Keynote topic
Disruptive Leadership:
How to Build a High-Impact Company
Disruptive Leadership keynote address by Kerry Siggins
Overview
The world is changing rapidly, and it’s hard to keep up. What worked yesterday might not work tomorrow. How can leaders become an example of accountability and balance the old with the new so they can disrupt their industries and avoid being disrupted themselves?
Many leaders are looking at old or soon to be obsolete practices in their industries, asking, “How do I build a sustainable company when the future looks very different?” At this point, complacency will lead straight to failure.
The secret is ambidextrous thinking--learning how to balance the core business with future opportunities. You must be able to hold seemingly opposable ideas in your mind and look for ways you can do both: exploit and explore.
In this thought-provoking keynote, Kerry shares how she approached running a business that is based in using water, all while watching the country’s largest reservoirs shrink to almost nothing Through ambidextrous thinking and working with her team to consider a different future, she was able to become an example of accountability and disrupt an entire industry, while also building a $100M company.
As leaders, especially those looking to disrupt, we must embrace the inherent tension between how things are now and how things will change. We must recognize that new opportunities might not fit into an established system or manner of doing business. Embracing this tension is a recipe for success.
Time/Format: 45-60 minutes as a keynote, in-person or virtual Keynote
Audience
This keynote is ideal for leaders who:
- Want to scale their company by growing core products/services
- Are interested in going after new opportunities
- See the importance of building a disruptive company
- Are committed to improving strategic thinking skills and strategic plan execution
Learning Objectives
This keynote will help your audience to:
- Understand what ambidextrous thinking is and why it’s such a powerful leadership tool
- Learn ways to question their assumptions and thinking to unlock new ideas
- Stop being complacent and gain tools to develop an exploit-and-explore vision
- Put their plans into action and learn how to course correct quickly
