“Rowan Gibson is an excellent speaker. His speech really impressed our customers with his interesting insights about winning in the innovation economy. Undoubtedly he has contributed crucially to the success of our event. It has been a great pleasure to work with Rowan.”

José María Palomares
Communication & Relational Marketing Manager
Telefonica

“Dear Rowan, it was such a pleasure to have you in Perú last week. The conference turned out great. I really hope we can work together in the near future. All the best!”

Anne Bayly
Gerente General
Seminarium Peru

“Rowan, a short note to express our appreciation for yesterday's session with you. We found it enlightening and inspiring. Overall feedback was awesome, and without a doubt it was instrumental as a trigger to detonate our innovation agenda. Your footprint in our efforts is evident and it is appreciated. We will keep in touch and let you know how it progresses.”

Ileana Gamboa
Strategic Planning Vice President
Latin Center Division
Coca-Cola

“Hello Rowan, just joining Ileana's note. I appreciate very much your help and believe your intervention added a lot of strength to the point we wanted to make. We found your slides very insightful to complement our assessment tool. Thanks for your help and hope to talk to you soon!”


Daniel Ramirez
Innovation Director
Latin Center Division
Coca-Cola

“Enjoyed your presentation at the recent Fiskars Management Meeting!”

Jason Landmark
President
Fiskars Outdoor - Americas

“Rowan, thank you for your presentations during the Grupo Pellas Encounter in Cancun last week. They were a great help! They showed me that there is still a lot more to be done with regards to innovation. I am already creating the plan to set up the 4 Lens Teams, and when I am further along with it I hope to be able to ask you a couple of questions about some of the specifics of the methodology. I am already having my team read your book, and I am personally looking forward to your new one. Saludes!”

Silvio Pellas Jr.
Chief Innovation Officer
Casa Pellas

“Thank you for your message, advice and guidance. You definitely raised our understanding and enthusiasm on Innovation. It was also a pleasure to finally meet you. Looking forward to seeing you again, and good luck with your future projects.”

Marinelisa Sáenz Gutiérrez
Asesor en Desarrollo Organizacional y Productividad
Bac Credomatic Network
Grupo Pellas

“Dear Rowan, thanks again for your great performance at our meeting in Tegernsee. Your speech was a highlight and I got only very positive feedback!”

Dr. Michael R. Traem
Chief Executive Officer
Arthur D. Little

“Rowan, thank you for your intriguing presentation at the A.D. Little Global Directors' Meeting in Rottach Egern/Tegernsee. It was very important to have a lively, convincing and very self-confident presentation at this point. And you used this “slot” excellently.”

Ralf Baron
Director, Travel & Transportation
Arthur D. Little

“The presentation of Mr. Rowan Gibson, which we had in Hotel Uberfahrt during our Directors meeting, was really excellent.”

Dean Brabec
Director
Arthur D. Little

“Rowan – thanks for your presentation, which I really appreciated.”

Nils Bohlin
Director, Health Care, Strategy & Organization
Arthur D. Little

“On behalf of Accenture I would like to thank you once more for your speech at this year’s Innovation Forum. Our guests were really impressed by your interesting insights into the future of innovation. Your speech contributed crucially to the success of the event. It was a great pleasure to work with you and we would be delighted to welcome you again at one of our events.”

Frank Riemensperger
Managing Director for Austria, Switzerland and Germany
Accenture GmbH

“Dear Rowan, it was indeed an interesting meeting last week Friday. Your speech added a lot to that. And the feedback I received was great.”

Dr. Stephan Scholtissek
Global Managing Director - Resources, Management Consulting
Accenture GmbH

“Rowan, thank you very much for your brilliant presentation at the Accenture event in Munich last Friday. The Accenture people were very pleased and all the guests said that your presentation was excellent. The event was a big success and your speech helped them to achieve this. Thank you very much again for your wonderful speech and the perfect organization. It was a pleasure to work with you.”

Oliver Beutling
Managing Director
Redner & Perspektiven GmbH – Celebrity Speakers

Book Launch and Seminar

Innovation Masterclass

Brand Innovation Workshop

International Strategy Workshop

Latin American Conference

Global Management Event

Mika Mustakallio, CEO, MORS Software

"Hi Rowan, thank you for the excellent presentation in Stockholm (Innovative Banking Forum 2008 on 9.4.2008)! You got very good feedback from the audience and we as organizers were really satisfied."

Jari Ojanen, Project Manager, MORS Software

"Rowan, thanks for an excellent presentation and a valuable book."

David Omidvar, Senior Project Manager and Business Developer Swedbank

Primavera Marketing team

“We’ve received many testimonials from the seminar assistants and the feedback has been great. People just loved Rowan’s Seminar!!! It was a great start for this project.”

Idalina Sousa, Director, Marketing & Corporate Communication
Primavera – Business Software Solutions

“Dear Mr. Gibson, your presentation in Lisbon yesterday was very interesting and dynamic. I think it will help us all think differently about the innovation process, because these days most of us talk about innovation but only a few try to put it into practice. The major problem is that people do not understand what innovation means. I also think that Primavera made an excellent move promoting this kind of conference, and they are truly innovating in the way they contact customers, prospects and partners. Regards and congratulations.”

Nuno Machado Mendonça, PCA / CEO, Jurinfor

“Rowan, your executive seminar was a very important reflection about the present and the future. I believe that you describe the only way we can go directly to the top, and keep that position. The goal is always to transform our knowledge into profit. Tomorrow I will have more confidence and energy to go on with our innovation project. It was a great pleasure.”

Joaquim Jorge Vieira, General Services, Riopele Têxteis, S. A., Portugal

I am excited to have made the decision to bring you to Jwaneng. You touched a lot of people’s lives and have changed them for good. It is amazing how everyone can all of a sudden start to see that they have the power and potential to create our future without much ado.

Good luck, Rowan, and I would like to keep contact with you to let you know how we are getting on with our innovation journey. Many thanks for your passionate and energetic presentation throughout. You left an indelible mark in many people’s minds. God Bless you.”

Mark Mabhudhu, Business Process Manager, Business Integration and Transformation, Debswana Jwaneng Mine

“Rowan, thank you for our Innovation Conference which has transformed our organization by shaking our culture. People at all levels are now convinced that we have to change, they have started to think differently, and I am optimistic that good things are still to come!”

Thatayaone Molefhi, Senior Business Analyst – Process and Innovation, Debswana Jwaneng Mine

Mark Buwalda, Managing Director, ANANZI search engine

Ryan Searle, Volkswagen South Africa

James Wight, International Marketing Manager, Global Leaders SA

“Excellent”
“ Very Refreshing”
“ Practical presentation”
“ It actually exceeded my expectations”
“ Very enjoyable, felt inspired from presentation”
“ I now feel empowered to do my work as the Innovation Manager”
“ Great insights - useful experience”
“ It was a very insightful discussion”
“ Brought innovation into a clear perspective”
“ Excellent session, eye-opening both conceptually and in terms of practical operational solutions. It has given me capability that I will definitely apply back in the office”
“ It was absolutely worthwhile and knowledgeable”
“ Good Stuff”
“ It was great”
“ Rowan not only challenged me to review innovation within my organisation, but also innovative thoughts within myself. Innovation starts with me”
“ A value added day”
“ Rowan is an energetic presenter who kept the audience’s attention throughout the day”
“ One of the most valuable days spent out of the office”
“ Good visuals and professionally presented”
“Enlightening and eye-opener”
“ Challenging, disturbing and stimulating”
“ More information that you can get from text books - delivered in a day”
“ The speaker offered practical steps that could be put into action, rather than just a mix of concepts… very valuable indeed!”
“ This has to be shared with the entire organization”

Event Participants

Tine Reuterdahl, Director, R&D, FINN

Tim Hall, Managing Director, Investment Team, Martin Currie Ltd

"It was good to end the event with someone who brought energy to the platform at a time when energy was flagging. Rowan's presentation style was very engaging - also visually - with a very good energy level and interesting, good quality content. Audience response to Rowan's performance was very positive."

Martin Currie

Susanna Salminen, CSA Celebrity Speakers Nordic

“inspiring and refreshing”
“ excellent performance”
“ provocative”
“ fine performer”
“ new ways of thinking”
“ smooth, excellent presentation”

Event Participants

Andre Veskimeister, Chief Innovation Officer,Ülemiste City, Tallinn

Paulo Simões, Senior Manager, Sonae

Official evaluation from Carlson Wagonlit:

Overall rating of the speaker’s performance: “Excellent”
Comments on the speaker: “Extraordinarily professional, intellectually stimulating and very convincing”

Content of speech: “Interesting and informative, entertaining yet at the same time serious, well tailored to the audience and even tailored to specific firms that were participating”

Style of delivery: “Professional. Good mix of humor and serious business insight. Perfect speech in terms of rhetorical ability and vocabulary. Very understandable even for second-language English speakers”

Audience response: “Consistently very positive”

Jörg Fellenberg, Marketing & Communications, Carlson Wagonlit

"Rowan was the best speaker of the whole event."
Sindy Yang, Project Manager, Management Events

Philipp Rüdiger, Microsoft

"Great insight", "Amazing presentation", "Very motivating", "Rich with
good examples", "A fresh and interesting perspective", "Excellent
presentation, full of food for thought", "Great thinking" , "Confronting
and pushing us forward"...

Microsoft Participants

"Thank you again for your presentation. The feedback was all extremely
positive. You left an indelible impression on the whole audience."

Grenville Houser, Senior Producer & Creative Director, OUTRAGEOUS Events

“Rowan, thank you so much for spending time with us. We have had excellent feedback from the participants, who found the whole process extremely insightful.”
Tanya Reid, Investec

“This masterclass was absolutely invaluable to the company”
Participant, Investec

"Our people thoroughly enjoyed the day - a very productive time."
David Lawrence, Deputy Chairman, Investec

Official evaluation from Investec:

Overall rating of the speaker’s performance: “Excellent”
Comments on the speaker: “Rowan has a knack for connecting with the audience”
Content of speech: “Rowan had done his homework and made content very relevant to our industry”
Style of delivery: “Rowan is alive, he knows how to inspire”
Audience response: “Excellent feedback”

General observations: “Rowan was fantastic. He pitched the presentation at the right level for the audience. We are happy with the enthusiasm and motivation he has inspired”

Dr. Gerd Wolfram, Metro Group

Emma Mitchener, McDonald Butler Associates

Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, Managing Director, The Concours Group, Europe, and author of “Unwritten Rules of the Game”

"I have to say that of all the presentations at the summit, yours was the
most practical and I am already using some of the ideas/concepts. It was
certainly good timing for me and very helpful indeed. I think you have 'hit the nail on the head' and my challenge is now clear!"

Kym Hudson, Director of Innovation, Royal Bank of Scotland.

Anja Bekkers, CFS

“It was a great day and memorable event. I have received very positive feedback on your presentation. It was energizing and inspiring.”

Ivo Ploegsma, CFS