To thrive in their journey out of the Badlands, successful leaders will need to create Strategic Power Networks – networks that launch innovations to bust through the obstacles posed by today’s toxic leaders and the volatility and uncertainty of these historic times. In this no-holds-barred presentation, you will gain invaluable insights into the journey to […]
Ride beyond tomorrow to 2040. What will we find in those far foothills, beyond the Badlands and at the beginning of next historical cycle of disruptive innovations? This thought-provoking keynote provides scenarios of the most likely 2040. Are you prepared for a future that will not resemble the past? Mary also offers a customized Leadership
“The Badlands” is Mary’s metaphor for the challenging transition from the end of the Industrial Era to the full promise of the Information Age. We are now about to enter the last half of the Badlands at the full bloom of the “age of acceleration’ when everything goes faster and many humans cannot adapt. It
The future doesn’t arrive for everyone all at the same time. There are pioneer leaders already deep in the Badlands on their journey to the future. Once useful habits and intuition no longer apply in this new landscape. What are the threats, real or imagined, lurking ahead for you? What are the risks that most
As Western cultures seek out opportunity in China, it is important that we understand one fundamental principle: American and Chinese cultures are polar opposites. They think, perceive, manage, communicate, and share information in ways that are diametrically opposed. To understand Chinese culture at a glance takes more than one glance. There are five different cultural
For 15 years Mary worked in China and witnessed their rise to the #2 economy. She has led extensive ethnographic research into the future of the Chinese knowledge worker and created the first generational profile of this worker across five generations. Now, she shares her evidenced-based insights and gives you a strategic framework for understanding—and
For 10 years Mary has led extensive ethnographic research into the future of the Chinese consumer and created the first generational profile of this consumer across five generations. Now, she shares her evidenced-based insights and gives you a strategic framework for understanding—and capitalizing on—the game-changing behavioral shifts to come in the decade ahead. Mary also
The “California Dream” continues to fuel innovations in high tech and the promise of an exciting “society. As the fifth-largest economy in the world in terms of GDP, California is a nation-state that continues to defy the odds amid claims that it is ungovernable and will soon decline. This keynote paints a realistic, opportunistic view