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About
DAVID L. PETERSON helps business leaders foster a culture of innovation that capitalizes on workforce diversity and instills accountability for driving growth. As the founder and CEO of Goldleaf Technologies, a leading provider of electronic payments software and a pioneer in the fintech industry, David understands the critical need to combat status-quo thinking to achieve sustainable profits and competitiveness in any industry. He shares real world strategies and tools to foster an innovation mindset and encourages people to be innovative where they are regardless of job title.
David is the author of the best-selling book Grounded: Anchored Management for Strategic Leadership and Effective Decision-Making (Little River Publishing, 2016). His approach to strategic innovation has been praised by everyone from C-Suite executives to entrepreneurs to millennials. David’s clients describe his keynotes as “highly engaging” and “packed with solid takeaways”.
David is the Chief Strategic Officer of i7strategies, an independent strategic planning and innovation advisory firm. He serves on the board of several industry related companies and associations, and is a serial entrepreneur with start-ups in retail and professional services. He lives in Hahira, GA with his family and is an avid sailor.
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Topics
AVOIDING IT/SECURITY DISASTERS
How will you lead in a time of crisis? Can you strategically plan to avoid disasters? As a manager, will your team step up and perform as trained while under duress? Author David Peterson, using the amazing and sad tale of the two historical shipwrecks, will highlight the strategic leadership principles that will enable IT professionals to properly manage systems and people to avoid disasters … and to reduce the negative impact of a crisis. There are many lessons to be learned about how we deal with adversity, but the more important lesson is to employ strategies and tactics to specifically to avoid or mitigate the negative impact of disasters! This insightful and informative session will provide specific techniques on which IT and Security professionals can immediately implement, whether leading a team or exhibiting “Individual Leadership”.
IGNITING THE FLAME OF INNOVATION
Is your organization operating on “Auto-Pilot”? In this Innovation Driven Growth keynote, serial entrepreneur and international speaker David Peterson will provide insights into how your organization can meet the challenges of today’s competitive pressures and global competition with Metacognition processes.
He will share his Metacognition strategies and tools that drive innovation, help rethink processes and procedures that stifle growth and create an environment that dramatically increase employee engagement. Combat status-quo thinking by fostering an enterprise-wide culture that capitalizes on the opportunity for transformational growth.
Key Takeaways:
Learn the stages of the Metacognition process
Learn how to incorporate “Think Time” to reap benefits focused on growth
Learn how to train employees to identify and combat the status-quo
Learn how to instill organization-wide innovation to achieve transformational growth
RETHINKING HOW INNOVATION HAPPENS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
International speaker, author, entrepreneur and innovative thinker
David Peterson focuses on how organizations can harness enterprise-wide innovation to fuel growth and achieve sustainability even in the most challenging competitive markets. Using Metacognition, this Innovation Driven Growth content will challenge attendees to “think about how they think” to realize that innovation can occur regardless of their organizational role.
This content is focused to augment the internal education and training delivered by an organizations HR professionals and is tailored to meet specific branding or educational goals.
All content is presented in David’s signature high energy, fun and engaging style.
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Testimonials
1 person has recommended this speaker
“David’s General Session “Grounded” raised the bar! It was so unique and entertaining but had such a great message that spoke to everyone, regardless of rank or position.”
“David’s General Session “Grounded” raised the bar! It was so unique and entertaining but had such a great message that spoke to everyone, regardless of rank or position.”