovation.

Voices that Matter Conference. San Francisco. California. U.S.A.

June 16, 2017

Starting From Scratch

Keynote.  Innovation Ignites Conference, Ontario Centre for International Cooperation, Toronto

May 29, 2017

Transformation and Disruption in Digital Marketing

Keynote. AdTech  2017.  Toronto, Canada.

May 22, 2017

Transforming Organizations for the Subscription Economy

Conference. UNARTE University, Bucharest, Romania

May 21, 2017

The Future as a Choice

Keynote. Romanian Design Week, Bucharest, Romania

May 11, 2017

Future Proofing the Financial Services Sector

Keynote and Workshop, Toronto Dominion Bank, Executive Education Cohort 2, TD University, Mount Laurel, New Jersey.  

May 8, 2017

Challenges and Opportunities in the Subscription Economy

Keynote and Workshop, Sick Kids Foundation Executive Team & Schulich Executive Education, Toronto, Canada.

April 19, 2017

Starting From Scratch: Innovation and Transformation

Keynote, Accelerate 100, Calgary, Alberta

April 11, 2017

Futureproofing Financial Services

Keynote and Workshop,  Toronto Dominion Bank , Executive Education Cohort 1, , TD University, Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

October 27, 2016

Beyond Imagination: The Creation of New Value in Design

Keynote. 10th International Congress of Management and Technology in Architecture and Design, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico.

October 6, 2016

Intrinsic Behavior and the On- Demand Economy.

Keynote. . Insurance Council of Canada & Schulich Executive Education, Toronto, Canada.

October 5, 2016

Everything Autonomous.

Keynote. Toyota Dealers Association of Canada & Schulich Executive Education, Toronto, Canada.

September 27, 2016

The Future is Your Choice.

Keynote. PAC International Conference. Packaging Association of Canada. Niagara. Ontario

September 15, 2016

Challenges and Opportunities in the Subscription Economy.

Keynote. METROLINKS Executive Team & Schulich Executive Education, Toronto, Canada.

August 14, 2016

Transformational Leadership

Workshop. ELP 8 McCain Institute for Entrepreneurship, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada

March 25, 2016

From Capability to Possibility

Workshop. SKF Foundation & Schulich Executive Education, Toronto, Canada

March 24, 2016

Starting From Scratch: Reimagining the Organization

Workshop. SKF Foundation & Schulich Executive Education Toronto, Canada.

November 20, 2015

Beyond Imagination: The Creation of New Value in Business

Keynote. IT Association of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE

November 3, 2015

The Creation of New Value in Design

Keynote. Interplay 2015 IASDR Congress, International Association of Societies of Design Research. Brisbane, Australia

October 9, 2015

Foresight, Innovation and Transformation

Workshop. SKF Foundation & Schulich Executive Education Toronto, Canada.

October 2, 2015

New Business Models for a New Times

Plenary Session Panel. EFNI 2015. European Forum for New Ideas Sopot, Poland

October 1, 2015

Reality 2030: Where are we Heading?

Panel. EFNI 2015. European Forum for New Ideas Sopot, Poland

September 30, 2015

Value Creation as Strategy

Workshop. GoGuru Launch Kalkstein Co. Warsaw, Poland

September 30, 2015

Beyond Imagination: New Value in Business

Keynote. GoGuru Launch Kalkstein Co. Warsaw, Poland

August 14, 2015

Transformation, Innovation and Leadership

Workshop. ELP 7 McCain Institute for Entrepreneurship, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada

May 20, 2015

The Future of Work

Office Nomad Series, Volume 7 Helsinki, Finland

May 18, 2015

Beyond Imagination: Value Creation and the Internet of Things

Keynote. The Think Company of the University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland

May 11, 2015

Transformational Leadership

Workshop. May 21, 2015 Nokian Corporation, Nokia, Finland

August 14, 2014

Change, Innovation and Leadership

Workshop. ELP 7 McCain Institute for Entrepreneurship, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada

June 11, 2014

Expanding the Crisis Resolution Mindset through Innovation

Workshop. June11, 2014 Crisis Management Initiative, Martti Ahtisaari Centre Helsinki, Finland

November 21, 2013

The Networked Mobile Behaviour Space

Nestle Canada. 2020 Series Toronto, Ontario, Canada

November 4, 2013

Innovation Excellence and the Condition of Being Human

Ontario Centers for Excellence Toronto, Ontario, Canada

October 9, 2013

The Business of Innovation in Behavior Space

European Institute of Innovation and Technology – EIT ICT, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.

August 16, 2013

Change, Innovation and Leadership

McCain Institute for Entrepreneurship, Miramichi, NB, Canada

June 3, 2013

Full Spectrum Entertainment

Stream – Markets for Internet TV Content Conference Santa Monica, California, United States.

April 10, 2013

Play, Pleasure and Business Innovation

Google Innovation Talks Google Canada, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

March 27, 2013

Business Models in Behavior Space

Rotman Business Club, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

March 6, 2013

The Business of Innovation in Behavior Space

Innovation Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

January 19, 2013

Imagination and Renewal: The World as a Plant

University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

April 25, 2012

The New Behaviour Space Play, Purpose and Pleasure as Content

Keynote. 2012 PlayBack Summit. Toronto

April 4, 2012

The Networked Mobile Behaviour Space Play, Pleasure and Purpose as Marketing Strategy

Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) Mobile Conference. Toronto

March 26, 2012

Networked Mobile Gaming Executive Workshop

The MBA Training Company London, United Kingdom

January 25, 2012

Social Gaming in the Networked Society

European Lotteries Association. Staying on Top of the Game London, United Kingdom

October 4, 2011

The Internet is Just Beginning: Disruption and Transformation in the Networked Society

AToMiC 2011, Kool Haus, Toronto

September 20, 2011

Innovation, Foresight and Business Design

Famous Entrepreneurs Series, Syracuse, New York. U.S.A.

August 19, 2011

Change and Innovation

Workshop G. Wallace F. McCain Institute, Square Lake Resort, Alma, New Brunswick

April 12, 2011

Global Collaboration and Innovation

Forbes Business Leadership Forum, IBM IMPACT 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

April 11, 2011

Creating Communities to Generate Customer Loyalty

Forbes Business Leadership Forum, IBM IMPACT 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

April 11, 2011

Disruptive Business

Forbes Business Leadership Forum, IBM IMPACT 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

March 21, 2011

A Strategic Scenario for Massive Social Gaming

Smart-Tech Strategy Conference, New York. U.S.A.

November 2, 2010

Strategic Foresight Innovation Practice

World Lottery Convention 2010. Brisbane. Australia.

November 1, 2010

Exploring Strategic Foresight and Innovation in the New Global Environment

World Lottery Convention 2010. Brisbane. Australia.

October 5, 2010

Disruptive Business: Rethinking Innovation Practice

Keynote Association of Innovation Practitioners, (AIP) Toronto, Canada.

August 13, 2010

Disruptive Business and Innovation Models

Workshop G. Wallace F. McCain Institute, University of New Brunswick, Square Lake Resort, Alma, New Brunswick

May 18, 2010

PlayFullMinds: A Manifesto for Play, Imagination and Innovation

INplay 2010. Opening Keynote. Toronto, Canada.

February 10, 2010

Redefining Innovation and its role in Marketing

Schulich Executive Education, Masters Certificate in Marketing Communication Leadership. Toronto. Canada.

January 28, 2010

The Landscape of the Mobile Society.

The Digital Incubator. On Screen Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

January 19, 2010

Strategies for Brand Management in the Mobile Society.

New Years Evolution, Digital Alberta, Calgary, Canada.

November 17, 2009

Disruptive Business: Redifining Innovation

AEM Association of Equipment Manufacturers 2009 Annual Conference, Hollywood, Florida

November 16, 2009

The Challenge of Mobile Digital Media

AEM Association of Equipment Manufacturers 2009 Annual Conference, Hollywood, Florida.

October 7, 2009

What’s the Big Idea?

Syracuse University, Syracuse N.Y.

September 23, 2009

Location Content and the Future of Malls

International Council of Shopping Centers 2009 ICSC Canadian Convention, Toronto, Canada.

September 3, 2009

Brand Management Strategies in the Mobile Society

3.9 Marketing&Advertising Day (Mainontapäivä 3.9) The Association of Finnish Advertisers. Helsinki, Finland. (above

August 14, 2009

Change, Innovation, Monetization

Workshop G. Wallace F. McCain Institute, Square Lake Resort, Alma, New Brunswick

July 27, 2009

Designing a New Future

Canadian Design & Engineering Education Conference 2009. (CDEN) Annual Conference. Keynote, McMaster University, Hamilton. http://www.cden2009.org/Agenda.html

June 17, 2009

The Earth as Your Mirror.

June 17, 2009 Keynote for the Award Ceremony of the Feel the Earth 2009 Design Prize Porto, Portugal. (above)

June 6, 2009

Strategies for Everything 2.0

nextMEDIA Conference, Banff.

May 29, 2009

Foresight, Disruption and the Re-Design of Business

Seoul Design Centre. Seoul, South Korea

May 27, 2009

Massive Innovation and Disruptive Business

Taiwan Design Centre. Taipei, Taiwan

May 25, 2009

Design Innovation in Everything 2.0

Japan Institute of Design -GK Design Group Tokyo, Japan.

May 7, 2009

Designing Ourselves- Designing Tomorrows

University of California, Santa Barbara. Keynote in “The Tomorrow Makers” series. http://www.worldeshipday.com/ http://www.tmp.ucsb.edu/extracurricular/lectures.html

April 15, 2009

Disruptive Business.

ALC Re-Boot Your Imagination 2009 Innovation and Trends Conference.

December 17, 2008

Disruptive Business and Crowd Sourced Massive Innovation.

Keynote. Ideaction Executive Innovation Day. Toronto.

November 27, 2008

Barack Obama’s Social Media Strategy and Your Brand’s Communications Needs.

Co-presenter with Rahaf Harfoush. The Art of Seeing Series. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

November 6, 2008

Energy, Imagination and Innovation

Keynote. 21Inc. Ideas Festival St.Andrews, New Brunswick

October 30, 2008

The User Experience of Location Content

Co-presenter with Shane Green, Vice President Nokia/Navteq. The Art of Seeing Series. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

October 25, 2008

Expectations 2.0 and the New Value Chain

Keynote, “Supply Chain… the core of Innovation” 11th Annual Conference OIPMAC - Ontario Institute of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada

August 1, 2008

Change and Innovation

Workshop G. Wallace F. McCain Institute Square Lake Resort, Alma, New Brunswick

July 10, 2008

The Meaning of Life 2.0

Art Institute of California- San Bernardino Creative Infinity Conference

July 1, 2008

Imagination and the Creative Ethos

Art Institute of California- San Bernardino

June 10, 2008

Experience Design: Getting to WOW

Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship Wilfrid Laurier University, School of Business and Economics

April 10, 2008

Strategic Desire in Innovation

Innovation and Export Conference, St.John’s Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Innovation Trade and Rural Development

April 6, 2008

Everything 2.0: The Redefinition of Expectations

InnoGeneralia 2008 Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Science

April 5, 2008

Desire, Innovation and Experiential Marketing

Back to Basics Conference, Corporate Image, Helsinki

March 1, 2008

The Context for the Next Big Thing

Environics Communications/ Toronto

February 5, 2008

The Ecosystem of Innovation as Culture

University of California, Santa Barbara Technology Management Program

January 14, 2008

Strategic Desire in Innovation

Conference Board of Canada Leaders’ Panel on Innovation-Based Commerce

January 11, 2008

Innovation Through Design

Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship Innovation & Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

November 18, 2007

What Do You See Beyond Tomorrow?

KAAMOS Forum. Saariselkä, Lapland. Finland

November 12, 2007

Evaluating the Market Potential for Breakthrough Innovation.

Schulich Executive Education Centre Technology Innovation Program. York University, Toronto

November 10, 2007

The Desire Economy.

Indus Entrepreneurs Toronto (TiE Toronto)

November 10, 2007

Building and Managing Innovation Teams.

Schulich Executive Education Centre Technology Innovation Program. York University, Toronto

November 3, 2007

Sources of Innovation: Improving Canada’s Innovation Performance.

The Conference Board of Canada. Innovation Council 22nd Meeting. London Ontario.

November 2, 2007

The Future of Work and Play.

Lappset, Lapland, Finland.

October 14, 2007

Desire, Innovation and Monetization.

Nokia Technology Platforms Innovation Day Workshop.

September 21, 2007

Passion in Innovation.

Canada Council, Writing and Publishing Professional Day, Edmonton, Canada.

September 20, 2007

The Human Condition and Service Innovation.

Forum Viridium Helsinki Design Week 2007.

September 16, 2007

The Benchmarking of Emergent Behaviour.

RENDEZ WORKSHOP. Nokia House, Espo, Finland. Pan European consortium on business innovation implementation

September 15, 2007

The Next Big Thing.

IDEAN Open House Helsinki.

September 13, 2007

Methods for Pre Competitive Innovation.

McMaster University. XEROX INNOVATION CENTRE at McMaster

September 8, 2007

Methods for Pre Competitive Innovation.

McMaster University. XEROX INNOVATION CENTRE at McMaster

June 14, 2007

Magic, Asymmetric Strategy and Innovation.

Keynote. Overlap Retreat on Innovation Conference. Orillia, Geneva Point. Ontario.

June 10, 2007

Communism meets Capitalism in Self Publishing.

Devices and desire Conference. Book Expo Canada

June 9, 2007

Leading Change-Proposals for Pre-Competitive Innovation.

Future Sense. Tallin, Estonia

June 7, 2007

Passion, Risk and the Exploration of Possibility.

Keynote. JUMP Associates Open House, San Mateo. California. U.S.A..

January 5, 2007

Beyond the Imagination Challenge

Keynote. Rotman School of Management. Toronto.