Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author and an expert on radical innovation. The media have labeled him “a guru among the gurus”. His last book Rethinking The Future (Nicholas Brealey Publishing) is an international best-seller, published in 23 language editions. In it, he argues that linear thinking is useless in a non-linear world – a world where conventional business models, processes and paradigms are increasingly being rendered obsolete. “Leaders”, he says, “need to be able to routinely consider the unthinkable, to regularly rethink their basic assumptions about the business arenas they compete in – not just to avoid potential crises, but to take advantage of exciting new opportunities being created by discontinuous change.” He calls such radical rethinking “the only way to keep pace with business and stay ahead of the game in the new Innovation Economy”.

Rowan Gibson is currently co-writing a major new book (to be published in 2007 by Harvard Business School Press) that explains how to build and sustain a company-wide innovation capability. He teaches organizations how to seize new growth opportunities, create new markets and even transform industries by recalibrating their whole organizational system around the paradigm of innovation.

Here is what others are saying:

“Want to experience the future today? Listen to Rowan Gibson. He is one of those rare people who sees around the bend and brings tomorrow close” Dave Ulrich, ranked by BusinessWeek as the #1 management educator

“In a world gone crazy, there’s no sounder thinker than Rowan Gibson. He’s a genius when it comes to rethinking the future.”
Al Ries, author of Focus! The future of your company depends on it.

“Rowan Gibson’s views on technology and change are thoughtful, intriguing and global. He has a great perspective on what’s coming next.”
Kevin Maney, USA Today.

Rowan Gibson is a popular speaker with an upbeat presentation style. His big-picture insights, compelling observations and fresh business thinking have impressed a wide range of audiences across Europe, the USA and Asia. Rowan mixes insight, inspiration and information in a way that always leaves an audience feeling energized.
 
His books, articles, interviews and columns have been widely read around the globe and he has been interviewed extensively on television and radio, as well as in the international press. He has also appeared in several business documentaries.

Rowan Gibson is co-founder of Rethinking Group, a company focused on helping organisations to rethink strategy, innovation, branding and culture. Over the last two decades, his international clients have included some of the world’s largest and most successful organizations: ABN AMRO Bank, Avery Dennison, Apple Computer, Adaptec, Bose, CAP Gemini Ernst & Young, Deloitte Consulting, EURO RSCG, ESA (European Space Agency), General Electric, Heineken, Mercuri International, Mövenpick, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Rexam, Rubbermaid, Sara Lee, Steelcase and Symantec. Gibson’s powerful ‘rethinking’ message has moved many of these organizations to make important, far-reaching changes in order to take charge of their own futures.

Rowan Gibson was born and educated in London, where he began his career as an advertising executive in the early eighties. He spent almost two decades in the advertising, brand strategy and marketing business, including several years as an international creative director with Euro RSCG, one of the world’s largest advertising agency networks.  He has lived and worked in various countries over the last twenty years and speaks three languages fluently. Today, Rowan Gibson divides his time between writing, consulting and public speaking. He is currently based near Düsseldorf in Germany with his wife and two sons, and he travels extensively.

For more information visit www.rowangibson.com