Sean Flaherty
MBA, Professor, Award Winning Speaker
NY, US
Sean is an award-winning speaker and an "innovation evangelist." He speaks on empathy, leadership, strategy, culture, and innovation at industry conferences worldwide. He also engages business leaders in the more intimate one-day innovation workshops, in which he uses everyday examples to reveal his theories in action. Sean brings a unique perspective to all businesses through the lens of entrepreneurial high tech, organizational leadership, and the science of human motivation.
His talks have won him awards and accolades from several groups, including "The New Speaker of the Year" from Vistage, a consortium of CEOs and one of the toughest crowds on the planet. He has also won the "Top Thought Leaders in Trust" award from Trust Across America in both 2019 and 2020 amongst many others. He helps business leaders convert some of the most important, yet intangible, aspects of their businesses into tangible and measurable performance indicators that will guide their teams. He has codified the creation of powerful visions for organizations to motivate teams and create more powerful innovations every day.
Sean also teaches MBA's at the William E. Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester and engages industry experts in his weekly Momentum podcast. Sean has also authored many articles and thought leadership pieces on this and other topics. Experience the world through Sean's eyes by visiting his blogs on itx.com and at theseanflaherty.medium.com.
What attendees are saying about Sean:
"In four years in my CEO group, this was by far the best speaker for me. His content was unique, real-world, and immediately useable without needing to do further studying. I would like to hear all his talks."
"Sean's message is unique and important for members to hear. Sean takes the important concept of KPIs and applies them to customers, employees, and other critical relationships in a fundamentally different way than what members have previously considered or heard. Members left with a clear action plan of what to do and how to do it, and with clarity around how and why Sean's message matters. We will certainly be talking about - and applying - Sean's teachings as we go forward!"
"Outstanding, probably the best speaker all year, influenced how we will approach strategic planning and customer interaction."
"The tools and insights that Sean shared were of value to every member and guest in the room! Sean is an authentic, humble leader with a deep desire to be of service to everyone he meets. Sean brought his entire arsenal of tools to the presentation, and more than delivered on creating true ROI in the allotted time."
"Great speaker, great topic. Overall, I truly enjoyed the presentation, the printed materials, and the takeaways, many of which I will adopt for day to day use. I would recommend him to anyone looking to learn about building trust with clients, partners, and employees."
"Sean seems to have created an ingenious process that clearly guides one through the complex world of user experiences in software product development. His attention to detail and mastery of the subject matter effectively aligned and purposed our entire team. It became quite evident that we are gaining far more than some intellectual property for our company but a critical partnership."
"Sean Flaherty brings a depth of knowledge to the technology/marketing workshop that was a game-changer for our company. He not only helped us define our technology roadmap, which was previously a major hurdle for our company, but his approach applied to the rest of our company also. We will always look to Sean to help us stay effective and efficient as we build our company. I've been in the strategic planning space for 30 years and found what he brings to be special. "
"Sean put together one of the most amazing visual content conceptualization workshops I have ever been to. Everything has a purpose, and there is so much good madness to his methods. He walked the whole group through finding out exactly where we want to start using inspired information from each member. It's truly fascinating and extremely valuable for any company looking to have a very solid successful software project launch! Thank you so much, Sean! "
Sean is an award-winning speaker and an "innovation evangelist." He speaks on empathy, leadership, strategy, culture, and innovation at industry conferences worldwide. He also engages business leaders in the more intimate one-day innovation workshops, in which he uses everyday examples to reveal his theories in action. Sean brings a unique perspective to all businesses through the lens of entrepreneurial high tech, organizational leadership, and the science of human motivation.
His talks have won him awards and accolades from several groups, including "The New Speaker of the Year" from Vistage, a consortium of CEOs and one of the toughest crowds on the planet. He has also won the "Top Thought Leaders in Trust" award from Trust Across America in both 2019 and 2020 amongst many others. He helps business leaders convert some of the most important, yet intangible, aspects of their businesses into tangible and measurable performance indicators that will guide their teams. He has codified the creation of powerful visions for organizations to motivate teams and create more powerful innovations every day.
Sean also teaches MBA's at the William E. Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester and engages industry experts in his weekly Momentum podcast. Sean has also authored many articles and thought leadership pieces on this and other topics. Experience the world through Sean's eyes by visiting his blogs on itx.com and at theseanflaherty.medium.com.
What attendees are saying about Sean:
"In four years in my CEO group, this was by far the best speaker for me. His content was unique, real-world, and immediately useable without needing to do further studying. I would like to hear all his talks."
"Sean's message is unique and important for members to hear. Sean takes the important concept of KPIs and applies them to customers, employees, and other critical relationships in a fundamentally different way than what members have previously considered or heard. Members left with a clear action plan of what to do and how to do it, and with clarity around how and why Sean's message matters. We will certainly be talking about - and applying - Sean's teachings as we go forward!"
"Outstanding, probably the best speaker all year, influenced how we will approach strategic planning and customer interaction."
"The tools and insights that Sean shared were of value to every member and guest in the room! Sean is an authentic, humble leader with a deep desire to be of service to everyone he meets. Sean brought his entire arsenal of tools to the presentation, and more than delivered on creating true ROI in the allotted time."
"Great speaker, great topic. Overall, I truly enjoyed the presentation, the printed materials, and the takeaways, many of which I will adopt for day to day use. I would recommend him to anyone looking to learn about building trust with clients, partners, and employees."
"Sean seems to have created an ingenious process that clearly guides one through the complex world of user experiences in software product development. His attention to detail and mastery of the subject matter effectively aligned and purposed our entire team. It became quite evident that we are gaining far more than some intellectual property for our company but a critical partnership."
"Sean Flaherty brings a depth of knowledge to the technology/marketing workshop that was a game-changer for our company. He not only helped us define our technology roadmap, which was previously a major hurdle for our company, but his approach applied to the rest of our company also. We will always look to Sean to help us stay effective and efficient as we build our company. I've been in the strategic planning space for 30 years and found what he brings to be special. "
"Sean put together one of the most amazing visual content conceptualization workshops I have ever been to. Everything has a purpose, and there is so much good madness to his methods. He walked the whole group through finding out exactly where we want to start using inspired information from each member. It's truly fascinating and extremely valuable for any company looking to have a very solid successful software project launch! Thank you so much, Sean! "
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