Robert Tucker

Robert Tucker is a globally recognized innovation strategist, bestselling author, and the founder of Innovation Resource Consulting Group. His books including Driving Growth Through Innovation and Managing the Future have helped over 200 Fortune 500 companies build systematic innovation capabilities that produce results year after year.

Making Innovation a System, Not an Accident

Tucker has spent decades studying what separates organizations that innovate consistently from those that rely on occasional breakthroughs. His frameworks provide leaders with specific, repeatable practices for embedding innovation into daily operations, making it everyone’s responsibility rather than depending on a few creative geniuses. He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading futurists and innovation speakers, and his client list reads like a who’s who of global industry leaders.

Building Organizations That Out-Innovate the Competition

Tucker’s approach is practical and results-oriented, focusing on the processes, culture, and leadership behaviors that enable sustained innovation. He has delivered keynotes and workshops on every continent and has been featured in major business publications worldwide. His keynotes deliver proven strategies for building systematic innovation capabilities, creating cultures that support continuous innovation, overcoming resistance to new ideas, and leading organizations that consistently out-innovate and outperform their competition.

Managing the Future: Capitalizing on the Driving Forces of Change

In today’s world, we’re either managing for the future… or the future is managing us! In this session, global trends futurist Robert Tucker provides a powerful framework for thriving and prospering amidst the uncertainty of the 2020s — a world of constant change. This fast-paced, future-focused keynote provides a practical framework for leaders in all industries who want to stay ahead of the curve and avoid being blindsided by today’s rapid technological, social, and disruptive changes. Powerful strategies revealed here will show you how to anticipate emerging trends and use them as building-blocks to greater growth. Prepare for a session that will leave you inspired, optimistic, and ready to take action to seize opportunities in this exciting time.

Driving Growth Through Innovation

This dynamic, example-filled keynote will give you an overview of the important finding reported in Tucker’s ground-breaking book, Driving Growth Through Innovation. Tucker will take you and your colleagues behind the scenes inside the Innovation Vanguard companies. You’ll discover the latest methods for building innovation into a powerful source of growth, profits, and competitive advantage.

Innovation is Everybody’s Business

Organizations are increasingly in need of high potential managers and individual contributors with the abilities and mindset to get new projects done. While professionals with functional and technical skills are valued, those with Innovation Skills are emerging as the most sought-after talent in today’s hyper-competitive age. In this practical, inspiring and highly interactive personal development session, Tucker explores powerful tools and strategies to help you and your colleagues hone your ability to seize emerging opportunities, develop new revenue sources, add value, and create unconventional solutions.

The Intelligent Talk Show

Have you ever wished there was a way to spice up those important, but often boring, panel discussions at your big meetings? With the Intelligent Talk Show, panelists become “guests” on a “live” show and are more animated, lively and better prepared to get their message across. Guests are more willing to tackle the tough issues that create industry buzz, and the “talk show” often shows up in meeting evaluations as the highlight of the entire conference.