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Unlocking Cool
Viral Trends
Culture of Innovation
Trend Hunting
Power Innovation
Infectious Marketing
Viral Trends
Culture of Innovation
Trend Hunting
Power Innovation
Infectious Marketing
Workshops
Innovation Workshop
Strategic Creativity
Scenario Analysis
Strategic Creativity
Scenario Analysis
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Speaking Engagements on Viral Trends and Innovation
Jeremy Gutsche, MBA, CFAChief Trend Hunter, TrendHunter.com Keynote Speaker on Innovation and Viral Trends Jeremy Gutsche is an innovation expert, a maverick speaker and the founder of the TrendHunter.com, the world's largest network for trend spotting and innovation. He has been described as "a new breed of trend spotter" by The Guardian, "an eagle eye" by Global TV and "on the forefront of cool" by MTV. At age 28, he was one of Capital One's youngest Business Directors and innovation leads. With a relentless focus on innovation, he led his team to grow a billion dollar portfolio of market leading products. He holds an MBA from Queen's University, studied innovation at Stanford, is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and a former Management Consultant. He speaks globally about viral trends and a cutting edge approach to methodical innovation. Routinely sourced by the media, Jeremy's broad appeal ranges from the Economist and the Financial Times to Entertainment Tonight and MTV. Extended Bio [+/-] As a Director at Capital One, Jeremy leads innovation and the company's Upmarket business (rewards, low-rate cards, line of credit). His team studies how to methodically approach customer focused innovation. His development of an innovation pipeline fueled his team to build a billion dollar portfolio of market leading low rate and reward products. In fact, in the 2007 annual report, CEO Richard Fairbank noted, "Canada arguably emerged as the Most Valuable Player in the GFS portfolio this year, effectively competing against the entrenched, incumbent banks in the Canadian market with great rates and compelling rewards offers." Prior to Trend Hunter and Capital one, Jeremy spent the majority of his career as a Management Consultant at the Monitor Group. There he advised top-level strategy to Fortune 50 clients and government clients with a focus on scenario planning, creative innovation and the assessment of new ventures. Jeremy holds an MBA from Queen's University and graduated as a Chancellor Scholar with a Bachelors in Finance from the University of Calgary. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a lifelong student of marketing, psychology and strategy. Most recently, he studied Customer Focused Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and d.School. He loves to teach and enjoys leading workshops in: competitive strategy, creativity and innovation. Recent Interview 20 Questions With Jeremy Gutsche. Quotes and Interviews Requests - Everyone likes to know what's on the cutting edge. As an innovation expert and futurist, Jeremy often get requests for interviews and comments. Keep them coming! If you are a journalist and looking for a quote or interview about trend spotting, cool hunting, or any of our trends, send Jeremy a message! Speaking Engagements - In his speaking engagements, Jeremy speaks about how to leverage viral trends and methodically approach innovation to generate ideas, stimulate creativity and ultimately unlock cool. With a background in management consulting and web 2.0, Jeremy brings a rare perspective on how to unleash innovation within a business context. Recent citations and interviews of Jeremy Gutsche and Trend Hunter:
 Sample Clips of Jeremy GutscheIn the following clips, Jeremy sheds some light on recent trends from the Trend Hunter community and the Trend Hunter 2008 Trend Report. CityTV Toronto
Innovation Keynote ScheduleAlthough each presentation is tailored for the specific audience, Jeremy Gutsche speaks about creating a culture of innovation, the innovation process and the latest trends. The following is Jeremy Gutsche's current kenote speaker schedule for 2007/08. RECENT EVENTS
2008 SCHEDULE
Jeremy as an Innovation Keynote SpeakerJeremy Gutsche's presentations are interactive, strategically bold, and packed with a blend of viral new trends and strategic frameworks. His background in both corporate strategy and Web 2.0 result in a rare perspective on how to unleash innovation within a business context. He delivers these concepts with a contagious enthusiasm for innovation that will leave your audience hungry to create. Ranked on SlideShare.net as one of the world's 10 most favorited presentations of all time! (Over 40,000 views between May and December 2007) Keynote SpeachesUNLOCKING COOL - One of the world's most favorited presentations at SlideShare.net, Unlocking Cool is a beginning-to-end exploration of how to leverage viral trends and methodical innovation to generate breakthrough ideas. The presentation is visually engaging, packed with vivid examples, multimedia and audience participation. Jeremy begins with importance of culture and customer obsession. He then enthralls the audience with captivating micro-trends, providing a toolkit to filter ideas down to 'clusters of inspiration'. Finally, he teaches the audience how to articulate their messages for viral infection. Tech Point called the presentation, "The Perfect Kick-Off." Canada eConnect noted, "Jeremy was the highest rated speaker," and the Editor-in-Chief of Hospitality Design noted, “Jeremy was very well received for his humor, acuity and awareness. Spot on. Highly recommended.” INFECTIOUS MARKETING - With 3 million monthly views and citations in more than 40,000 online publications, Jeremy Gutsche's Trend Hunter magazine thrives in the world of viral marketing. In this presentation, Jeremy uses viral videos, vivid examples and the cutting edge of online marketing to captivate his audience. Then he goes beyond the buzzwords of web 2.0, Facebook, and social marketing to reveal the core elements that make viral messages so infectious. These lessons have profound offline implications, from enhancing customer relationships to giving teams a sense of meaning and alignment. Most importantly, he leaves his audience with his #1 Rule, "Relentlessly obsess about your story." CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION & CUSTOMER OBSESSION - In a world of increased competition, intensified customer demands and shifting employee demographics, a culture of innovation is more important than ever before. Jeremy's Culture of Innovation framework exposes the audience to ground-breaking ideas related to perspective, customer obsession, tolerance for failure and creativity. In these categories, he provides examples that prove you can't just check the box, you have to be revolutionary. The presentation provides a toolkit of ideas and examples of how leading innovators are changing the game to cultivate organizations that win. THE TREND REPORT: CLUSTERS OF INSPIRATION - Leveraging the world's largest database micro-trends, Jeremy's team filters through the most viral innovations in the world to create 'Clusters of Inspiration'. Trend Hunter has sold these reports for $1000 per copy to leading marketers and innovators around the world. The content has been sourced by the Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, CBC, and dozens of leading newspapers. Clients include cutting edge companies like Microsoft, Yahoo and eBay. In this presentation, Jeremy walks the audience through clusters of inspiration in their market and adjacent industries.
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