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Mike Harris Public Speaking

Accomplished keynote speaker at conferences - click here for examples and feedback
Seminar leader at elite education programmes
Drawing upon a wealth of experience
Tailor made to your requirements
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Keynote Speaker

‘Inspiring words on customer insight, leadership, innovation and culture and directly relevant whether you are starting a new business or transforming an existing organisation. My leadership team are still talking about it.’
Tony Wyatt, Director (manufacturing), Bank of Ireland

Mike Harris is often invited to be a keynote speaker at both public and private events. Finding time in a busy schedule to do this is never easy but he has managed to fit in around ten events a year in each of the last few years.
Mike says “most corporate events can benefit from inspiring words about how innovation, customer engagement, leadership and culture change can engage and implement transformational ideas in any organisation. In today’s world it’s either innovate or die!”

Making Innovation Happen

Mike Harris Public Speaking What it takes to deliver breakthrough innovations in large organisations is a topic Mike is particularly qualified to speak about as:

Both Egg and Firstdirect emerged improbably from the depths of large conservative organisations
He initiated the Imagine programme at 10,000 employee company Mercury in the 1990s; this programme led to a startling burst of innovation
He has been Chairman of Innovation at RBS since late 2005- overseeing the establishment of a successful innovation programme for one of the world’s largest banks

Mike’s recommended approach is for organisations of all sizes to inspire and motivate their employees by creating an environment that has ideas flourish. He believes that almost every company needs to put transformational ideas into action in order to prosper in today’s challenging environment of global competition. Technological advances offer many new opportunities - the winners will be those who make the best use of them. Innovate or die!

In order to bring his words to life, Mike draws on both examples from his own companies (Firstdirect, Mercury, Egg and Garlik), once described by journalist, Phil Dourado as standing out in glorious technicolour from their grey competitors together with equally colourful case studies ranging from established giants like Apple, and Virgin to more recent successes like Innocent.

Building Billion pound companies

With three billion pound plus creations to his credit (and watch this space with Garlik) Mike can talk with great authority on what it takes to start with nothing more than a simple idea and create great companies. The lessons from Find your lightbulb are powerfully presented in a 90 minute seminar suitable for budding entrepreneurs who are prepared to think big. To see the slides from Mike Harris's seminar click here.

Other topics

Mike also covers topics like leadership, customer engagement, building brands, marketing, culture change and speciality topics from the world of finance, technology and identity.

Why not take a look at Mike Harris’s speaker video, and the feedback from some of his most recent speeches.

Tailor Made

Mike Harris Public Speaking Whilst his speeches typically last around 45 minutes, Mike will tailor a keynote speech both in content and length to a client’s exact specifications.
Extended Q and A sessions very welcome. The more challenging the better.
Mike can also lead whole and half-day seminars on leadership and innovation.

Availability and fees

Please contact one of the following agencies:
JLA: +44 (0)20 7907 2800 | E-mail
Celebrity Speakers: +44 (0)1628 601 404 | E-mail
The London Speaker Bureau: Tel: +44 (0) 20 8748 9595 Email
Speakers Corner: +44 (0)20 8365 3200 | E-mail
Speaker Solutions (for Irish clients and engagements): Tel: +353 1 6190243 | Email

Mike Harris provides speaker and consultancy services through Find Your Lightbulb Ltd which is registered in England and Wales #7038424 - VAT # 980 4177 07 Registered office : Thames House, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey KT10 9AD Tel: +44 1372 465330

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