Paul Sloane is an international speaker and writer on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation.  His former roles include Marketing Director, Managing Director, VP International and CEO of software companies. Consequently he has a huge range of experience and knowledge in leadership and management.

Publications

Paul is a widely recognized expert in lateral thinking and innovation.  He has written over twenty books – publication titles include The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, Think Like an Innovator, The Innovative Leader and Lateral Thinking for Every Day.

Lateral thinking speaker

Paul is in much demand to speak at a range of conferences and facilitates workshops for corporate clients.  In addition, he has over 25,000 students for his online courses on Udemy.  He is a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University, Lancaster Business School, Henley Business School and the Mumbai Institute of Technology.  Paul is a recognized thought leader on innovation topics and has 40,000 followers on X. Corporate clients include: BT, Shell,  Microsoft, Airbus, AKQA, Glaxo Smith Kline, Bayer, Bertelsmann, Swarovski, Liverpool University Business School, Reckitt Benckiser,  Nike, Novartis, and Unilever.  His Tedx talk, entitled Are You Open Minded, has over 170,000 views on Youtube. Paul’s presentations are interactive, informative and entertaining and inspire audience members to take a fresh view to overcome challenges to innovate thinking.

Speaking testimonials include:

“Really useful material presented enthusiastically and with immediate relevance“. BT

“A good mix of presentations and case studies.” Shell

“Paul came to speak to Airbus managers in Madrid for an audience of about 200 Production Managers. His style was excellent – a great mix of expertise, humour and practical examples.” Paul Conway, Consultant, Airbus

Speaking themes include:

How you can use Lateral Thinking to unlock Innovation

The four key principles of lateral thinking and how you and your team can use them to generate radical solutions for business issues.  With many stories, examples, tips and challenges.

Light More Fires – How to Lead Innovation in your Organisation

How leaders can create the vision, culture and processes that facilitate creativity and innovation.  How to overcome a culture which is risk averse and encourage an entrepreneurial mindset.  This talk reveals what is impeding innovation in your business today and what you can do about it.

Are You Open-Minded?

We all think that we are open-minded and receptive to new ideas.  But research shows that we suffer from unconscious biases which make us resistant to contrarian concepts.  This talk gives you practical ideas to broaden your thoughts and understandings.

The Benefits of Being Outrageous – in your Marketing

Sometimes conventional marketing approaches just do not work.  There is so much noise and chatter out there that sensible messages do not get through.  Maybe it is time to try something risky and shocking.  This talk contains many fascinating examples and gives guidance and when and how to be outrageous.

Think Like an Innovator, Lessons from Great Thinkers and Innovators

This talk tells the stories of great thinkers, entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators.  It draws out lessons that we can use in our everyday life to boost creative problem solving and innovation.  It will inspire your team to think differently and be more adventurous.

Make an Enquiry