Motivational Speaker - Joel Barker - Total Access Speakers Bureau

Joel Barker was the first person to popularize the concept of paradigm shifts for the corporate world. He began his work in 1975 after spending a year on fellowship meeting and working with visionary thinkers in both North America and Europe. He discovered that the concept of paradigms, which at that time was sequestered within the scientific discussion, could explain revolutionary change in all areas of human endeavor. By 1985, he had built the case and corporations and nations were seeking his advice.

In 1980, in addition to his work on paradigms, he began to focus on a second crucial component for organizations and individuals: the importance of vision. In 1986, he released his first videotape, Discovering the Future: The Business of Paradigms. By 1988, it was the best selling business video in history. In 2001, he updated this film to include contempory examples and a shortened version. It has been translated into 16 languages and continues to influence people all over the world.

In 1990, he released his second video, The Power of Vision. This became his second best seller and has also been translated into more than a dozen languages. His book on paradigms, Future Edge, published in 1992, was listed as one of the most influential business books of that year by the prestigious Library Journal. It has been used for more than a decade.

Joel Barker has worked with organizations, both for profit and not for profit, all over the world as well as with nations, including Singapore, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico and Peru. His honors include an honorary Doctorate in Visionary Leadership from St. Mary's University and the Excellence in Education Award given to him by the international education association, Pi Lambda Theta for his part in supporting educational innovation.

Formerly director of the Futures Studies Department of the Science Museum of Minnesota from 1974 to 1978, he has spoken to more than 1 million people around the world and his films have been seen by more than 250 million people around the world.
His two most quoted phrases: "You can and should shape your own future; because if you don't someone else surely will." And for leaders, "No one will thank you for taking care of the present if you have neglected the future."

*** Programs Include:

* Five Regions of the Future: A Revolutionary Roadmap to the 21st Century - This speech is based on Barker's book and it's basic theme is clusters of technologies are organizing themselves into technological ecosystems. These Technecologies � will play a major role in shaping the long-term future of the planet. Any organization investing in technology needs to understand this concept.

* Leadership Lessons from the Ecosystem - What leaders can learn about competition and collaboration from Mother Nature. The old paradigm of competition is beginning to be challenged by new research from the world of nature. Old business axioms will be rendered obsolete in the next decade because of this work.

* Driving Innovation and Creating New Wealth: The Real Role of Diversity - This presentation turns the diversity discussion inside out and shows how organizations, cultures, and nations with great diversity gain extraordinary access to new innovations and new wealth. Barker makes the case for the following formula: Diversity is the base on which innovations are created; innovation is the base on which new wealth is generated. If we want to grow the wealth of the world, then we need innovation, which means we need diversity. Barker also explains the mechanism of how diverse elements are turned into wealth through a process called "mutualism."

* The Power of Paradigms
This presentation can be customized in many ways. The key concepts are:
The definition of a paradigm.
The paradigm curve and how to map your organization onto the curve.
The role of the outsider in changing your paradigm and how to turn them into assets.
How to be a paradigm pioneer and its advantages.
The paradigm effect and how it keeps you from seeing your own future.
Going back to zero-how to know when it's happening and why you want to do it to your competitors.

* The Power of Vision - An organization without vision is an organization at risk. Joel takes you through the research and shows you how to begin to build a vision.

* Tactics of Innovation - How have some companies been successful in introducing new products and services while others have failed again and again? It's not about the idea, it's about the tactics you use for introduction. Joel Barker shares 10 guidelines based on Professor James Bright's classic research in innovation.

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