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Wayne Burkan is a highly-sought keynote speaker and expert covering such topics as change, innovation, disruption, technology, and the future. He is a best-selling author, consultant, media pundit, and thought-leader who has spoken at many conferences around the world where he gives leaders the skills they need to deal with fast, big changes in society, the workplace, and education.
Wayne Burkan is hired to speak at events and conferences where he can give expertise on important global business affairs. He is President of Alternative Visions, Inc., a company dedicated to change, innovation and the future. As a management consultant, Burkan has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Success magazine.
His clients have included Motorola, Ford Motor Company, 3M, Tropicana, The FBI, and IBM, among others. He is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer of Logic Solutions, Inc., a privately held minority-owned corporation that creates Internet-based applications and services, including e-business web sites, e-commerce applications, and intranet applications.
A dynamic, provocative and humorous speaker, Wayne has presented on four continents, to over one thousand organizations. His clients include Motorola, Ford, 3M, Tropicana, the FBI and IBM. Through keynote talks, workshops and seminars, he draws a balance between not just the concepts of change, but specific and actionable techniques as well.
Wayne has been featured on dozens of talk shows, the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Success Magazine. He has many years of experience working in planning, strategy and acquisitions for such organizations as Ford Motor Company, American Motors and Uniroyal Chemical. It was during this time that he began to appreciate the vulnerability of planning when faced with change.
He has been guest lecturer for the Penn State Executive Management Program. He has served on the faculties of the State University of New York, Digital Consulting, Frost & Sullivan, and Technology Transfer Institute, conducting seminars worldwide on executive use of information and technology.
Wayne received his BA in economics from Rutgers, and his MBA in International Finance from NYU.
Wayne is author of Wide Angle Vision: Beat Your Competition by Focusing on Fringe Competitors, Lost Customers and Rogue Employees. Along with his colleague Joel Barker, he wrote and co-hosted the popular video program called “The Paradigm Prism”.
His book Wide-Angle Vision equips you with specific actionable techniques that can enable you to:
* Anticipate crises before they occur by using “splatter vision,” scenarios, and benchmarking
* Find breakthrough solutions to difficult problems by looking outside your field
* Create powerful, flexible teams that work-from “edge” teams to ideal teams
* Reduce resistance to organizational change through skillful timing, finding perfect change agents, and more
* Reengineer with lower risk and greater efficiency, using an effective seven-step plan for change
* Avoid tunnel vision by broadening your perspective-to the edges of what’s happening in the mainstream
His book has received critical acclaim and reviews including:
“In this book, Wayne Burkan shows us that the vantage points from which we view and act can earn us critical advantages if we are willing to stretch our thoughts and practices beyond the edge of conventional thinking.” – Robert W. Galvin Chairman of the Executive Committee and former CEO of Motorola
“Wayne Burkan’s Wide-Angle Vision is a very pragmatic and useful guide to dealing with and implementing change. His concept of ‘edge’ as it relates to customers, employees, and competitors should help many organizations struggling with the rapidly changing marketplace and the endless panaceas being promoted.” – David R. Stamper Vice President and General Manager, Hitachi Data Systems, Latin American Division
“At Southwest Airlines, we redefined air transportation by utilizing ‘edge thinking.’ Wayne Burkan is offering a ‘flight plan’ that if studied, understood, and followed, will improve your bottom line for the long term. If you really want to be on the ‘leading edge’ for your product or service, this is the place to begin.” – Howard Putnam Speaker, author, and former CEO of Southwest Airlines
“Wayne Burkan has brought our attention to a great source of potential opportunities for profitable growth if we take his advice and really listen to those challenging customers, potential customers, small competitors, and unhappy employees whom we often want to dismiss as difficult.” – D. H. Davis President and Chief Operating Officer, Rockwell International Corporation
“Strategically thought-provoking! It’s just what busy leaders need to ensure they are focused on gaining a competitive edge. An easy-to-read wake up call for organizations and managers. Wayne Burkan challenges us to confront the perils of tunnel vision and the promise of a wider perspective. So simple, so clear, so right!” – Donald Himelfarb
His speaking topics include…
Mastering Change and Innovation
Shift your view of the world and what is possible — this talk will open closed minds, and show you how to implement change.
Wide Angle Vision
Increase innovation, customer satisfaction and gain a sustainable competitive advantage by learning to read the signals.
Leadership in Turbulent Times
This revealing talk illustrates in both humorous and moving examples what a truly powerful vision must entail.
The Tactics of Persuasion
Eliminating Resistance to New Ideas
Fast paced, funny and filled with specifics guaranteed to get people to listen, even when they absolutely don’t want to change.
The Power of Paradigms
Participants can gain totally new perspectives on quality, service, team performance, innovation, competition, and a host of other topics all customized to your organization.
Power Productivity
Doing More with Less (and loving it)
Organizations are doing more with less. It requires more than merely tightening the belt, and goes beyond the tenants of quality that many of us are practicing
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