THE LEARNING FORUM
INNOVATION
+
FORESIGHT
COUNCIL
Our Innovation and Foresight member firms prepare for alternative futures. Which means methodical, data-driven foresight and a process to prioritize and to make iterative decisions.
They share insights and best practices on managing their function, designing an innovation process, building a culture to support their mission and trends that will impact their business.
Member Firms
Accenture
Amway
BAT
Boston Consulting Group
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
General Motors Company
Hallmark Cards
Lincoln Financial Group
NATO
Procter & Gamble
Prudential
ServiceNow
Sherwin Williams
State Farm
US Air Force
US Army
US Office of Inspector General
Willis Towers Watson
Wolverine World Wide
connecting leaders who understand the value of
building a diverse network of peers with whom to learn, reflect, and grow
The Learning Forum (TLF) Executive Council Network is a member-driven networking organization for senior executives of large multi-national and government organizations.
Membership is by invitation only.
Spring 2019 @ Microsoft
Fall 2019 @ Singularity
Hosted by Singularity University at Mid-Ohio Foodbank
Winter 2020 @ Adobe
The council roundtables enable senior executives to learn directly from each other in small, face-to face, confidential settings.
Members learn how leading organizations outdistance their competition by tapping into their peers’ experiences to develop and share tools and practices that help get work done.
THE KEY TO WHAT MAKES OUR COUNCILS WORK
- Learning from peers in a confidential, high trust environment
- Having access to other top leaders in a variety of organizations
- Sharing emerging trends across a variety of disciplines
- Building deep and long-term relationships for professional development
2021 Guest Speakers
Amy Webb
Amy Webb is one of America's leading futurists and an award-winning author. She is the founder of the Future Today Institute. Follow Amy on Twitter @amywebb and LinkedIn.
Rita McGrath
As one of the world’s top experts on innovation and growth, Rita’s work is regularly published in the Harvard Business Review. She is consistently ranked among the Top 10 management thinkers in the world and was ranked #1 for strategy by Thinkers50.
Follow Rita on Twitter @rgmcgrath and LinkedIn.
Cathy Hackl
Cathy Hackl is a leading tech futurist and globally recognized business leader specializing in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), & spatial computing.
Follow Cathy on Twitter @CathyHackl and LinkedIn
Devin Fidler
Devin heads RethinkeryLabs.com and the Workable Futures Initiative at IFTF.org. He enjoys regularly working with organizations to lay the foundations today to lead in tomorrow’s talent landscape.
Follow Devin on Twitter @DevinFidler and LinkedIn
Rich Diviney
During his twenty years as a Navy SEAL, Commander Rich Diviney was intimately involved in the world-renowned SEAL selection process, which whittles exceptional candidates down to a small cadre of the most elite optimal performers. Read more about The Attributes and follow Rich on Twitter @RichDiviney and LinkedIn
Don Abraham
As Senior Partner at Kantar, Don drives growth for clients at the intersection of applied foresight and breakthrough innovation.
Rob Cross
Author | Professor of Global Leadership | Chief Research Scientist
For 20 years, Rob has focused on applying social network analysis to critical business issues for actionable insights and bottom-line results. Please visit www.robcross.org to learn more.
Sanctuary AI
James Wells, Chief Commercial Officer at Sanctuary AI will talk with us about robotics and automation.
Sanctuary, is on a mission to create the world’s first General Machine Intelligence (GMI) in highly-dexterous mobile robots. Remotely piloted and supervised by people, our general-purpose robots will help us work more safely, efficiently, and sustainably.