Frans Johansson

What do goat milk, spiders, and fishing lines have in common? Music records and airlines? Ant behavior and telecommunications routing? Most of us would assume nothing. But out of each of these seemingly random combinations have come radical innovations that have created whole new fields. In this talk, Frans Johansson takes us on a fascinating journey to the Intersection: a place where ideas from different fields and cultures meet and collide, ultimately igniting an explosion of extraordinary new innovations. See how companies become global leaders, how products and services yield huge margins, how researchers, managers, and artists outdo their peers.

The world is changing fast. Today more people than ever move between cultures and countries. Companies, cities, even nations, must compete on a global basis just to stay even. In this world, diversity has become a key driver for innovation. Johansson explains how today's most innovative companies form culturally diverse talent pools and teams as a specific strategy to innovate. These companies have become #1 brand leaders, R&D centers—and very profitable. In this program, Frans clearly and persuasively shows what happens when different cultures collide and ignite an explosion of extraordinary new ideas and discoveries.

A follow-up session to Diversity Drives Innovation, Frans Johansson will show how organizations can use diverse teams to connect diversity to your business, break down silos, and bring out the best that everyone has to give to any challenge or opportunity. After this session audiences walk away energized and equipped with tangible tools, simple strategies, and a proven process to create and manage diverse teams that are directly relevant to your company's success. It reveals each person's innate imagination and changes the way they use it, giving everyone more confidence, improved productivity, and better collaborative skills that make a difference to the bottom line.

Whether you're facing a challenge, threat, or opportunity, it takes new thinking, creative ideas, and collaboration if you want to survive, thrive, or compete in today's business world. Learn how to be seen as an innovative leader in your company. It doesn't take a new budget, space age thinkers, or wildly creative types. You already have what you need. Gain a fresh perspective on what innovation is and isn't, how it happens, and, more importantly, discover how you can develop your own creative and innovative abilities to meet any challenge and make a difference.