Frans Johansson
Innovation Thought Leader; Best-Selling Author, The Medici Effect and The Click Moment
Frans Johansson advocates looking to other cultures and disciplines—science, art, business, politics and fashion—for innovation inspiration. In his presentations, Johansson clearly shows how the best ideas and innovation come from collaboration between people with diverse experiences, skills, expertise, perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. Simply stated, Johansson is known for making the business case for diversity. He packs his programs with plenty of examples and gives people what they need to know and what they need to do to break down silos and bring out the best that everyone has to give to any challenge or opportunity. Regardless of rank or where they reside on the org chart—even if they are not on it.
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An author, entrepreneur and internationally acclaimed speaker, Frans Johansson is the definitive authority on how diversity drives innovation and creativity. Johansson spent three years talking to individuals and teams at the intersection of different disciplines and cultures. He combined the results from those interviews with decades of existing research in psychology, economics and management of creativity and innovation. The result is The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts and Cultures, the first book to fully explore the concept of cross-field and cross-cultural combinations and to offer clear guidance on how to make such an approach work effectively.
The Medici Effect has been translated into 22 languages to date. In his book and presentations, Johansson explains that three driving forces—the movement of people, the convergence of scientific disciplines and the leap in computational power—are increasing the number and types of intersections we can access. From CEOs, derivative traders, scientists, fashion designers, authors and public health administrators, Johansson shows audiences how to find the intersection and unleash the Medici Effect. .
His latest book The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World focuses on the ideas and moments that successful leaders must leverage to unleash innovation and growth
Frans is the founder and CEO of The Medici Group, a strategy and innovation consulting firm. Based on the ideas in his books, The Medici Group’s approach redefines unpredictability as opportunity, diversity as profit, and execution as strategy for clients. The firm has worked with over 1,000 teams around the world to use diversity and unpredictability to develop creative ideas and transforming them into game changing initiatives for their organization.
As a thought leader, Frans has advised executive leadership from some of the world's largest companies such as American Express, IBM, MetLife, Microsoft, Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Volvo. He has worked with startups, venture capital firms, government agencies, and universities around the world. A frequent commentator on diversity, innovation and creativity, Frans has been featured on ABC, CNN, CNBC, and National Public Radio. The ideas in his books have echoed around the world, growing in impact in areas such as urban, regional, and economic development; education and training; creativity and entrepreneurship.
Raised in Sweden by his African-American/Cherokee mother and Swedish father, Frans has lived all his life at the intersection. He has written articles on healthcare, information technology, and the science of sport fishing. He has founded a software company, an international healthcare firm, and a hedge fund. Frans holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
The Medici Effect has become a “go to” text for leaders in economic development, and several countries and regions are exploring using its ideas to drive growth. The Medici Group worked with institutions in Trinidad & Tobago, such as Caribbean Industrial Research Institute, the International Financial Centre, and the Ministry of Planning to catalyze the economy, which grew by more than 40% during this time. These Medici Effect ideas have also been embraced in as diverse and far-flung locations as Silicon Valley, Nigeria, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Turkey, Singapore, Portugal, Australia, and Italy to name. Frans currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the New York Hall of Science.
In his book and presentations, Johansson explains that three driving forces─the movement of people, the convergence of scientific disciplines and the leap in computational power─are increasing the number and types of intersections we can acces
An author, entrepreneur and internationally acclaimed speaker, Frans Johansson is the definitive authority on how diversity drives innovation and creativity. Johansson spent three years talking to individuals and teams at the intersection of different disciplines and cultures. He combined the results from those interviews with decades of existing research in psychology, economics and management of creativity and innovation. The result is The Medici Effect: Breakthrough Insights at the Intersection of Ideas, Concepts and Cultures, the first book to fully explore the concept of cross-field and cross-cultural combinations and to offer clear guidance on how to make such an approach work effectively.
The Medici Effect has been translated into 22 languages to date. In his book and presentations, Johansson explains that three driving forces—the movement of people, the convergence of scientific disciplines and the leap in computational power—are increasing the number and types of intersections we can access. From CEOs, derivative traders, scientists, fashion designers, authors and public health administrators, Johansson shows audiences how to find the intersection and unleash the Medici Effect. .
His latest book The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World focuses on the ideas and moments that successful leaders must leverage to unleash innovation and growth
Frans is the founder and CEO of The Medici Group, a strategy and innovation consulting firm. Based on the ideas in his books, The Medici Group’s approach redefines unpredictability as opportunity, diversity as profit, and execution as strategy for clients. The firm has worked with over 1,000 teams around the world to use diversity and unpredictability to develop creative ideas and transforming them into game changing initiatives for their organization.
As a thought leader, Frans has advised executive leadership from some of the world's largest companies such as American Express, IBM, MetLife, Microsoft, Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Volvo. He has worked with startups, venture capital firms, government agencies, and universities around the world. A frequent commentator on diversity, innovation and creativity, Frans has been featured on ABC, CNN, CNBC, and National Public Radio. The ideas in his books have echoed around the world, growing in impact in areas such as urban, regional, and economic development; education and training; creativity and entrepreneurship.
Raised in Sweden by his African-American/Cherokee mother and Swedish father, Frans has lived all his life at the intersection. He has written articles on healthcare, information technology, and the science of sport fishing. He has founded a software company, an international healthcare firm, and a hedge fund. Frans holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
The Medici Effect has become a “go to” text for leaders in economic development, and several countries and regions are exploring using its ideas to drive growth. The Medici Group worked with institutions in Trinidad & Tobago, such as Caribbean Industrial Research Institute, the International Financial Centre, and the Ministry of Planning to catalyze the economy, which grew by more than 40% during this time. These Medici Effect ideas have also been embraced in as diverse and far-flung locations as Silicon Valley, Nigeria, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Turkey, Singapore, Portugal, Australia, and Italy to name. Frans currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the New York Hall of Science.
In his book and presentations, Johansson explains that three driving forces─the movement of people, the convergence of scientific disciplines and the leap in computational power─are increasing the number and types of intersections we can acces
Topics:
- Reinventing Diversity and Inclusion
Johansson calls for a complete overhaul of how an organization delivers on its diversity and inclusion promise. He outlines the steps an organization must take to turn diversity and inclusion into a strategic force. It is a perfect follow-up talk after Diversity Drives Innovation. - Diversity Drives Innovation
Johansson demonstrates why diversity is a key driver in innovative success and how you can capitalize on this fact. This talk has singlehandedly catalyzed organizational change across industry after industry. - Speed is the New IP
The shelf-life of traditional IP is trending towards zero. Instead an organization’s ability to move fast, respond to changing conditions, capitalize on unexpected success and scale rapidly is becoming the key to future growth. Transform your company and drop the time of executing from 12 months to 12 weeks, even 12 days. - Reinventing Diversity and Inclusion
Johansson calls for a complete overhaul of how an organization delivers on its diversity and inclusion promise. He outlines the steps an organization must take to turn diversity and inclusion into a strategic force. It is a perfect follow-up talk after Diversity Drives Innovation. - Hypergrowth: Boosting the Engine of Regional Economies
Johansson demonstrates how his Renaissance ideas have driven regional growth throughout the world, such as medical City in Orlando, startup incubators in Sweden, the economy of Trinidad and Tobago - and how you can do the same in your region. - The Innovative Leader: How to Break out of the Pack
How do you innovate your business and your career while the demands of non-stop performance are constantly increasing? Johansson will reveal how to rise to the tremendous challenges leaders today face around innovation and standing apart from everybody else. - Hypergrowth: Boosting the Engine of Regional Economies
Johansson demonstrates how his Renaissance ideas have driven regional growth throughout the world, such as medical City in Orlando, startup incubators in Sweden, the economy of Trinidad and Tobago - and how you can do the same in your region. - The Medici Effect: Ground-Breaking Innovation at the Intersection of Disciplines and Cultures
What do goat milk, spiders, and fishing lines have in common? Fiber optics and concrete? Ant hills and architecture? Most of us would assume nothing. But out of each of these seemingly random combinations have come radical innovations that have created whole new fields. In this talk, Frans Johansson takes us on a fascinating journey to The Intersection™—a place where ideas from different fields and cultures meet and collide, ultimately igniting an explosion of extraordinary new innovations. Through the Medici principles of innovation, see how companies become global leaders; how products and services yield huge margins; and how the most unlikely of people have outdone the experts in their own fields.
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