Prof. Richard Scase at SPEAKERS for BUSINESS

Prof. Richard Scase

Europe’s Leading Thinker on Leadership, Innovation and Creativity

Overview

Professor Richard Scase is a leading authority on leadership, innovation and corporate change. Many of his writings study the impact of market and socio-demographic trends for the re-invention and renewal of business practices, processes and leadership styles. In his talks, he draws upon a broad wealth of experience, derived from the practicalities of running his own businesses through to working with private and public sector organisations around the globe. He gives examples of how the need for ‘tough’ leadership styles in periods of economic uncertainty, exercised in the appropriate ways, can be highly inspirational and motivational, leading to high sustained corporate performance.

As an academic, his research interests range from organisational change and entrepreneurship to the impact of Internet technologies and the restructuring of work and employment across the globe. As an entrepreneur, he has run and sold successful businesses in radio and on-line media. As a journalist, author and public-speaker, he frequently combines ideas from all these areas of expertise to create tailored forecasts or "future scenarios" for his audiences.

He is the author of over 20 books, including "Britain in 2010: The Changing Business Landscape," which painted such a vivid picture of the future that it influenced a swathe of UK government policy, as well as being critically acclaimed worldwide. In his most recent book, "Global Remix," he explores the impact of incipient global trends - technological, economic, demographic, cultural, political and social - on both businesses and individuals.