Christopher Hire: Executive Director of Innovation at 2thinknow.
The thought-leader in the field of local innovation, Hire originated the Innovation Cities™ Program in 2005.
Innovation Cities™ is about creating improved economic and social outcomes for cities at the local business, civic and community levels – and provides city government and others with analyst reports, city benchmarking data and consulting services to create local innovation, local innovation programs and local jobs.
Right now, Hire oversees 2thinknow’s Innovation Cities™, and is involved in the early stage of Change Trends & Creative Companies programs. He has developed since 2005 the firsts series of innovation models for cities, organizations & start-ups to benchmark, measure & create innovation. Written up and covered in a variety of international media including Reuters, Forbes, Fox and ABC (see below), these innovation models are part of “how cities can change the world.”
From 1998-2007 Hire worked as a data analyst & presenter for Australia’s leading business & government organizations including 3 of the 4 top banks, insurance companies, federal / state departments, marketing, manufacturing and telecommunications. He has also presented and worked with household names such as Nestle, 3M, Toyota, Kelloggs, Pfizer and Exxon-Mobil.
Hire sparked 2thinknow as a brand and concept in 2005, after studying in the MBA program one of Australia’s leading business schools – AGSM, out-performing in marketing and micro-economics (MMP).
Born in the U.S., Hire entered the workforce in 1995 as a graphic designer, including point-of-sale designs for Coca-Cola — including early-prototype gravity feed shelving and injection-moulded Fruitopia displays — after emerging from the arts/design bachelor program at University of Tasmania. He came top of the state in Drawing, and picked up a life-long love of French 19th century art.
He lives currently in inner-city Melbourne, after long periods of work travel and mobility.
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Conference Speeches.
Speaking mainly on local innovation and how it is changing cities and business, Hire has addressed large crowds and small workshops. Hire focuses on methods for maximizing the benefits of ‘innovation as disruption’, and how to practically profit locally from change trends.
Current speakers fee: $7,500 -12,000 + travel depending on length of engagement.
Consulting.
Hire consults widely on:
> Cities seeking to develop a local innovation strategy for economic & social development.
> Business developing innovation plans in industries undergoing disruption.
He is available to travel at day rates comparative to management consultants.
Media.
Listen to Hire’s ABC Radio National ‘Future Tense’ interview on Innovation Cities, view transcript, and discussion of how to drive local innovation in a global world. > Future Tense
Further Press Coverage: Entrepreneur Magazine, USA Today, Reuters, Fox Business, Forbes.com, The Age Business Day/ Sydney Morning Herald Online (Australian dailies), das Geld, l’Atelier, Fast Company (Online), La Stampa (Italian daily), Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian daily), Stuff.Co.NZ (New Zealand).
