PAUL
SLOANE
Author and
leading authority
on creative
problem solving
and lateral
leadership.
Paul Sloane
is well known
as a thought-provoking,
entertaining
and motivational
speaker. He
is the author
of 11 books
on lateral
puzzles, creative
problem-solving
and lateral
leadership.
He was described
in the Independent
as the ‘King
of Lateral
Thinking Puzzles.’
He is the
founder of
Destination-Innovation,
a consultancy
that helps
organisations
gain competitive
advantage
through innovation.
He gives
after-dinner
talks, keynote
addresses,
link presentations
and workshops.
His talks
offer a unique
blend of puzzling
challenges
and hard-hitting
business messages.
They are motivational,
stimulating
and fun but
with strong
take-away
themes on
leadership,
creativity
and innovation.
He uses humour,
interaction
and real-life
examples to
inspire audiences
to approach
issues from
new directions.
His clients
include BT,
IBM, ICI,
Philip Morris,
Equant, Scottish
Equitable
and Syntegra.
He is particularly
popular with
top-level
audiences
and in the
fields of
Sales, Marketing
and high technology.
Paul took
a first in
Engineering
at Cambridge.
His stellar
career started
in IBM where
he came top
of Sales School.
He was part
of the team
that launched
the IBM PC
in the UK.
He went on
to be Managing
Director of
the database
leaders, Ashton-Tate.
He became
VP International
for MathSoft
Inc. and CEO
of Monactive
Ltd.
In his latest
book, The
Leader’s
guide to Lateral
Thinking Skills,
published
by Kogan Page,
he explains
how you can
use the principles
of lateral
leadership
to inspire
your people
to achieve
breakthrough
solutions
and radical
innovations.
He has a regular
column on
innovation
in Eurobusiness
magazine.
Topics include:
The four
golden rules
and one magic
sentence of
the Lateral
Leader
The Vision,
Culture and
Process of
Innovation
Cultivating
a Climate
of Creativity
Lateral Leadership
in Sales and
Marketing
Great ways
to crush creativity
Publications
include:
Lateral Thinking
Puzzlers by
Paul Sloane,
Sterling Publishing,
1991
Challenging
Lateral Thinking
Puzzles by
Paul Sloane
and Des MacHale,
Sterling,
1993
Test Your
Lateral Thinking
IQ by Paul
Sloane, Sterling,
1994
Ingenious
Lateral Thinking
Puzzles by
Paul Sloane
and Des MacHale,
Sterling,
1998
Super Lateral
Thinking Puzzles
by Paul Sloane
and Des MacHale,
Sterling,
2000
Ten Great
Ways to Crush
Creativity
by Paul Sloane,
BusinessAge,
2002
The Leader’s
Guide to Lateral
Thinking Skills
by Paul Sloane,
Kogan Page,
2003
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