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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 Dec 07

‘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.) April 08

‘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 Jan 08

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 May 08

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 june 08

‘Mike brings to bear a unique mix of exciting practical experience - innovating within major enterprises and a thoughtful appraisal of current theories of innovation.’

Sean Finnan - MD & VP, UK & Ireland Commercial EDS June 07

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 , May 08

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, July 08

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.

Thank you

Participant at Building billion pound businesses  July 08

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

Rebecca Hallewell at ICBI Conferences Feb 08

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

GE Executive feb 08

Example Speeches from 2008

Speech: Leading from the front – transforming the performance of Shared Services with great leadership
Audience: Senior Executives  at Europe’s top shared services organisations (London, Feb 08)

Speech: Innovating the Customer Experience
Audience: MBA students at Sloan School of Management , MIT, apr 08

Speech:  Business Success through Innovation and Differentiation
Audience:  Senior Bankers at TietoEnator Banking conference  (Bristol, may 08) (lwww.tietoenator.com)

Speech: A journey into the customers’ shoes
Audience: Senior Insurance Company Executives (Paris, may 08)

Speech: Banking on Innovation
Audience: Senior banking executives at Gemalto Global Banking Conference (Cannes, may 08) (www.gemalto.com)

Speech: Creating and leading hot teams
Audience: MBA students at London Business School (June 08)
Speech: Turning ideas into Value
Audience: Gemalto executive forum (Paris, July 08)
Speech: Building Billion pound businesses
Audience: Budding entrepreneurs (London, July 08)

Speech: Disruptive innovation – how entire industries have always been challenged by new companies and new business models
Audience: Leaders in large organisations
Feedback:
‘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.


Speech: Bringing entrepreneurial approaches to leadership and innovation to a large organisation
Audience: O2 Executives
Feedback:
‘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


Speech: Building the innovation habit – how large companies can innovate on demand
Audience: EDS major customer executives
Feedback:
‘Mike brings to bear a unique mix of exciting practical experience - innovating within major enterprises and a thoughtful appraisal of current theories of innovation.’
Sean Finnan - MD & VP, UK & Ireland Commercial EDS


Speech: The industrialisation of innovation – time for Private Equity to take notice?
Audience: Europe’s top private equity companies
Feedback:
‘He was an excellent speaker with a great story to tell.’
Rebecca Hallewell at ICBI Conferences


Speech: Leading on the edge
Audience: Senior Executives from Bank of Ireland
Feedback:
‘ 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
Delegate responses at Bank of Ireland:

  • ‘Highlights so many good reasons to challenge the status quo.’
  • ‘The epitome of turning possibilities into opportunities.’
  • ‘A great speaker, inspirational and insightful.’
  • ‘Mike - a true leader in the art of pushing boundaries in large organisations.’
  • ‘Generous with his experience and knowledge which relates, resonates and challenges the status quo.’
  •  ‘Leadership, innovation and making things happen in large organisations is second nature to Mike.  A great speaker!’

Speech: Leading from the front – transforming the performance of Shared Services with great leadership
Audience: Senior Executives Europe’s top shared Services Organisation
Feedback:
Great speech, identified all the major issues we need to deal with.’
GE Executive

 

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