How Patrick Dixon will make your corporate event a great success

Dr Patrick Dixon - Lectures

"Brilliant communicator who really cares about his audience and his clients"

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Keynote for 350 global team of MTN - telcos, consumers and emerging markets.

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Dr Patrick Dixon has been ranked as one of the world's 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50 - 2005) and is often described in the media as Europe's leading Futurist. He is Chairman of Global Change Ltd author of twelve books, and has travelled to 53 nations, addressing corporate events, workshops and seminars as well as boards and senior teams of multinationals on issues such as future strategy, risk management, digital and biotech revolutions, geo-political changes, consumer shifts and future lifestyles, corporate values, marketing, change management and motivation.

Fellow contributors at corporate events have included former British Prime Minister John Major, The Ireland Taoiseach - Bertie Ahern, Mark Thompson - Director General BBC, Nicolas Negroponte - MIT, Bill Emmot - former editor of the Economist, John Naisbitt - author Megatrends, Michael Dell - Chairman of Dell Computers, Andrew Gowers - editor of the Financial TImes, Sir John Bond - Chairman HSBC, Rod Eddington - CEO British Airways, Jorma Ollila - Chairman of Nokia, Rudolph Giulliani - Mayor of New York, Gary Hamel - Chairman Strategos, Gordon Bethune - Chairman and CEO Continental Airlines, Helge Wehmeier - President and CEO Bayer Corporation, Jonathan Bloomer - CEO Prudential.... and the rock singer Elton John.

Clients include Microsoft, HSBC, BP, AIG, Allianz, Munich Re, Swiss Re, GSK, IBM, Siemens, SAP, Accenture, ABN AMRO, Credit Suisse, RBS, UBS, Saks, Sara Lee, Diageo, Ford, Gillette, ExxonMobil, Prudential, Forbes, Morgan Stanley, Fortune, Virgin Atlantic, BBC, Bupa, BT, Belgacom, Global Food Forum, IBEC, TDC, Mobilcom, Belgacom, Zurich Financial Services and Tetrapak.

See bottom of this page for comments from participants and event organisers. Talk to Dr Dixon personally on + 44 7768 511 390 to discuss what you have in mind and check dates, or e-mail, - you can then talk through formal arrangements later with Leigh Bureau. Each presentation is heavily customised, in close consultation with the client after discussions about aims of the event, conference theme, issues that other speakers will cover, the nature of the audience, countries represented and cultural factors.

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Short clips of different conference videos on various issues:

Economics, Finance & Financial Services

Banking - many of Patrick's clients are global banks
Economics issues - Patrick creates a big picture of global trends
Insurance - Patrick has worked with many of the world's largest insurers
Sub-prime crisis – what next?

Technology

Technology - Patrick works with many of the world's largest computer, software, telecom, internet and biotech companies
Online communities - Web 2.0 - how online communities will drive your business
Mobile phones - future of telecom, wireless devices, virtual communities, positional advertising
Convergence and divergence - why all competitive advantage comes from divergence
RFID technology - impact on retail, wholesale, distribution and manufacturing

Health and Education

Health care - key trends in health, ageing, biotech, hospitals, clinics
Pharmaceutical industry - impact of the biotech revolution
Education - future of teaching in high schools, colleges and business schools

Leadership, Management & Strategy

Change management - a recurring theme
Risk management - preparing for the unexpected
The impact of wild cards – low probability, high impact events
Innovation - why innovation is connected to passion
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Logistics and supply chain - critical issues in manufacturing and wholesale
Managing uncertainty - flexible, rapidly adapting leadership
motivation" target="_blank">Motivation - how to inspire people to make great things happen
Women at work - challenges for corporations in winning war for talent
outsourcing" target="_blank">Outsourcing - what is going to happen next

Marketing

Advertising - why traditional approaches are dead in an online world
Customers - how customer demands are changing and why
Customer focus - why many corporations need a reality check, to succeed in future
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Travel, Energy, Resources and Environment

Travel - future of aviation, road, rail - for business and leisure
Biofuels - food or fuel? Do biofuels have a future?
Commodities - impact of emerging markets
Energy industry - future energy for a carbon-free world
Petrochemical industry - how the industry will change and why
Climate change - why the future is about emotion, not just the science
Sustainability - what does it mean for your business?

Other Topics and Types of Audience

Real estate - key trends in commercial and residential real estate industries
Retailing - developing the customer experience

 

Feedback from conference delegates and event organisers:

Comments after multimedia presentations:

"Thank you for your presentation. Naturally, you were a great hit (highest rated session on the program.) Like all the participants, I got a lot out of it and it will definitely change my work life." David Maister, Author of Managing the Professional Services Firm after presentation at a leading Business School

"Steve Ballmer and I extend to you our most sincere thanks for joining us at the first Microsoft Global Accounts Summit in the Hague. Your participation contributed to its success. I especially appreciate your joining us at very short notice and for delivering such an insightful keynote address .....I don't think I have to tell you that your session was very well received. Every person in that room was glued to what you had to say. It was truly riveting and I know you received very high marks from the audience. You were a life-saver for our event and added great value to the topic. We would like to say thank you again for your flexibility. It was truly a pleasure working with you. We will keep our eyes open for the opportunity to work together in the future" Jonathan Murray Vice President Global Accounts Microsoft / Stephanie Rowland Communications Manager Global Accounts Microsoft

"Thanks for the best EIRMA presentation ever" Prof Kari Ebeling Director Corporate R+D UPM-Kymmene Group

"Congratulations on your outstanding contribution to our conference. Board and staff of CSC Ploenzke as well as our guests were very happy to have you with us. It was by far the most intriguing lecture and I am sure my colleagues and the participants of the conference will talk about it for some time." Klaus-Michael Erben, CSC

"Thanks for your excellent input into our Congress. You set the scene perfectly (opening speech) with your "tour d'horizon" and left some delegates quite breathless. Our delegates evaluated your presentation among the best of the Congress. I particularly wanted to thank you for the speed, efficiency and enthusiasm of your response when we approached you "in extremis" (Hemlut Schmidt unwell). The whole process was seamless and you lived up to your claims. You did a great job" Richard Fedigan CEO Food Business Forum (CIES)

"I owe you a thank you very much for your fantastic presentation. Need I say you got a 1.0 rating (Cannot get higher than that! Do you want to see them?...You must be used to them anyway) and you have people reading your book on their vacation!!! If that is not success, I don't know what is... " M. Claudia Benassi Head of Corporate Relationship Management ESMT European School of Management and Technology Gmb

"I first heard Dr Patrick Dixon's outstanding presentation at a Futurists conference for around 50 CEOs and Chairmen. Other speakers included the UK former Prime Minister John Major, the editor of the economist, Senator Bill Bradley, President Carter's former security advisor, someone from MIT Medialab, Proessor Rudi Dornbusch and others. I learned more about my business from Dr Dixon than from all the others put together." Brad Martin Chairman of Saks Inc

"Excellent performance! 100% delivery!" Wout Dekker CEO Nutreco

"You did a fantastic job and everybody, participants and Post Danmark, were very pleased." Helen Rimmer, 3rd Dimension - organisers of event for 900 marketing executives, sponsored by Post Danmark

"Your presentation scored highest of the whole conference for content and style. I particularly appreciated the attention to detail in preparation to make the presentation so relevant to our business." Dr Ian Fyfe Planning and Quality Control management, BASF

"You were fantastic! Not enough time! We loved your family. Thanks for your contagious energy, unpredictability and warm generous atmosphere. Important when there were so many sobering and thought provoking concepts to absorb." Lynne Schey, Young Presidents Organisation (YPO), London

"The Georgia Technology Forum is still receiving positive feedback from your talk. Your insights were invaluable to the new CEOs in the audience who will be forming entire companies around your predictions." Ellen Smith Executive Director Georgia Technology Forum

"I attended the Human Resources Strategy program.. Your presentation on that program was one of the most striking 'events' I ever experienced". W Mul Director Cororate Human Resources Anthos New Zealand

"Thank you for presenting such a fascinating and stimulating session at the conference last week." Pippa Bourne Institute of Management

" You did what you promised to do: Your presentation was excellent. We've had only positive feed back. Thank you very much - the future looks much brighter now!" Leena Saksa, Finland Marketing Federation

"Your presentation was superb, thoroughly enjoyable, memorable and thought provoking." Karan Bilimoria CBE, DL CEO Cobra Beer Ltd, Chapter Chair - YPO London

"Thank you once again for the superb presentation you gave to our ServiceMaster management team on Friday and the Trustees of Wheaton College on Saturday. Both presentations were very well received. I know you have had more feedback from the presentation on Saturday, but I have received a significant amount of positive feedback from your presentation on Friday, It was very thought provoking for our officers." C. William Pollard, Chairman, ServiceMaster

"Global-Change Guru Dr Patrick Dixon in a whirlwind speech recently, gave delegates a whiff of a much-changed future." Margaret Studer, Wall Street Journal 11/12/98

"Your extraordinary presentation has been highly appreciated and certainly stimulated a wealth of ideas and discussions with the participants." Bernadette Conraths Director General European Federation of Management Development (EFMD)

"On behalf of EuroCHRIE I write to congratulate you on a wonderful presentation." Sybil Hoffman Past President

"You delivered a dynamic and very timely closing keynote addreess at the recent CoreNet Global Summit. Evaluation comments indicate the audience especially liked that you related the Futurewise message to the corporate real estate industry. Many are anxious to see how quickly their respective corporations will embrace the technological innovations that you mentioned. It was indeed a pleasure working with you. On behalf of the membership and staff, thank you for adding great value to the CoreNet Global's first conference." Lawrence Edge, Executive Director CoreNet Global

"Once again thank you very much for coming to Munich Re. We have received very positive feedback on all 3 sessions, which were really inspirational and very fruitful. I hope you had a safe trip home on Thursday. I would be very happy if we could keep in contact and continue our exchange, especially in the area of wild cards." Dr. Michael Menhart Munich Re Group Strategic Planning

"I enjoyed your teaching tremendously. I was amazed how easily you could really fascinate people. Thank you for such memorable experience." Valentina Werner, European School of Management and Technology

"I want to thank you for your great contribution to the success of this event. I had very positive and personal verbal feedbacks during the last social part of the event. One manager said to me: "You have moved our company", and a spouse who was not present asked me in the evening: "What did you do to my husband. He talks in a way I have never heard him talk before. He uses words like "quality of life"!". We also got very positive feedback in writing." Claude R Schmutz Managing Director Roche Vitamins Europe Ltd

"Thank you once again for the excellent lectures you gave at our conference yesterday. We got many, many enthusiastic responses from our participants." Helmut Frick ZFU

"Thank you for the session you did for us on Monday. It went very well and we've had great feedback from those who attended. I hope that we can work together again in the future." Nigel Paine, Head of People Development BBC

"I wish to express my sincere thanks to you for taking time out of your busy schedul to speak at Tourism Ireland's staff conference. Your presentation was most thought provoking and it was interesting to see many of your ideas being incorporated into the group activities in the afternoon. Best of all, you presented the future as something to be excited about rather than feared. Many thanks again." Paul O'Toole Chief Executive Tourism Ireland

"We had very positive feedback for Patrick Dixon's speech. He scored 4.6 - 5 out of a maximum of 5. Everybody seemed to enjoy the content of his speech as well as his great capacity of transmitting fro the stage to the audience. He is truly a great speaker!!! Thank you for making all this possible." Alessandra Melloni Conference Manager IDC EMEA

"I want to express my sincere thanks for your extraordinary performance. Listening to you was informative, surprising and very entertaining. But more than that, your ideas and views gave us a sustainable perspective." Dr Christoph Dumrath on behalf of the European Association of Directory and Database Publishers

Following multimedia presentation by videoconference from London to Argentina: "Thank you for your presentation and this wonderful trip into the future. It was a pleasure for me to have attended your talk. As a human resources professional I find it very interesting to apply new technologies to our work environment. From now on I will be hitting your site frequently." Alejandro Delobelle AGA

"Thank you once again. Your speech was a great contribution to the success of the event and we received lots of positive response from the participants. They were fascinated by this extraordinary trip into the future. We particularly appreciated the attention to our products and the history of the company to make the presentation so relevant to the business of Zellweger Luwa AG." Thomas Bechtler Chairman of the Board

 

Business School Feedback Forms - mainly from Executive Education

* "Outstanding presentation and content"
* "Super presentation - certainly explored the future with outstanding examples. Very humerous with thought-provoking predictions for the global economy. An outstanding speaker."
* "Mind blowing - but real. Good balanced presentation - enjoyable"
* "Exciting vision of the future - I am impatient to read his book"
* "Great impact - v impressive delivery"
* "Global and inspiring. Incredible use of images, and strong macro-sense of the material. Pragmatic. Fascinating."
* "Most provocative and interesting"
* "Excellent - captures the imagination and promotes creative thinking"
* "Outstanding!"
* "Wow! Dixon was great. Interesting thought material."
* "Superb!"
* "His choice of media was very powerful - his slides reinforced his message tremendously - very strong management of classroom Q and As.
* "Intelligent person - strong values - his class helped create more compassionate leadership and values."
* "Wow - he certainly got us thinking"
* "Very stimulating / entertaining and thought provoking"
* "Thought provoking - excellent presentation"
* "The way he performed - I call it entertainment"
* "Fantastic person - he really made you believe you are in the future"
* "Energised and highly active presentation"

 

3.5 hour multimedia interactive presentations

* "The most updated and intelligent speech I have ever heard in my life"
* "Lateral thinking, provocative ... absolutely brilliant."
* "Excellent presentation, perfect use of a screen show, powerful, very competent!"
* "One of the best communicators we have had."
* "Excellent, outstanding, lively speaker."
* "Hard to improve upon as someone to stir up strong motivational responses."
* "Enjoyable presentation that impressed many people and changed lots of perspectives"
* "Excellent, profound and motivating presentation."
* "Very outspoken speaker - amazing broad horizon."
* "Excellent presentation which gave an overview of the challenges faced by management."
* "This was outstanding. It is essential for everyone to constantly reflect on the speed of change and how the direction of change in the world can affect one's personal and professional life."
* "Dr Dixon is a remarkable man and an effective speaker ... higher level of learning ... intellectual challenge... highly recommended."
* "I liked it! Could have been for whole day."
* "Great speaker...time too short."
* "Excellent food for thought regarding current / future changes to industry and environment - his arguments were extremely compelling.
* "Excellent kick-off session."
* "Good thought provoking performance which should not be shortened."
* "Interesting macro-issues - important that we should take a "big picture" approach."
* "Very provocative and interesting."
* "Vibrant speaker, plenty of toys."
* "Excellent speech which made it clear that banking is essential, banks are not!"
* "Excellent presentation, opens new perspectives."
* "Excellent - content was great. Dr Dixon's message is clear. I could have listened to him for longer."
* "Very impressive - opened my eyes."
* "Good presentation - nice multimedia."
* "This was very interesting - I am very impressed with the environmental issues."

 

NEWS: "Journey to the Future" total immersion events

Take your clients or colleagues on a turbo-charged journey into the future of their corporation and personal lives. Whether you have 5 board members for a day or 5,000 clients for a week, you will be delighted with this imaginative, challenging, provocative and inspiring approach to making your future happen. Enter a future world (2010) where tomorrow is already old history, where you look back on practical lessons you can learn from your past (your future). You will never see the world in the same way again. More details. e-mail Dr Dixon or phone him yourself on 00 44 7768 511 390.

 

Patrick Dixon has presented to the following industries (examples)

 

Airlines, Travel, Shipping, Hotels, Tourism and Automotive Industry

Air France, Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Automobile Recycling Netherlands (ARN), Dassault Falcon, Dubai Ports Authority, EADS / Airbus, Ford, Hotel Ecoliere de Lausanne, KLM, Reg Vardy - auto sales, Swiss airline, Tourism in Ireland, North West Tourism, Virgin Atlantic, World Economic Forum Governors of Aviation Travel and Tourism meeting (Davos)

Banking, Insurance and other Financial Services

3i, ABN AMRO, ABSA bank, AIG, Allianz, AMA, Asset Management Advisors, Aviva, Bank of Ireland, Barclays Bank, Birla financial services group, BNP Paribas, Britania Building Society, Clariden Bank, Credit Suisse Group, Credit Suise First Boston, CUES, Deutsche Bank, Fortis, Friends First Bank, HSBC, International Mutual Funds Institute, Investec, Kazakstan Investment Forum. LLoyds TSB, Lombard, Macquarie Bank, Minsheng Bank, Morgan Stanley Investment Bank, Morley Fund, Munich Re, North Island Credit Union, PrivatBank (Ukraine), Prudential, RBS, RMB, SEB, Skandia, Sumitomo Bank, Swiss Re, Swiss Stock Exchange, UBS, Bank Vontobel, Winterthur Insurance, Zurich Financial Services

Media, Telecommunications, Freight, Logistics and Distribution

AIC Carriers World, AT&T, BBC, Belgacom, BT, Carlton TV, Danish Post Office, Deutsche Post, DHL, Etisalat Telecom (UAE), Fedex, Idea Cellular, Mobilcom, MTN, Nokia, Swedish Poste, IBS, i-Comverse, British Post Office (Consignia), Telenor, Times of India, Qualcomm, SABC (S Africa), STC (Saudi Arabia), TDC, Amdocs

Technology, Engineering, Software and Computer Manufacturers

Actinic, Asco, Capco, Compaq, Comverse, Fujitsu Siemens, Georgia Technology Forum, Google, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Infosys, Kyocera, Leadbay, Microsoft, NCR, Philips, SAP, Siemens Group, Toshiba, Unaxis, Unisys, Zellweger Luwa

Food and Drink, Household Goods, Paper, Pulp, Packaging Industry

Carlsburg, Diageo, European Coffee Federation, Food Business Forum, Ireland Food Board, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Nutreco, Rexam, RPC, Sara Lee, Schwan's Frozen Foods, Tetrapak, Unilever

Energy, Chemical Industry, Plastics, Mining, Metals, other Commodities

BASF, BP, Copesul (Brazil), European Petrochemical Association (EPCA), ExxonMobil, Hindalco, Houston Energy Forum, Royal Dutch Chemical Association, SHV Gas, Sulzer, Vattenfall

Health Care, Pharmaceutical Industry, Veterinary, Dentistry, Medical Technology and Cosmetics / Lifestyle

3M, Avon, BUPA, Genentech, Gillette, GSK, Henry Schein, Johnson and Johnson, NHS Primary Care Trust (UK), Roche, Novartis, Siemens Medical, Smith and Nephew, St Joseph's Hospital Foundation Ontario, Voluntary Hospitals Association, Wyeth pharmaceuticals

Government and UN

Abu Dhabi Police Authority, UK Department of Trade and Industry, Jebel Ali Free Zone (UAE), Kazakhstan government, UNAIDS, UNIDO, Pentagon , US Federal Government, World Bank, State of Connecticut, Welsh Assembly, UK Parliament, London Connect

Marketing, Advertising and Design

Belgium Marketing Federation, Danish Design Centre, Finland Marketing Federation, Macann Erikson, Malta Marketing Association, Pinnacle Communications, Portugese Marketing Association, Marketing Communication Consultants Association (MCCA)

Law Firms / Legal / Accounting

Eversheds, Freshfields, Linklaters, Regulatory Affairs Professional Organisation

Management, Consulting, Training, Service Organisations

American Management Association, American Society for Training and Development, Accenture, Arthur Andersen, Concours Group, CSC Consulting, European Federation of Management Development, European School of Management and Technology, European Institute for Research Management, Eversheds, Forbes, Fortune, Global Future Forum, IBEC (Ireland), ICBI, Indian School of Business, Informa, Institute of Management, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, KPMG, Latitude, Leadership Trust, Linkage, Management Centre Europe, Management Centre Turkey, POM+, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Richmond Events, Ruling Companies, Said Business School Oxford, ServiceMaster, Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Organisation, Strategos, University of Salford Management School, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgium, Wheaton College, ZFU

Non-Profit Organisations / NGOs

American Association of Retired People (AARP), AIDS Care Education and Training (ACET), Premier Radio, Tear Fund, Transformational Business Network (TBN), Trinity Forum, Sustainability Forum, UK Church Commissioners, Young Presidents Organisation (YPO)

Real Estate / Construction / Engineering / Infrastructure

ARBS, Balfour Beatty, Corenet Global, Johnson Controls, Knight Frank, Strategic Real Estate Investment, Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Retail, Department stores, clothing, textiles and some other manufacturing

Aditya Birla, American Apparel Manufacturers Association, C&A group, Rieter, Saks Group Inc.

 

 

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