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Public Speaking examples and feedback

Comments on Mike Harris’s Speeches:

‘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 is one of the most intelligent, sensitive and diligent innovators and original thinkers I have the privilege and good fortune of knowing. Where we have participated in roundtables together, I was awestruck by the attention to detail, depth and breadth of analysis and thinking Mike displayed in regard to complex banking challenges ranging from eBusiness and eCommerce product development, identity management through to marketing and sales across the demographic strata.  We share a common love for Bob Dylan! All round an excellent person.’

DK Matai Chairman and founder of mi2g (Winner of the Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2003) and Co-Founder, The Philanthropia. (which brings together 1,000 ultra-high net worth philanthropists and family foundations from across the world to address complex global challenges.)

‘I just want to say thank you for a fantastic session yesterday. The O2 guys found it very, very inspiring and are having a Mike Harris feedback slot at their mega work shop today.’

Nick Cross - Partner, The Foundation

‘The feedback has been fantastic thank you so much as usual turning in a fantastic job for us. ’

Lucinda Swan, LSB

‘ Many thanks to you for your valuable input to us and for inspiring our team in cologne.’

Christina King, Generali

‘ I thought the presentation was outstanding, inspiring our delegates and clearly communicating the key messages around market change and how
to address it that I have been impressing upon our customers and my team
for the past 12 months. ’

Richard J. Gammon
Managing Director
TietoEnator Banking & Insurance

Just a quick note to say thanks for joining my classes last week, not
 once but twice! I thought your remarks about hot teams were superb, and  I've had lots of good feedback from students, too.

John W. Mullins Ph.D.  Associate Professor of Management Practice Entrepreneurship and Marketing
London Business School

Mike Harris helped us to set the scene of the conference and brought a great contribution to the event. His double hat (start up & board membership in big companies’ innovation committee) makes him a very good speaker about innovation

Natalie Murat – Marketing Executive , Gemalto

your presentation was "spot on" in its fit with the rest of the strategy sessions, and in terms of the quality and energy of the delivery.  Thanks so much for this terrific contribution.

Andrew Rechtman, Bain and co

Selection of Participants Feedback

‘I left feeling energised and full of ideas on how to add value to the sector I am targeting with particular emphasis on the customer needs and how I am going to solve their problems by meeting an unmet need.’

‘He was an excellent speaker with a great story to tell.’

‘ Great speech, identified all the major issues we need to deal with.’

‘ Mike Harris was excellent. Brought some new ideas and ways for us to think in regards to making the division a better place to work and attain its goals. I hope his slides will be available to all ’

‘ Out of the guest speakers Mike Harris I found very inspiring, I could have listened to him for hours ’

‘ Mike completely changed the atmosphere of the room - he was inspiring and the round of applause at the end of his talk was heartfelt. We can all learn from him.’

‘ Mike Harris was brilliant - it was excellent to have such an experienced leader giving his practical perspective on leadership and what works well rather than lots of consultants or trainers. He really did give me the final piece in the jigsaw ’

‘ I left the event very inspired by Mike Harris' slot....very personal and eye opening.’

Example Speeches from 2009 and 2010

Speech: Playing to Win – Using entrepreneurial approaches to leadership, strategy and innovation in large organisations to power up revenue growth and beat the competition.
Clients:: Experian, GSK,Roche

Speech: The Art of High Performance– How to create a high performance team anywhere in an organisation
Clients: BT, Chartered Institute of Personnel

Speech: Creating Dents in the Universe –A personal account of trying to transform the world of financial services and telecommunications during which Mike met and did business with many great innovators like Bill Gates and Richard Branson
Client:  The Chairman's Network

Speech: Innovate or Die! – making the case for a systematic approach to innovation
Clients:: British Council of Offices, KPMG,CIO Connect

Speech: Implementing Innovation – how to make innovation a predictable and repeatable process
Clients: Generali,Morgan Cross, British Gas

Speech: The Dynamics of Innovation – what have been the drivers and success factors behind innovation in financial services in the last 40 years and what lessons should today's firms draw from this
Client: Ellipse

Speech: Perfect Pitch – how to shape a business idea so it has maximum chance of success and how to pitch it to investors, customers and partners in the most powerful way
Client: Triumphant Events


Speech: Thinking Like an Iconic Brand – Firstdirect, Mercury and Egg were all descibed as iconic brands. But what makes an iconic brand and what other examples are there. What are they all doing that everyone can learn from?
Client: Liveperson

Speech: Customer engagament in a digital world
Client: The Marketing Practice

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