When industry giants like Google, Disney, Panera Bread or Husky Technologies need to educate and inspire their leaders on future trends and innovation, they hire Mark. Leaders at Disney say, "Mark's engaging presence commands attention and inspires those around him," and "his ability to captivate an audience is outstanding!"
As a graduate with a specialization in journalism, he's won multiple international awards for communication, he's become VP Business Development at Trend Hunter, the worlds #1 largest trend-spotting database, and he’s grown as an innovation thought leader. He helps clients like Constellation Brands, Char-Broil, Diageo, JPMorgan Chase, Nestle, Molson and Panasonic navigate the shifting future trend landscape and foster a culture of innovation and change.
When he's not leading Business Development at the office, you can find him emceeing or keynoting at ESOMAR, FutursitU or Future Festivals around the world on topics like Innovation Tactics, Future Technology and Trends. Join him on a journey of discovery and transformation, where the only constant is change.
Leaders today are under increased pressure to find winning innovation strategies, but there are few avenues to learn how others do it. Gathered from personal interviews with today’s business leaders, this session focuses on reporting actual innovation techniques used in business today, organized into specific objectives, such as “internal buy-in,” or “consumercentricity.”