John Sutherland

On Signals: Profiting from signs from the future

2014-06-23

Published world's first business book in tweet form

Disruptive Leaders: Profiting from signs from the future

2014-06-23

Available on Amazon July 2014

McGill University

Bachelor of Science

Biology/Computer Science

1976

Ivy School of Business

MBA

Busines

1980

Former President of Ardex Americas

Ardex Americas

John designed and moderated a brainstorming and creative session for one of our game-changing technologies at ARDEX Americas. The session went extremely well and created a strong sense of buy-in from various members of our team. We created alignment, shared stories and a stronger business model for this unique disruptive technology. We also uncovered additional questions to answer in order to create a strong marketing story. The process was excellent and very enriching. I highly recommend John and his team to any organization in need of a boost for business model innovation

VP, BMO Life Ins., & Vice Chair, Advocis

BMO Life

John's strength is creating and implementing game changing projects. He approaches issues and concerns from different angles and uses unique tools to get everyone thinking on a different level. In the time we have been working with John, he has succeeded in changing our standard reaction and behaviour towards projects, including getting us to speed up the process and find unique angles. Without John we would not have uncovered unique ideas for a potential new product.

COO

ABARTA

John has developed a unique and effective game changing customer innovation process. If you are looking to find the "sweet spot" of competitive advantage for your business, a new business, a product or a service, John, and the Ennova process he has developed, will guide you and your leadership team to the right place. Going through the process is also challenging, fun and an incredible learning experience for all participants.

21st Century Disruptive Leaders

Vistage workshop  Canton, OH

2014-04-17

21st Century Disruptive Leaders

Annual General meeting Vaughan Chamber of Commerce, 110 Particpants  Vaughan, ON

2014-04-16

21st Century Disruptive Leaders

Cincinnati PDMA  Cincinnati, OH

2014-03-26

21st Century Disruptive Leaders: Profiting in the exponential age.

Starting now, and ending in the early 2020s you will experience the following.
1) Tricorder devices attached to your smartphone that diagnose 15 diseases with equal or better accuracy than board-certified physicians.
2) Batteries painted on virtually any surface bringing power everywhere.
3) Artificially intelligent computer systems diagnosing cancer better than the best oncology experts.
4) Chip technologies that use random radio waves to power their connection to the Internet-of-Things.
5) A 2000 sq. ft. home 3D printed in 24 hours.
These examples represent only a few of the exponential growth opportunities in vastly different domains from energy, genomics to advanced materials that will wash over us like a tsunami in the opening years of the 21st century. These technologies are in addition to the information technologies that we’ve been experiencing since the mid 90’s. Some people estimate their disruptive impact at $122 trillion, or 175% of 2011 World GDP.
Disruptive leaders have developed the new leadership capabilities required to capture the tremendous growth opportunities these technologies bring. This new exponential age and the disruptive leaders making it happen represent both an opportunity and a threat. Those who adopt their 21st century leadership capabilities will participate in the $122 trillion disruption. Those that do not will struggle to maintain their growth and profitability.
In this three-hour interactive workshop John Sutherland uses stories and videos to:
1. Highlight how exponential technologies are impacting business strategies.
2. Provide examples of the new C-suite perspectives and capabilities disruptive leaders use.
3. Translate this learning into a 60-day quick-start action plan that expands their growth potential.
During the presentation three exercises bring to life what it means to think and act like disruptive leaders.