Hear personal tales of triumph from leading industry executives. This summit will share valuable insights on growing your career.
9:00 AM TRANSFORMATION ALLSTARS
This panel of C-suite leaders will take you through their rise to the top. They will discuss transformation as a key skill for business growth.
Kathleen Saxton
Founder, The Lighthouse Company & Psyched
Kara Goldin
Founder & CEO, Hint, Inc.
Scott Howe
President & CEO, LiveRamp
Stacey Hawes
President, Data Practice, Epsilon and Conversant
Scott Knoll
CEO, Integral Ad Science
9:45 AM BUILDING HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS WITH EMPATHY
Michael Ventura, founder & CEO of NYC based strategy and design firm Sub Rosa, will share insights into how to build high performing teams. The conversation will be grounded in Sub Rosa’s Applied Empathy methodology and how it has been leveraged by these clients to improve leadership, communication, and growth within their businesses.
Michael Ventura
Founder/CEO, Sub Rosa
10:15 AM GREENHOUSE THINKING: HOW TO CULTIVATE GROUNDSWELL INNOVATIVE THINKING FROM WITHIN
To succeed, modern businesses need to learn how to grow from within, without getting lost in the weeds. Creative thinking and innovation is the foundation of any organization. It is what drives new product development, creating brands, creating compelling story telling, creating new lines of business. While we know and understand that innovation is the currency to value creation, many organizations get stuck, they become complacent, and at times they become irrelevant. GreenHouse thinking is a mindset shift; a shift to how we approach our thinking within environments challenging current structural norms. In this session, join Chitra Anand Author of the GreenHouse Approach, Phd Candidate and former Microsoft Executive and Lisa Lischt Chief Marketing Officer, Livenation as they discuss the principles of this work and book. They will discuss 3 big bold ideas on what needs to happen within environments in order to set the foundation of true breakthrough innovation, then talk about the lessons we can learn and apply from the worlds top historians and leaders.
Abigail Posner
Head of Strategy at the Brand Unit, Google
Alexis Rodriguez
Head of Global Marketing Solutions, Shazam
Chitra Anand
Doctoral Researcher
10:45 AM GOING GLOBAL
Taking your business to global scale is both exhilarating and terrifying. Understanding and tailoring your work to match the local nuances while maintaining global efficiencies and qualities is a difficult feat requiring first hand research, time and patience. Hear leaders from around the globe on the greatest lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Ronald Urbach
Chairman, Davis & Gilbert LLP
Mark Boyd
Co-Founder, Gravity Road
Nic Jones
CEO, PureProfile
Guido Lara
President and Founding Partner , LEXIA Insights & Solutions
Bessie Lee
Founder and CEO, Withinlink
Wayne Naidoo
Chief Executive Officer, Duke
11:30 AM VIEW FROM THE TOP
The modern definition of leadership continues to evolve in today’s industry landscape. Now, the best leaders are those who look at the big picture, those who balance monetization with vision and purpose, and those who work to win over the heads, hearts and minds of their workforce. The most beloved companies inspire employees to come aboard to be a part of something greater than the bottom line, and this sustainable leadership style pays a myriad of dividends. Hear insights from the top and steps that you can take to helm your company to continued success.
David Shing
Digital Prophet, Oath
Christine Fruechte
CEO, Colle McVoy
John Osborn
CEO, OMD
Amanda Richman
US CEO, Wavemaker
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