Simon Sinek on the Alpha of an Organization

Group Chief Creative Officer at Cityneon and former Executive Creative Director of Cirque du Soleil

A visionary creative artistic producer with more than 25 years of experience, Welby Altidor is the Group Chief Creative Officer at NEON, global leader in creating and producing immersive experiences with partnerships such as The Walt Disney Company and Universal Studios. Altidor is the former Executive Creative Director of Creations at Cirque du Soleil, where he spearheaded the creation of well-known shows such as Luzia and Michael Jackson ONE.  His artistic contributions and creative design have led to the sale of more than 80 million tickets for interactive shows, events, and immersive exhibitions on a global scale. Altidor is also the author of Creative Courage.

Unleashing Creative Courage

• Develop the ‘Creative Courage’ to challenge the status quo and make big ideas happen: Lessons from Cirque du Soleil
• Elevating ideas as catalysts for innovation: Why there are no dumb ideas, but platforms to build upon
• Cultivating a creative ecosystem: The importance of giving everyone a voice
• Scheduling failure and seeking feedback – the cornerstone of innovation and long-term success in business

Dr. Sharon Melnick is a corporate psychologist and global authority on personal power in leadership whose work is informed by 10 years of groundbreaking research at Harvard Medical School. She has worked with a range of organizations from Fortune 500 to fast-growth companies, as well as esteemed institutions such as the U.S. White House, United Nations, and West Point Military Academy.  She is CEO of Horizon Point Inc, a global coaching and training company, and is the best-selling author of In Your Power: React Less, Regain Control, Raise Others.

The Skills That Transform Leaders Into Legends

• Introducing the three Power Portals – abilities that let you transform intractable situations into win-win solutions.
• How to be strategic rather than reactive when faced with moments of stress and tension
• How to engage resistant colleagues and team members to cooperate in solving joint problems 
• What it takes to stay in a state of mental and emotional clarity, and connected to the mission of your organization and life

Since 1982, Luis Huete has been a professor at IESE Business School and has advised over 800 companies in more than 70 countries worldwide. His most frequent service is facilitating offsite meetings with CEOs and Executive Committees of companies to redesign their strategy, structure, and corporate culture. He has performed these roles for companies such as Coca-Cola, Repsol, Loewe, and Telefónica.

Huete is a leading figure in international business management, seamlessly blending roles as a professor, consultant, and coach. Moreover, he has authored twelve management books, notable among which are Servicios y Beneficios, Administración de Servicios and Clienting. His latest book, titled Construye tu sueño 2.0, was published in 2019.

Stephen M. R. Covey is the bestselling author of The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything. He is the former CEO of Covey Leadership Center, which, under his stewardship, became the largest leadership development company in the world.

Covey personally led the strategy that propelled his father’s book, Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to become one of the two most influential business books of the 20th Century, according to CEO Magazine. His latest book is titled Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others. 

Modupe Akinola is a leading authority on organizational performance and diversity, and an Associate Professor of Management at Columbia Business School. She advises leaders on managing stress, diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives and women’s leadership and her research on stress and discrimination has been published in numerous academic journals and media outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, and The Economist. Before becoming an academic, Akinola was the head of diversity at Bain & Co., where she contributed to the organization’s recruitment and retention framework for people of color. She earned her Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Harvard.

Driving Organizational Performance and Diversity

• Strategies organizations can employ to increase the diversity of their talent pool
• The biases that affect the recruitment and retention of women and people of color in companies
• How organizational environments can engender stress and the impact on individual and organizational performance
• Building businesses that increase employees’ productivity, enhance their creativity, and improve health outcomes

Leading happiness and well-being researcher at the University of British Columbia

Dr. Elizabeth Dunn is a distinguished professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a leading expert on the study of how time, money, and technology shape human happiness. Her experimental research has not only been published in top-tier journals, including three articles in Science, but also widely featured in international media like The New York Times, The Atlantic, and CNN. She is also the co-author of the acclaimed book Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending, which has been recognized by the Washington Post as essential reading for leaders.

Unlocking Potential Through Building Social Connections

• How we can increase employee happiness in a time of ever-changing workplace structures
• Science-backed strategies for creating strong workplace connections
• Why strong personal connections create an enduring resource for the organization especially in more difficult times
• How  artificial interactions affects our feelings of happiness and social connection
• How to balance technology and human touch, an essential skill for organizations incorporating AI tools in their strategy

Simon Sinek is an unshakeable optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Sinek has devoted his professional life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist; a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are, and end the day fulfilled by the work they do. 

He continues to share inspiration through his bestselling books, including Start with WHY, Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game, as well as his podcast, A Bit of Optimism. In addition, Sinek is the Founder of The Optimism Company, a leadership learning and development company, and he publishes other inspiring thinkers and doers through his publishing partnership with Penguin Random House called Optimism Press.

Leading and Managing Talent Through the Infinite Game

• Explore a new way of looking at your leadership, your organization, and the environment in which it operates
• Practices to maintain and rebuild trust, and how to avoid breaking it
• Learn how to build stronger relationships, which are the basis for the The Courage to Lead
• How to combat the inevitable stresses and dangers that threaten your organization, team, and each individual in your charge

Tony Fadell is an active investor and entrepreneur with a 30+ year history of founding companies and designing products that profoundly improve people’s lives. He is the Principal at Build Collective, an investment and advisory firm coaching deep tech startups. Currently, Build Collective is coaching over 200+ startups innovating game-changing technologies. He is the founder and former CEO of Nest, the company that pioneered the “Internet of Things.” Fadell was the SVP of Apple’s iPod Division and led the team that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone. Throughout his career Fadell has authored more than 300 patents. In May 2016, TIME named the Nest Learning Thermostat, the iPod and the iPhone as three of the “50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time.” He is a bestselling author of BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making.

An Innovator’s Guide to Making Things Worth Making

• Innovation and how deep tech can change the world
• Learning from failures to creating the iPod and founding Nest
• Addressing consumer needs and pain points: how to approach product development and design
• Strategies for effective leadership and team management to nurture innovation, experimentation and continuous improvement

David Rowan is a renowned figure in the tech and business world, helping leaders and organizations to adapt to the impact of emerging technologies. With a background as a technology columnist for various prestigious publications, he served as the founding Editor-in-Chief of WIRED magazine’s UK edition from 2008 to 2017. Beyond journalism, Rowan has demonstrated a keen eye for investment opportunities, backing over 150 early-stage tech companies, including two billion-dollar unicorns. He has cultivated relationships with the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Twitter, and numerous other ambitious startups.

His Amazon #1 business bestseller Non Bullshit Innovation: 17 Proven Ways to Transform How You Work, has garnered international acclaim for its strategies on corporate innovation in the face of disruptive technology.

Through Navigating the Exponential Tech Landscape to Drive Business Transformation

• Navigating the powerful convergence of exponential technologies to drive business transformation – AI, quantum computing, and beyond
• How technology-led innovation transforms businesses and consumers, driving prosperity despite economic challenges
• Lessons from ‘The Non-Bullshit Innovators’: Radical ideas to transform businesses from the world’s smartest minds
• The ten new rules of business: Why it’s time to challenge the tech monopolies

A foremost authority on strategies for building and sustaining revenue, Marco Bertini is a Professor at Esade and a visiting Professor at Harvard Business School. Renowned for his expertise in creating and sharing value with customers, he helps companies capitalize on innovation and competitive advantage to effectively generate revenue and build stronger brands. Bertini has collaborated with organizations such as IBM, AT&T, H&M, Coca-Cola, Procter and Gamble, Fox Networks, Pfizer, Novartis, and Boston Consulting Group, where he held the position of Senior Advisor. Author of multiple articles on strategy, marketing, and customer relationships, he is also the co-author, alongside Oded Koenigsberg, of The Ends Game: How Smart Companies Stop Selling Products and Start Delivering Value.

Strategies to Drive Lasting Revenue

• A framework for turning strategy into lasting revenue: The importance of having a customer-centric mindset to drive growth
• Selling value to customers: How to capitalize on value creation and stay true to the brand’s promise
• The opportunities of price changes: Tackling the challenges of inflation, maintaining competitiveness, and enhancing customer relationships
• Keys to leverage the power of algorithms and technology in an effective and trustable way