Dev Patnaik
- Advisor to CEOs and leaders of the world’s most admired companies
- Best-selling author
Dev Patnaik Speaker Biography
Dev Patnaik is the CEO of Jump Associates, the strategy firm for future-focused leaders. Dev has been a trusted advisor to CEOs at some of the world’s most admired companies, including Starbucks, Target, Nike, Universal Music and Virgin. He’s a frequent keynote speaker at major forums, and his writing has appeared in BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fast Company, and many others. Dev is the author of Wired to Care, named one of the best books of the year by both Fast Company and Business Week. When not at Jump, Dev is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, where he teaches social science methods to MBA and design students.
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Future Focused Leadership
Companies that aren’t future focused get fracked. They get blindsided by forces beyond their control and miss the future. That’s not because we’re not smart or hard working. The problem is that most of us are psychologically wired to focus on the present. Our brains play tricks on us. But you can rewire your brain. You can change how you think. How you act. How you lead.
In this keynote, you’ll learn…
• Why some organizations thrive over time when others fail
• Why only a small fraction of people are psychologically future-focused
• How future-focused leaders balance the Now and the Next
• What meaningful changes you can make to rewire your brain, your team and your organization
