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Christopher Hire, Innovation Speaker

Talking global innovation, local to you.

Innovation Speaker, Christopher Hire, Conference Speaker, Seminar Leader, innovation GuruInnovation Guru Christopher Hire, speaking about innovation, at seminars, workshops & conferences

Short Biography Christopher Hire

Global Innovation Review - ranking innovation cities worldwide, and explaining innovation conceptsChristopher Hire is the Director of Innovation and founder of 2thinknow, global innovation agency and a leading expert on global innovation in America, Europe and Asia. 

Hire's pioneering report, the Global Innovation Review 2007, was the first global ranking of Innovation Cities.

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At all levels of corporations and Government, Hire has been consulting, teaching, analysing and speaking since 1998, for CEOs, Parliaments & State Governments, major banking & finance clients, Zurich Insurance, Fitch Ratings, Toyota, Kelloggs, Catholic Church,  Australian Dept of Defence, listed companies and public sector NGOs.

Hire has a design background, and in the 90s worked in design and print graphics in point-of-sale implementation for Coca-Cola & Arthur Yates. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, and AGSM alumni.

Christopher also edits for 2thinknow the online journal of Innovation and Change: the Global Innovation Conversation: 2thinknow.com/innovation

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Recent Speaking Engagements

Global Enterprise 2.0

Enterprise 2.0 Panel presentation at conventionNational Public Affairs Convention 2008: Sydney

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Digital Determinism & Web 2.0 - Strategy for Book Industry

Web 2.0 and Innovation in Publishing 1hour speech at ABA Annual conferenceAustralian Booksellers Association 2008: Melbourne

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Web 2.0 How & Why

Web 2.0 Innovation speaking, Blogs, wikis, social mediaVictorian Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development

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4 Core Speaking Topics

  • Building Innovation Cities - the future of global cities
  • Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0 and the Collaboration Organization
  • Analysing & Profiting from Global Trends in Your Industry
  • Creating Innovation Workspaces - Teams & Environments

Speaking Styles

Keynote, conference, workshop or seminar-style.

Media Interviews

For comment on Innovation Cities, Enterprise 2.0, the Collaboration Organization or other topics visit our Media Centre here >

To request a media interview, contact Christopher here >

Speaker Fees, Details & Requirements

Christopher Hire, as Director of Innovation, is available globally.

For speaker requirements, including fees, please contact us.

 

 

 

 

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