About
Paul Sloane
Paul Sloane is an entertaining, thought-provoking, motivational
speaker and a recognized expert on innovation, lateral thinking and
leadership.
He is the author of 20 books on lateral puzzles, creativity,
innovation and leadership. Over 2 million copies of his books have
been sold. He was described in the Independent as the ‘King of
Lateral Thinking Puzzles.’ He founded Destination-Innovation, in
order to help organisations improve innovation.
Paul facilitates meetings, leads workshops and gives after-dinner
talks and keynote addresses. His talks offer a unique blend of
puzzling challenges, humour and hard-hitting business messages. His
workshops provide practical techniques to improve leadership and
innovation. Clients include AA, ARM, Bayer, BT, Cendant, DWP, EADS,
GSK, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Reckitt Benckiser, Shell and 3M.
Paul took a first in Engineering at Cambridge. He joined IBM
where he came top of Sales School and was part of the team that
launched the IBM PC in the UK. He went on to be MD of the database
leaders, Ashton-Tate. He became VP International for MathSoft Inc.
and CEO of Monactive Ltd. He heads the BQF Innovation Unit.
In his book, The Innovative Leader, published by Kogan Page, he
explains how leaders can inspire their people to achieve
breakthrough solutions and radical innovations. His articles on
innovation and leadership have appeared in leading business
publications. His inspirational talks on innovation, creative
thinking and leadership, described as ‘rocket fuel for the business
brain’, have proved popular with conference audiences in Europe,
USA, South Africa and Asia.
Past Client Quotes
"Really useful material presented enthusiastically
and with immediate relevance"
BT
"A good mix of presentations and case studies"
Shell
"Your talk and workshops were excellent. The
presentation struck a chord with the engineers and managers, and
made them think about how they are approaching innovation"
Nokia
"Paul provided an entertaining and provocative
session that both challenged people’s working assumptions and
developed their knowledge of how to nurture novel ideas"
ARM
"Paul’s delivery, style and speech fitted perfectly
as a motivational speech to this audience"
Novell
Books by Paul Sloane