Paul Sloane

Writes and speaks on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation

Speaker fees:

In-person: £3k-£5k, £5k-£10k
Virtual: £3k-£5k

Topics:

Leadership
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Innovation
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Lateral Thinking

Paul Sloane’s career encompassed roles as Marketing Director, Managing Director, VP International and CEO of software companies giving him an enormous source of experience and wisdom in management and leadership.

Paul Sloane is a leading expert in lateral thinking and innovation, with over 20 books to his name, including The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, The Innovative Leader, and Lateral Thinking for Every Day. An engaging speaker and workshop facilitator, he has worked with corporate clients like Airbus, Microsoft, Nike, Unilever, and GlaxoSmithKline.

His online courses on Udemy have attracted over 25,000 students, and he regularly lectures at prestigious institutions including Cambridge University, Henley Business School, and the Mumbai Institute of Technology. A recognised thought leader with 40,000 followers on X, he also delivered a popular TEDx talk titled “Are You Open-Minded?” which has garnered over 170,000 views on YouTube.

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Featured topics include

The four key principles of lateral thinking and how you and your team can use them to generate radical solutions for business issues. With many stories, examples, tips and challenges.

How leaders can create the vision, culture and processes that facilitate creativity and innovation. How to overcome a culture which is risk averse and encourage an entrepreneurial mindset. This talk reveals what is impeding innovation in your business today and what you can do about it.

We all think that we are open-minded and receptive to new ideas. But research shows that we suffer from unconscious biases which make us resistant to contrarian concepts. This talk gives you practical ideas to broaden your thoughts and understandings.

Sometimes conventional marketing approaches just do not work. There is so much noise and chatter out there that sensible messages do not get through. Maybe it is time to try something risky and shocking. This talk contains many fascinating examples and gives guidance and when and how to be outrageous.

This talk tells the stories of great thinkers, entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators. It draws out lessons that we can use in our everyday life to boost creative problem solving and innovation. It will inspire your team to think differently and be more adventurous.

What people say

Paul led an excellent inspirational keynote for us at a customer event. Paul’s talk was thought provoking and engaging and was a great opening for the event.

Jon Francis, Sales Director, Crayon.

Paul came to speak to Airbus managers in Madrid for an audience of about 200 Production Managers. His style was excellent – a great mix of expertise, humour and practical examples.

Paul Conway, Consultant, Airbus

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