WAYNE VISSER
Pracademic
Poet
Possibilist
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Wayne Visser is a globally recognized Cambridge pracademic, poet and possibilist.
He has been listed as one of the world’s:
Top 10 most influential faculty thinkers on issues of responsible business in social media
Top 100 influencer on CSR and sustainable business
Top 100 thought-leader in trustworthy business
Top 100 sustainability leader.
Wayne has delivered more than 570 professional speeches, lectures, workshops and courses all around the world, with his work taking him to 78 countries.
He is the author of 44 books, including most recently Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society and the Economy, an Amazon bestseller in 17 countries.
Dr. Wayne Visser is a Fellow, Head Program Instructor and Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He is also a Visiting Professor at Antwerp Management School’s Sustainable Transformation Lab, which he established in 2017. He is the Director of the think-tank and media company, Kaleidoscope Futures, through which he co-produced and presented the award-winning documentary film on the circular economy called “Closing the Loop.”
He is also the recipient of the Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Award, the Emerald Literati Outstanding Author Contribution Award and the Outstanding Teacher Award of the Warwick MBA.
TOPICS
Rethinking Change: 12 Powerful Strategies for Achieving System Transformation
Wayne Visser shows how all transformational change is systems change, where at an organisational or societal level.
Using inspiring examples, he shares the underlying science of thriving systems and how different strategies for change work together to shift the dynamics of any system.
Rethinking Value: 6 Essential Steps for Earning Back Trust
Wayne Visser shows how the conception and practice of value creation by business has evolved over time and is now focused on integrated value.
Using inspiring examples, he shares how the world’s most admired companies are following six steps to integrate sustainability into their strategies and operations.
Rethinking Innovation: 6 Breakthrough Goals for Growing Market Opportunities
Wayne Visser shows how six critical areas of breakdown in nature, society and the economy are catalysing breakthrough innovations and market opportunities.
Using inspiring examples, he shares what the world’s most innovative companies are doing to make a positive impact.
Rethinking Leadership: 6 Vital Habits for Developing Regenerative Leaders
Wayne Visser shows how our global challenges are shaping a new kind of leader who can regenerating nature, society and the economy.
Using inspiring examples, he shares how regenerative leaders embody a combination of certain vital characteristics that enable them to simultaneously create value for all stakeholders.
Rethinking Sustainability: 6 Great Transitions for Creating Thriving Futures
Wayne Visser shows how social responsibility and environmental sustainability are no longer adequate responses to our global challenges.
Using inspiring examples, he shares how transitions from breakdown to breakthrough in nature, society and the economy provide us with new pathways to thriving.
