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Why the Majority Is Always Wrong – How to Create a Culture of Innovation
“Why The Majority is Always Wrong” is my signature keynote. Already given to dozens of Fortune 500 companies, its 12 minute TED version has gone viral and has been viewed more than 6 million times on YouTube.
How can you consistently apply unconventional strategies to get extraordinary results? If you do what everyone else is doing, you’re not distinguishing yourself from the competition, and you’re probably stuck. In this interactive and entertaining keynote, I will share the most important counter intuitive, almost controversial, but highly effective approaches to become part of the small minority which stands apart like a tall giraffe surrounded by tiny field mice.
These are the main audience takeaways:
- How to help your team to radically change their thinking to step away from the herd.
- How to apply the strange secret of strategic quitting to become an innovation powerhouse.
- Why a turkey is the actual key to boost organizational resilience and effectively deal with the next crisis.
- Why you can safely ignore spending time on almost all decisions and still get extraordinary results.
- How to use purposeful laziness to massively improve your organizational execution power.
The Michelangelo Principle – How Busy Organizations Accomplish More by Doing Less.
In turbulent times, the traditional strategies of more, better, faster are no longer sufficient. For business leaders aiming not just to survive but to thrive in a climate of uncertainty, an unconventional shift in thinking is essential. This shift involves stripping away the layers of vulnerability from yourself, your team, and your organization.
Drawing on my two decades of experience with global business leaders, this keynote reveals how you can drive next-level achievement by focusing on eliminating what masks true strength. Master the Michelangelo Principle, where subtraction transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary to create a resilient organization.
These are the main audience takeaways:
- How to harness the power of strategic quitting as a pathway to optimum performance with the least effort.
- How to successfully overcome the Valley of Death to drive strategy execution.
- How to quickly build high-performance teams.
- How to create a culture of ownership and become a resilient organization.
Designed for ambitious yet unconventional executives and professionals, this keynote offers a fresh perspective on leadership and performance. It equips you with a distinctive set of actionable strategies to rise above the crowd, standing tall and unique in a world of conformity.
Your investment for a tailor-made, interactive, high-energy and entertaining keynote at your international event starts at Euro 10,000.
Contact me if you want to discuss how I can help to make your next event a resounding success as well.
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Success Stories
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"Just terrific"
Stephen Hall, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company"Paul, I wanted to thank you for coming to join us in Barcelona last week and for your excellent keynote speech. Your topic of innovation was positioned exactly right in the context of our overall agenda priorities. And your anecdotes and humour were just terrific" -
"A resounding success"
Erik Oostwegel, Chairman of the Executive Board, Royal HaskoningDHV"Wit & Wisdom: Paul’s key note address at our international management conference was a resounding success. Weeks later, we are still hearing references to his talk on Strategic Acceleration. Worthwhile points, delivered in an entertaining and memorable way, have staying power" -
"Very witty, funny, insightful and very inspiring"
Sarah Herrmann, Internal Communications & Corp. Events MediamarktSaturn Retail Group"We’ve received a lot of great feedback from the participants. You clearly delivered as what can only be described as a very witty, funny, insightful and very inspiring presentation that really captured many of the ongoing topics in our company" -
"Paul’s always ensures that our colleagues remain engaged throughout our meetings"
Paddy Mullaney – VP/GM EMEA, Greif Inc"Paul’s use of humour and delivery of message always ensures that our colleagues remain engaged throughout our meetings. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Paul as we strive for excellence across our business" -
"Insightful, constructive and even provocative."
Stepan Breedveld, CEO Ordina"Paul’s contribution to the Ordina Open Innovation Days was insightful, constructive and even provocative. The combination of powerful insights into human behaviour and humor gave the audience food for thought and created lively discussions. " -
"Touched personally"
Lizette Sint, Managing Director Rabo Private Equity"Paul held up many mirrors to the audience allowing everyone to be touched personally. Our portfolio event was a huge success with many participants weeks later continuing to refer to the metaphors shared and applying them! "