Keynotes / invited talks
- WIT-UPM Innovatech, "Innovation Ecosystem: Startup to Scale-up," Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Dec. 2020
- Banshee - USAF Labs & MassChallenge, "Navigating Uncertainty and Entrepreneurial Leadership," Nov. 2020
- Promigas Annual Exec. Meeting, "Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership in Crises," Nov. 2020
- Medtronic Renew Executive Program, "Entrepreneurial Leadership in Industry Turmoil," Oct. 2020
- TCL Executive Program, "Speed as Strategy," TCL, China, Online. Oct. 2020
- Banshee - USAF Labs & MassChallenge, "Crises Fuel Creativity & Innovation," Jul. 2020
- KPMG Canada, "Creativity & Entrepreneurial Mindset," KPMG Leadership Academy, Jul. 2020
- AEC (Association for Quality in Spain), "How Crises Fuel Creativity & Innovation," Jun. 2020
- Assa Abloy America Webinar, "Crises Fuel Creativity & Innovation," Jun. 2020
- Babson India Alumni Meeting, "Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership During Crises," May 2020
- Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, "Identifying your Entrepreneurial Skills and Style to Lead,” May 2020
- Assa Abloy Americas Seminar, "Entrepreneurial Leadership - Leading Through the COVID-19 Crisis," Apr. 2020
- City of Miami, "Entrepreneurial Leadership - Leading Through the COVID-19 Crisis," Apr. 2020
- Pictet Academy, "Leading Under Uncertainty," Apr. 2020
- Google India - Think 10X Growth, "Entrepreneurial Leadership in Action - COVID-19 & VUCAH," Mar. 2020
- Cognizant P&R Innovation Fest, "#CX Innovation & Digital Transformation," Dec. 2020
- Hanscom Airforce Base, “Navigating Uncertainty – Going into the Future,” Boston, MA, Jul. 2019
- Philips Medical Care, “Disruptive Innovation in Health Care,” Pittsburg, PA, Jun. 2019
- BBVA Open Innovation Conference, “Open Innovation – Facts & Fiction,” Mexico City, Mexico, May 2019
- EGADE National Teachers Conference, “Entrepreneurial Leadership,” Monterrey, Mexico, May 2019
- BBN-Raytheon, “Entrepreneurial Leadership & Innovation,” Cambridge, MA, May 2019
- Kimberly Clark Brazil, “Entrepreneurial Leadership & Digital Transformation in Retail,” MA, Apr. 2019
- Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, “Navigating Uncertainty – Going into the Future,” Wellesley, MA, Apr. 2019
- Audible (Amazon), “Strategy & Innovation @ Audible,” Long Branch, NJ, Jan. 2019
- Social Venture Research Institute, “Can Social Entrepreneurs be Unicorns?” Wheaton College, Jan. 2019
- PwC, "Entrepreneurial Leadership & Innovation," Boston, Dec. 2018.
- Collette Vacations Annual Meeting, "Culture of Innovation @ Collette," Pawtucket, RI, Oct. 2018.
- Mechanical Contractors Asso. of Maryland, "Entrepreneurial Leadership & Culture," Baltimore, Oct. 2018.
- SEBRAE, "Open Innovation: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem & Culture," Brasilia, Oct. 2018.
- VentureCity, "From Dinosaurs to Unicorns: Leading Inno. with an Entrep. Mindset," Miami, Sept. 2018.
- Baxter, "Innovation @ Baxter," Chicago, Aug. 2018.
- FLIR National Sales Meeting, "Innovation Dynamics - Gorillas vs Chimps vs Monkeys," Nashua, Aug. 2018.
- Ellevation, "Operational Excellence @ Ellevation," Boston, Jun. 2018.
- AMICA Executive Development Program, "Leading Innovation - The Entrepreneurial Leader," RI. May 2018.
- DrivingSales Presidents Club Meeting, "Going into the Future - Navigating Uncertainty," FL. May 2018.
- Fireside Chat, Tim Ryan, Chairman, PwC U.S., "Innovation in Accounting Industry," Babson. Apr. 2018.
- Valkiria, "Innovation Sandbox," Barcelona, Spain. Feb. 2018.
- Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science, "Innovation Sandbox," Kuwait. Jan. 2018.
- Ocean Spray Board of Directors, "Going into the Future," Boston. December 2017.
- Baxter China, "Innovation - The VUCAH Game," Suzhou. November 2017.
- Ocean Spray Executives, "Call to Action & Leading Change," Boston. November 2017.
- Mechanical Service Contractors of America, "Culture of Innovation," Ft. Lauderdale. October 2017.
- Firmenich Flavor Advisory Board, "Mergers & Acquisitions - Situational Integration," Geneva. June 2017.
- Medtronic - Brain Therapies, "Entrepreneurial Leadership & Culture," Irvine, CA. June 2017.
- BIZBARCELONA, "Open Innovation," Barcelona. May 2017.
- Celgene, "Science of Innovation," Madrid. May 2017.
- gasNatural Fenosa, "Culture of Innovation," Barcelona. May 2017.
- Property & Liability Resource Bureau, "Culture of Innovation," Boston. March 2017.
- Banistmo Bank, "Dynamics of Innovation," Panama City, Panama. April 2017.
- Nomura Research, "Risk Managers vs. Uncertainty Navigators," Tokyo. April 2017.
- Firmenich Flavor Advisory Board, "How Important is Firm Size?," Geneva. March 2017.
- Culture of Innovation, Connected Commons, Babson Executive Education, Boston. Dec. 2016
- Innovation Sandbox, Club de Innovacion (Chile), Boston, Dec 2016
- Culture of Innovation, Corporate Innovation Day, Oslo Innovation Week, Science Park, Norway. Oct. 2016
- Culture of Innovation, P&G Tide Group Designers Annual Retreat, Boston. Oct. 2016
- Venture Design is the Enterprise's New R&D, Corporate Intrapreneur Summit, New York City. Sept. 2016
- Culture of Innovation, AHQA Annual Conference, Baltimore. June 2016
- Innovation: Gorillas, Chimps & Monkeys, Sura, Colombia, Medellin, Colombia. June 2016
- Analytical vs. Emergent Strategies for Growth, OpenCape Board Meeting, Hyannis. March 2016
- Innovation: Gorillas, Chimps & Monkeys, GIM Institute Program for Colombia Executives, Boston. Dec. 2016
- Who are entrepreneurs? Kautilya Entrepreneurship & Mgt. Institute, Jain University, Bangalore, Dec. 2016
- Innovation: Gorillas, Chimps & Monkeys, Monotype Imaging, Woburn, MA. Aug. 2016
- Innovation: Gorillas, Chimps & Monkeys, Nutresa Executive Group, Medellin, Colombia. June 2016
- Culture of Innovation, Feeding America, Washington D.C. Nov. 2016
- Operational Excellence at TJX Total Rewards, TJX Total Rewards COE Workshop, Boston. Oct. 2016
- Customer Experience Innovation, ANDI InnovationLand, Medellin, Colombia, Nov. 2015
- Culture of Innovation, WC Bradley Executives, Webinar, Sept. 2015
- Culture of Innovation, Werfen Instrumentation Laboratory, Bedford, MA, Sept. 2015
- Innovation – David vs. Goliath, Century Capital Board, Boston, June 2015
- Innovation – David vs. Goliath, Assa Abloy, Barcelona, Spain, May 2015
- Customer Experience Innovation, HEC Executive Program Service Module, Orlando, FL, May, 2015
- Analytical vs. Emergent Strategies for Growth, BabsonConnect, Cartagena, Colombia, April, 2015
- The Discipline of Innovation, Atrion, Boston, MA, Nov. 14, 2014
- Leading Innovation: Creating Organic Growth, GrupoSura, Medellin, Colombia, Nov. 7, 2014
- Leading Innovation: Creating Organic Growth, EPM, Medellin, Colombia, Nov. 5, 2014
- Building Innovation Capabilities, ANDI’s InnovationLand 2014, Medellin, Colombia, Nov. 5, 2014
- Building & Managing the Innovation Sandbox, Bancolombia, Medellin, MA, Nov. 4, 2014
- CEO Best Practices for Increasing Innovation & Creativity, ExecSense Webinar, a FT firm, June 28, 2014
- Emergent & Analytical Strategies for Growth, RetailNet, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 8, 2014
- Culture Drives Innovation, ICARE, Santiago, Chile, May 7, 2014
- Culture of Innovation, Chamber of Commerce, Santiago, Chile, May 7, 2014
- The Discipline of Innovation, Center of Innovation, Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, May 6, 2014
- The Discipline of Innovation, Telefonica, Santiago, Chile, May 6, 2014
- Emergent & Analytical Strategies for Growth, DrivingSales, NYC, Apr. 16, 2014
- Culture of Innovation, AEC (Spanish Society for Quality), Madrid, Spain, March 6, 2014
- Leading Innovation: Entrepreneurial Thought & Action, Medtronic Corp., Boston, MA, Dec. 2013
- War Games: Strategic Competitor Scenarios, Assa Abloy Americas, New Haven, CT, Aug. 2013
- Going into the Future: Analytical vs Emergent Strategies for Growth, LeadAmerica, Boston, MA, July 2013
- Leveraging Customer Experience to Innovate, Wipro, Bangalore, India, May 2013
- Where do Entrepreneurs Come From? ESTEMA, Valencia, Spain, Mar. 2013
- Gorillas vs Chimps vs Monkeys, Ocean Spray, Innovation Advisory Board, Mar. 2013
- Corporate Entrepreneurship, AEDIPE, Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 2012
- Culture of Innovation, Cubist Corp., Boston, Sept. 2012
- Innovacion 2.0 (book presentation), Repsol, Madrid, Chile, June 2012
- The Hard and Soft Sides of Innovation, Universidad Catolica y Corfo, Chile, April, 2012
- David can beat Goliath; With Innovaiton, Camara de Comercio de Santiago, Chile, April, 2012
- Culture of Innovation, Entel, Chile, Nov. 2011
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, YES Program, Seminarium, Santiago, Chile, Nov. 2011
- Leading Transformation in Turbulent Times, Citizens Bank, Boston, Aug., 2011
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, April 2011
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, CORFO, Govt. of Chile, Chile, April 2011
- Disruptive Innovation: Can David Beat Goliath? iGate, Bangalore, India, Aug. 2010
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, Aug. 2010
- Developing Innovation Capabilities, Swissnex, Boston, April 2010
- Innovation Despite Ambiguity, FMCNA-IT, Boston, April 2010
- Innovation & the Role of the CIO, Penteo, Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 2010
- Innovation Strategy, Telefonica, Chile, Jan. 2010
- Are You an Innovator? Graded, American School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 2009
- Developing Innovation Capabilities, Inter-American Development Bank, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 2009
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, G&Y Consultores, Santiago, Chile, November 2009
- Developing Innovation Capabilities, MGH, Boston, October 2009
- Entrepreneurial Thought & Action, Creame, Medellin, Colombia, August 2009
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, Analog Devices, June 2009
- Business Innovation & Role of IT, Center for Information & Management Systems, Babson, Feb. 2009
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, Vellore Institute of Tech., Vellore, India, Aug. 8, 2008
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, Chilectra, Santiago, Chile, Nov. 12, 2007
- Corporate Spin-Offs and Spin-Outs, Innova (CORFA), Govt. of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Nov. 12, 2007
- Innovation: Key to Organic Growth, Penteo, Barcelona, July 12, 2006
- Network Business Models, BFA Conseil, Paris, July 11, 2006
- Getting the Best to the Masses, Profitably, BFA Conseil, Paris, July 11, 2006
- Experience Innovation, HEC Executive Campus, Paris, July 10, 2006
- Service Strategy and Innovation, Family Business Program, BFA Conseil, Boston, Sept. 22, 2005
- Innovation: Understanding the Field, BFA Conseil, Paris, July 19, 2005
- Innovation: Understanding the Field, HEC Executive Campus, Paris, July 18, 2005
- Experience Innovation, EMC, Boston, May 24, 2005
- The Discipline of Corporate Entrepreneurship, X Jornada Anual, ESADE Alumni, Barcelona, Nov. 4, 2004
- Academic Strategies: for a Country, a State & an Institution, Vellore Inst. of Tech., Vellore, India, Aug. 7, 2004
- Role of Service in Strategy and Innovation, BFA Conseil, Paris, July 8, 2003