Peter Sheahan

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FL!P: Creative Strategies for Turning Challenge into Opportunity, and Change into Competitive Advantage
Based on the research for international bestseller FL!P, this presentation will challenge assumptions about your industry and ‘business as usual’, revealing how the world’s most effective organizations and individuals distinguish themselves from the competition instead of running with the pack.

Talent Revolution
Peter draws on his experience as a former General Manager of a $10 million hotel business to becoming the CEO of a global company with staff in 9 cities across three countries. There is no question that the demands of the talent market are changing, and in order to stay ahead of the curve and innovate, leaders must build a powerful employment brand while cultivating the kind of interdisciplinary thought that allows for the flexibility required in today’s small-world economy.

Moving the Market: Accelerate your impact by influencing how and why buyers make decisions
Peter draws on case studies from more than 20 industries to streamline the thought process around creating a compelling offer that establishes credibility in the mind of the buyer, builds opportunities for leverage and best serves the needs of your market.

Making Money in the Cracks: Counter- Intuitive Strategies for Finding and Exploiting New Market Opportunities
Peter will help you to identify areas of untapped potential within your organization, develop the unique thought processes needed to profit from them and how to catalyze key individuals to make it a reality – unpacking dozens of strategies for finding new sources of competitive advantage and making money in tough economic times.

Summary Profile

As founder and CEO of ChangeLabsTM, a global consultancy delivering large-scale behavioral change projects for clients such as Apple and IBM, Peter Sheahan has worked with some of the world's leading brands in the area of innovation and change, including Google, News Corporation, Harley Davidson and GlaxoSmithKline.

 

With operations in 3 countries and 9 cities, Peter knows first-hand the pressures of growing and leading a business in the rapidly changing world.

 

Peter is recognized internationally as a leading business thinker and has advised executives and leaders for clients that include Google, Goldman Sachs, Hilton Hotels, Harley Davidson and GlaxoSmithKline through his thought leadership practice.

 

The author of 6 books, including the international bestsellers Fl!p and Generation Y, Peter focuses on teaching leaders and companies how to flip their thinking, make money in the cracks and find opportunity where others cannot. His newest book Making It Happen unpacks his insights on how the best leaders and entrepreneurs execute on their good ideas, and turn them into profitable results.

 

As a global thought leader, Peter's insights into business trends and the changing needs of customers and staff have made him a regular presenter on Fox Business, with appearances on ABC and BBC as well. Peter was recently featured expert in a five-part global series on Innovation on CNBC, and he has been written up in the Washington Post and Fast Company magazine.

 

He has delivered more than 2000 presentations to over 300,000 people in 15 different countries. In 2006, Peter was voted the National Speakers Association's Keynote Speaker of the Year and has since been named one of the 25 Hottest New Speakers in America, and one of the 25 Most Influential Speakers in the industry.