Robin Speculand
Robin Speculand is the founder and Chief Executive of Bridges Business Consultancy Int, a global pioneer and specialist in strategy implementation. Referred to as the Master of Strategy Implementation by industry peers he has written the bestselling book Bricks to Bridges - Make Your Strategy Come Alive, which set the benchmark for new thinking in his field. His follow up book Beyond Strategy - the leader's role in successful implementation, specifically identifies the actions leaders must take to reverse their staggering failure to deliver on their strategy promises.
Robin's pioneering work has been featured in strategy journals, international print and, electronic media including the BBC Global, CNBC and Financial Times. He has become a known expert and sought after speaker at key strategy and international business forums. Robin founded Bridges at the turn of the millennium as a response to his frustration of watching implementations repeatedly fail. Since Bridges first assisted Singapore Airlines in 2000, it has helped governments, multinational corporations and local organizations across five continents excel in execution. He refined his strategy implementation techniques in client organizations and at Citigroup in his role as Regional Vice President, Corporate Bank, Asia Pacific. His work has led to the development of several proprietary tools that support his mantra, of ensuring organizations successfully implement their strategy. One of these tools includes the Implementation CompassTM, a framework that identifies actions in eight critical areas for excellence in execution. He is a founding member of the Asia Speakers Association and outside of work, a die-hard ironman athlete. His signature seminar, "Make Your Strategy Come Alive" runs in 32 cities around the world and has come alive to over 10,000 leaders in the last seven years. His keynote is a straight-talking, highly engaging, no-nonsense presentation that will be invaluable to any business that truly wants to make implementation work.
What he presents:
Know where you're going and how to get there with the 'Implementation CompassTM'
Find out why change management fails
Find out how to galvanize your workforce into action beyond a coffee mug and t-shirt
Learn how to recognize and deal with the office groupies, mavericks, double agents and saboteurs and that most people don't resist change
Find out what works and what to avoid