Lital Marom

Founder of UNFOLD & The Academy of Tomorrow

Lital Marom

Founder of UNFOLD & The Academy of Tomorrow

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Biography

Lital helps people understand the future, so that they could develop a bolder vision for their potential. Lital got her start building computer systems for companies in Israel and Europe, before advancing to lead global sales and strategy for Fortune 100 teams across three continents. Since then, she’s lived in ten countries and founded four companies, including the innovation consulting firm, UNFOLD, and the leadership and development organization The Academy of Tomorrow.

Together with her team at UNFOLD Lital developed an evidence-based innovation framework to help leaders, teams and organizations navigate uncertainty, explore new growth opportunities, and co-create a sustainable, inclusive future.

Through her company The Academy of Tomorrow Lital brings a modern approach to learning, equipping current and future leaders with the mindset and skillsets needed to thrive in a rapidly-changing world.
An internationally-recognized keynote speaker, Lital is a thought leader on innovation, digital transformation, the platform economy, agile leadership and the future of work.

Lital holds a computer science and business degrees from the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel. Studied investment banking at NYU’s Stern School of Business, Transformative Strategies and Artificial Intelligence at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and she is a fellow of THNK School of Creative Leadership.

Speaker Videos

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Speech Topics

Reimagine your Future Post COVID-19: Foster Innovation & Agility

COVID-19 is a big wake up call for most businesses to innovate and reconstruct their future, or they will be left behind. Organizations need to make significant changes to their traditional (incumbent) business model in order to build their breakthrough, future-ready business. 

In this talk Lital will take you through a new method of proactive leadership thinking that is relevant to all executives that operate in today’s high-velocity digital era of constant disruptive change.

Lital’s practical and inspirational talk will provide you with the know-how and case-study examples to embark on your journey in a world of dramatic change post COVID-19. You will hear about a future-facing framework that creates new insights and a wide set of options for innovation and business model transformation. 

Exponential Transformation: Shaping Digital Transformation in 2022

In this presentation, Lital will explore the shifts (thinking models and business models) and the fundamental principles that separate successful companies from the rest in our digital economy. As companies hurry to develop new digital capabilities to build resilience and retool for the post-pandemic world, setting up your digital transformation foundation is critical now more than ever. During this presentation, Lital will explain how you can future-proof the foundation of your business so that you could systematically explore new opportunities to innovate and transform your business before someone else does. 

Takeaways: 

Explore new ways to structure and operate your business to unlock its potential. 
Hear how the world’s most disruptive innovators are reshaping their world and yours. 
Learn about the importance of exponential (vs. linear) thinking and how it can serve you to grow and transform your future.

THINK BIG and ACT FAST: Self-Disrupt during a Crisis

In the past decades a new breed of companies has been growing and scaling at a pace never seen before. Many reached $1B market CAPs in a matter of years, some in a matter of months. Their secret? A platform business model.

Interestingly, we are seeing that even though the economy is tanking from the impact of the COVID-19 and many businesses are battling for survival, there are also winners, those who thrive.

Those winners are the Big Tech companies. Those companied are built differently than most and they are leveraging unique building blocks that allow them to scale and thrive amidst our current crisis.

For classic companies born before the digital era, it’s a whole new world where age, size, sales, and market CAP won’t guarantee market presence tomorrow. But there’s hope—Lital Marom shares the unique opportunities and key advantages that classic companies have over today’s modern start-ups. Opportunities and advantages to tap into new markets and new sources of revenue using the assets and capabilities that they already have.

In this talk, Lital Marom shows classic companies how to disrupt themselves before someone else does—by thinking big and acting fast.

Shaping the Future of Work post COVID-19

Lital founded the innovation firm UNFOLD to help leaders unlock their business potential by deploying new growth models, integrating emerging technologies, and new strategies. Through her company, the Academy of Tomorrow she helps organizations unlock human potential, to prepare their teams for the future of work. Lital holds a holistic approach to success; she firmly believes that unlocking both human potential and business potential is critical to thriving in our world of constant change.

As COVID-19 and technology completely transformed our economy, employees' skills have changed drastically and will continue to do so. What is it that allows some to adapt, re-think and disrupt, while others are left behind? How can we prepare employees for a new world of work amidst constant change and unprecedented technological upheaval?

In this talk, Lital Marom reveals how to adapt and think about up-skilling and re-skilling the workforce. Digital transformation is a significant component of business strategy today, and focusing on employee learning and skills is key.

Digital Leadership in a Virtual/Hybrid World:  Building the Successful Teams of Tomorrow

2022 is putting everyone's (digital!) leadership skills to the test.

Leaders are under a lot of pressure to perform in the new global and virtual world of work. As we navigate a time of constant change, the only certainty is that more change is coming. Our response today will dictate our success tomorrow, requiring a new level of adaptable, agile and digital leadership.

So how do we move past uncertainty - to adapt and thrive in a radically evolving future? How do we inspire individual team members to become great teammates while working remotely? What if our teams were not only driven to achieve goals with each other but for each other? 

With years of experience leading remote teams across North America and Europe, Lital Marom will show your organization how to build the teams and the leaders of tomorrow.

Learn techniques and tools that you can apply immediately to cultivate high performance and agility in your remote workforce. Marom will introduce new ways to transform implicit assumptions into explicit action and help you set the foundation for an inclusive culture rooted in psychological safety. Together, these powerful strategies will not only maximize performance and improve team collaboration, but also help to uncover and capture new growth opportunities while mitigating the unexpected risks that will inevitably occur in our constantly changing world.

Key Takeaways:

How to achieve effective communication and collaboration despite the geographical and physical distance of remote teams
How to engage and motivate your remote teams to establish a winning spirit
How to align individual goals with the team’s objectives in order to achieve outstanding business results

Testimonials

"I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel with Lital at PwC's Designed to Disrupt conference. The insights she provided on the platform economy, the skills of tomorrow, and how companies can leverage emerging technologies were invaluable to the businesses in attendance. She is a true thought leader for firms looking to develop an entrepreneurial mindset to help them innovate."

- Chief Economist, Canadian Chamber Of Commerce

"We were thrilled to have Lital speak at our 2021 conference and deliver a Masterclass on reimagining the future! Her energetic and insightful presentation were one of the highlights of our agenda. We received many positive reviews from our attendees. If you are in the PE space and you are thinking of a turn around deal, you should consider challenging the traditional linear approach. As such, I highly recommend reaching out to Lital!"

- CEO at Canadian Venture Captial and Private Equity (CVCA)

"Recently Lital shared a presentation on innovative thinking at one our Partner Series webinars. Personally I found her presentation highly engaging and very interesting and thought provoking. There were several times during her talk that I found myself reaching for my notes in order to jot one of her ideas down. I also received several emails from participants asking for when the recording of the webinar would be posted as they wanted to watch it again and also share it with others. In addition to requests for the recording, many participants shared very positive feedback on Lital’s presentation- noting that it was the best one of our series thus far. Thanks Lital for helping make our event such a success!"

- Head of Group Retirement Distribution at Manulife

"We were pleased to have Lital speak at our annual conference. Her talk was excellent! Very much what our group needed to hear. Lital, thanks for your energy, knowledge and passion that rang through (even virtually)! Great feedback overall by participants!"

- Senior Communications and Strategic Planning Professinoal at Alberta Central Bank

"Lital gave a captivating presentation at our annual conference in front of over 300 of our advisors this fall. Her style was so informative and inspiring. She has a vast knowledge and her thought leadership along with her engaging style made her keynote extremely enjoyable by our teams! The team left feeling motivated and energized!"

- Regional Vice President, RBC

"I really enjoyed working with Lital Marom. The talk she delivered to an audience of retirement and group benefits advisors was relevant, meaningful, and filled with fresh, new insights that our guests can apply when working with their business-owner clients. Lital shared her deep understanding of the ways technology and world events are shaping the nature of business and customer behavior. She described actions and approaches that organizations need to take to make the most of new business opportunities. I feel Lital delivered her message in a way that was open, genuine, engaging, and truly inspirational. Following the event, I received many positive comments about Lital’s phenomenal presentation – a true reflection of the value Lital brings to the stage and shares with her audiences."

- Head of Group Retirement Distribution at Manulife

"Lital's presentation at the Canadian Finance & Leasing Association's Annual Conference was excellent. She actively engaged our members throughout the session with her interactive presentation style and her dynamic speaking ability. We received numerous positive comments regarding her session. I highly recommend Lital as a speaker for your future event."

- President & CEO CFLA(Canadian Finance & Leasing Association)

"Lital’s captivating virtual keynote and deep knowledge was instrumental to helping us learn key considerations for platform-building. She is able to take big ideas and theory, and apply it to specific verticals in a practical and actionable ways. This is important for anyone looking to adapt and scale with the agility required in the world today."

- Head of Market Management, Allianz

"Personally, it was a real pleasure to meet Lital as we planned her keynote for a recent event. She has great energy and is a very captivating person to speak with - even in casual conversation. And live on the (virtual) stage, she holds her audience's attention through every moment of her talk. Her presentation left me feeling inspired, motivated, and eager to explore some new perspectives. Thank you, Lital!"

- Senior Marketing Manager at Manulife

"We went globally searching for thinkers, tools and approaches in innovation that are different and go beyond what everyone else is doing. Design thinking, experimentation and agile are all democratised tools of innovation that took us so far - but didn’t competitively differentiate us. Then we stumbled across Lital and platform thinking. This solves so many gaps in mainstream innovation approaches - thinking too small, demystifying platform business models, speed to market and scaling challenges. In my view she’s a global best in class in this space and her work will truly move the dial on corporate innovation where most efforts fail ;)"

- Executive Director, Innovation Lab at Commonswealth Bank

"Lital did a presentation yesterday for the Partner Series sponsored by Manulife. The keynote was excellent and added a lot of value to the advisors. I was very impressed that she managed to deliver such rich content in only 45 minutes, and also added valuable advice during the Q & A session. Absolutely remarkable!"

- Principal at Armando Cordova & Associates

- Director Communications & Strategy at Alberta Central

"I recently attended our annual orange rally and had the pleasure of meeting and listening to Lital. Lital delivered what was by far the best keynote speech I have seen in the past many years in my industry. The material shared with us was captivating, industry relevant and mind altering. This was an incredible session and I look forward to implementing the knowledge I gained."

- District Manager, Bc Division, Tangarine Bank