Wayne Burkan
Wayne Burkan is President of Alternative Visions, Inc., a company dedicated to change, innovation and the future. Wayne is author of Wide Angle Vision: Beat Your Competition by Focusing on Fringe Competitors, Lost Customers and Rogue Employees. Along with his colleague Joel Barker, he wrote and co-hosted the popular video program called “The Paradigm Prism”.
A dynamic, provocative and humorous speaker, Wayne has presented on four continents, to over one thousand organizations. His clients include Motorola, Ford, 3M, Tropicana, the FBI and IBM. Through keynote talks, workshops and seminars, he draws a balance between not just the concepts of change, but specific and actionable techniques as well.
Wayne has been featured on dozens of talk shows, the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Success Magazine. He has many years of experience working in planning, strategy and acquisitions for such organizations as Ford Motor Company, American Motors and Uniroyal Chemical. It was during this time that he began to appreciate the vulnerability of planning when faced with change.
He has been guest lecturer for the Penn State Executive Management Program. He has served on the faculties of the State University of New York, Digital Consulting, Frost & Sullivan, and Technology Transfer Institute, conducting seminars worldwide on executive use of information and technology.
Wayne received his BA in economics from Rutgers, and his MBA in International Finance from NYU.
MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Mastering Change and Innovation
Shift your view of the world and what is possible -- this talk will open closed minds, and show you how to implement change.
Wide Angle Vision
Increase innovation, customer satisfaction and gain a sustainable competitive advantage by learning to read the signals.
Leadership in Turbulent Times
This revealing talk illustrates in both humorous and moving examples what a truly powerful vision must entail.
The Tactics of Persuasion
Eliminating Resistance to New Ideas
Fast paced, funny and filled with specifics guaranteed to get people to listen, even when they absolutely don't want to change.
The Power of Paradigms
Participants can gain totally new perspectives on quality, service, team performance, innovation, competition, and a host of other topics all customized to your organization.
Power Productivity
Doing More with Less (and loving it)
Organizations are doing more with less. It requires more than merely tightening the belt, and goes beyond the tenants of quality that many of us are practicing
Wayne Burkan is President of Alternative Visions, Inc., a company dedicated to change, innovation and the future. Wayne is author of Wide Angle Vision: Beat Your Competition by Focusing on Fringe Competitors, Lost Customers and Rogue Employees. Along with his colleague Joel Barker, he wrote and co-hosted the popular video program called “The Paradigm Prism”.
A dynamic, provocative and humorous speaker, Wayne has presented on four continents, to over one thousand organizations. His clients include Motorola, Ford, 3M, Tropicana, the FBI and IBM. Through keynote talks, workshops and seminars, he draws a balance between not just the concepts of change, but specific and actionable techniques as well.
Wayne has been featured on dozens of talk shows, the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Success Magazine. He has many years of experience working in planning, strategy and acquisitions for such organizations as Ford Motor Company, American Motors and Uniroyal Chemical. It was during this time that he began to appreciate the vulnerability of planning when faced with change.
He has been guest lecturer for the Penn State Executive Management Program. He has served on the faculties of the State University of New York, Digital Consulting, Frost & Sullivan, and Technology Transfer Institute, conducting seminars worldwide on executive use of information and technology.
Wayne received his BA in economics from Rutgers, and his MBA in International Finance from NYU.
MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
Mastering Change and Innovation
Shift your view of the world and what is possible -- this talk will open closed minds, and show you how to implement change.
Wide Angle Vision
Increase innovation, customer satisfaction and gain a sustainable competitive advantage by learning to read the signals.
Leadership in Turbulent Times
This revealing talk illustrates in both humorous and moving examples what a truly powerful vision must entail.
The Tactics of Persuasion
Eliminating Resistance to New Ideas
Fast paced, funny and filled with specifics guaranteed to get people to listen, even when they absolutely don't want to change.
The Power of Paradigms
Participants can gain totally new perspectives on quality, service, team performance, innovation, competition, and a host of other topics all customized to your organization.
Power Productivity
Doing More with Less (and loving it)
Organizations are doing more with less. It requires more than merely tightening the belt, and goes beyond the tenants of quality that many of us are practicing
