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| Dr. Michael E. Raynor of Deloitte Research. |
iKC,
sponsored by Master Your Card Missouri, is excited to spotlight Dr.
Michael E. Raynor as the keynote speaker during this year’s innovation and
entrepreneur conference on June 20, 2012.
Dr. Raynor started his career as a consultant, but quickly discovered
his passion for research and innovation.
This realization led Raynor to the Harvard Business School where he
focused on becoming a professor. But as
many creative thinkers and innovators know, career paths are not always
straight ones. Dr. Raynor took on a
hybrid position with Deloitte LLP’s research arm, Deloitte Reseach, which has
proved both fruitful and ever-changing.
But Dr. Michael Raynor is so much more than just a
high-level consultant. He’s a husband, a
father, a best-selling author, an investor, an innovator. Raynor can speak to a wide range of
individuals at iKC—from the budding entrepreneur to the high-power
investor—because it seems as if Raynor has been everywhere and done it all.
Dr. Raynor will present a keynote speech titled The Innovator’s Manifesto: Deliberate Disruption for Breakthrough
Growth at iKC on June 20,
2012 at the H&R Block World Headquarters in downtown Kansas City. The keynote will focus on the emerging rules
of successful innovation and will speak to investors, entrepreneurs, managers
and corporate M&A’s alike.
“My idea is that we worry about innovation processes rather
than the substance of good ideas because we do not yet know what really good
ideas truly look like,” Raynor says. “In
my research I’ve tried to tackle the question of innovation as scientifically
as I can, and I believe I’ve got some interesting progress to report.”
According to Raynor, entrepreneurs and innovators far too
often swing blindfolded at a piñata, hoping that they get a good whack. But why swing blindfolded when a much more
deliberate approach to ideas and innovation exists? That’s what The Innovator’s Manifesto keynote
is all about.
“Getting the right process in place is difficult, but
conceptually straight-forward, rather like training for a marathon,” he says.
“You know what to do to prepare for it, but not everybody does it because it’s
hard. Similarly, we’ve tried everything
to make innovation easy, believing that somehow if we find the right management
process, the good ideas will emerge automatically. I think a different approach is needed, one
that focuses on the defining attributes of good ideas, independently of how
they were created.”
iKC attendees now have the chance to learn what makes for a
great idea – one that is systematically more likely to success. Listen to Dr. Raynor live at iKC on June 20,
2012—purchase your
ticket today.
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