Many industries have experienced tectonic shifts that unseat traditional market leaders through the implementation of technology and the use of new innovation frameworks, from both startups and the existing competition. From the change to retail because of online sales, to transportation with the growth of Uber, to new models for financial services and beyond, almost every industry has been affected. Using strategies that he teaches at one of the top 10 business schools in the world (UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business) and that are used to build global innovation ecosystems through the 10x Innovation Lab, Aaron will help your organization understand how to innovate to stay ahead of the competition and disruptive forces in your market. From developing the right mindset and culture to foster innovation, to how to implement practical frameworks to allow for stakeholder buy-in and participation in innovation initiatives, your audience will leave empowered and well-equipped to help your company adapt in today's ever-changing marketplace.

Attendee Benefits & Takeaways:

• Understand how the most successful companies leverage new working models and engagement strategies to get the most out of their employees
• Develop a culture that fosters growth, collaboration, and intelligent risk-taking
• Study emerging trends and technologies relevant to your business
• Make your organization and team more successful and adaptive in today's fast-changing business world
• Learn how to best integrate with innovation ecosystems
• Create an engagement plan that delivers measurable results
• Establish effective lines of communication through your organization to create frictionless collaboration
• Implement frameworks that allow for stakeholder buy-in and participation in innovation initiatives
• Learn how organizations, large and small, can implement innovation strategies to grow their business

There are currently 4 different generations of employee in today's workplace, each with their own unique perspectives and skill sets. Learn how to encourage collaboration and take advantage of your organization's age diversity. Did you know that while 47% of young professionals want to stay at the first company they work at for 5-10 years, a majority last less than 2? Companies are dedicating tens of thousands of dollars of resources to someone who takes those skills to another company before they get a return on their investment. Over 80 million strong, Millennials also represent the largest and fastest-growing target customer segment in the market. I am an experienced corporate leader and generational dynamics expert who happens to understand what it is like to be a Millennial firsthand. Instead of basing my advice on reading research reports, my insights come from being in the trenches, working for nearly a decade at a Fortune 10 company, and rising to become one of the youngest ever to serve as Regional Vice President. Through speaking, consulting, and coaching, I work with executive leaders and managers to understand Millennials in order to better attract & engage Millennial customers and empower & retain Millennial employees, helping companies preserve their top young talent and delight their biggest future customer base. 

Attendee Benefits & Takeaways:

• Understand WHO the members of the youngest generations are (Millennials & Gen Z) and how they get that way?
• Gain insights into how to empower your young workforce and what to avoid
• Learn how to improve the return on investment (ROI) you get from the resources put into young employees, improving retention and bolstering succession planning
• Make your organization's product/service irresistible to the next generation of customers
• Get a deeper understanding of how you can revamp your employee engagement methods to appeal to and leverage the best traits of employees from all generations
• Master techniques to leverage your younger employees to drive innovation and your organization's future vision
• Gain strategies to remove obstacles and maximize the value high performers provide

In this conversation, Aaron explores how to effectively expand into new global markets and penetrate your existing international footprint.

What You'll Get

• Learn how to balance the need to localize with the complexity created by these changes to your business
• Understand the 10 biggest mistakes companies make when scaling globally, and how to avoid them
• Hear case studies from the world's fastest-growing companies, unlocking key insights to apply to your business
• Learn how to create a culture with universal appeal and build a best-in-class global team
• Get a playbook for how to uncover local market insights ("Localization
• Discovery"), build an ideal global strategy, and implement your internal expansion initiative - progressing from market entry to growth and global scale
• Gain strategies for how to capture and communicate best practices, creating internal structures and processes to support scale
• Implement the management model that unlocks global innovation

The Global Class Mindset keynote aims to show attendees how the world’s fastest-growing companies have succeeded in scaling globally. The keynote draws upon key learnings and frameworks from Global Class, synthesizing key insights from 400+ executives from the most innovative companies around the world. These tools have been endorsed by Eric Ries and other top executives who led expansion efforts for leading companies like Google, Apple, Slack, Zoom, Airbnb, Canva, and many more.

What You’ll Get

• MINDSET - Transform the thinking of your employees and develop an emerging talent called Interpreneurial MindsetTM
• TEAM CULTURE - Develop habits within your team that foster growth, collaboration, and intelligent risk-taking to support organizational growth efforts
• APPROACH - Learn how to effectively localize your business in new markets while also balancing it with organizational complexity
• MANAGEMENT - Establish effective lines of communication and internal structures throughout your organization to create frictionless collaboration across the entire company footprint

In this conversation, Aaron helps audiences identify and nurture the next generation of global business leaders to be a catalyst for company growth.

What You’ll Get

• Learn how a new breed of business leader, "The Interpreneur" can be a difference-maker in your company's growth
• Better understand the importance of a cultural mindset in scaling your business in new markets
• Get practical strategies to help manage a diverse and distributed workforce
• Master effective cultural conscious management tactics
• Implement the Global Class Team Building Framework to activate top talent and ensure you have a strong balance of local market and company knowledge
• Gain strategies for training and building cultural conscious leaders
• Activate innovative and entrepreneurial/ agile thinking within your team
• Capitalize on differences in culture to localization and achieve growth