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1 Lisa Bodell, CEO of futurethink Speaking + Conference Capabilities Ignite Innovation at Your Next Event 2016 Future Think LLC. All Rights Reserved 380 Lexington Ave, Suite 1743, New York, New York innovate@futurethink.com

Bio: Lisa Bodell, Founder and CEO of futurethink CEO of futurethink Lisa Bodell is the bestselling author of Kill the Company, and her latest Why Simple Wins.

A dynamic speaker and futurist, Lisa Bodell has brought innovation to life for Google, Cisco Systems, Citigroup, Merck, Fidelity, Accenture and the U.S. Navy.

2 Bio: Lisa Bodell, Founder and CEO of futurethink CEO of futurethink Lisa Bodell is the bestselling author of Kill the Company, and her latest Why Simple Wins. She is a recognized global leader on innovation foresight and change management, whose keynotes leave audiences inspired with a vision and armed with tools towards action. A dynamic speaker and futurist, Lisa Bodell has brought innovation to life for Google, Cisco Systems, Citigroup, Merck, Fidelity, Accenture and the U.S. Navy. Her presentations are frequently the highest-rated sessions at conferences, as she engages audiences and empowers them with practical tools, tips, and resources to start innovating immediately. Bodell s takeaways are proven transformational methods that she and her team at futurethink, an innovation-training firm, have successfully implemented with Fortune 500 companies around the world. The characteristics that define Bodell as a successful global speaker are the same as those that define her success as a CEO, a laser-focused ability to provide radical thinking and offer on-the-spot business solutions, with an inspired vision that motivates people to action. Her new book and keynote: WHY SIMPLE WINS: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to the Work that Matters, is a sought-after topic at every organizational level. In her presentation, Bodell shares tools and takeaways on how organizations and individuals can eradicate complexity and allow Simplicity to be their new operating system, and North Star towards an innovative workplace culture. With a deep understanding of best practices across industries Lisa Bodell has contributed her expertise to a wide variety of media, including: Fast Company, WIRED, The New York Times, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, FOX News, and CNN. Lisa Bodell serves on the Advisory Board of the NSA, is a member of the Global Agenda Council for the World Economic Forum and is an adviser on the Board of the Association of Professional Futurists. She has taught at both American University and Fordham University, and has served as an adviser on Novartis Diversity and Inclusion Board in Basel. RECENT AWARDS Top 5 Speaker Award in Innovation and Creativity by Speaking.com Axiom Best Business Book Award: Silver in Business Theory USA Book News Award in Business: Management & Leadership Best Business Book of the Year by Booz & Co s strategy+business SPEAKING HIGHLIGHTS For more innovation news and ideas, follow Lisa on Twitter at: twitter.com/lisabodell. To view clips of Lisa s presentations, visit: youtube.com/futurethink. Click HERE and connect with Lisa on LinkedIn INNOVATE@FUTURETHINK.COM PAGE 2 OF 7

Quotes and Kudos Lisa has the winning combination you look for in a keynote speaker she is insightful, engaging and energetic.

Meredith Cherwony, Marketing Manager of Think Events at Google Lisa's message is incredibly relevant and compelling.

Camille Mirshokrai, Global Managing Director at Accenture Lisa is one of the most outstanding presenters I have ever seen.

Something tells me that many of her insights will become essential elements of our culture.

Her examples were credible, thought provoking, and, in a very short time, she energized people to be more proactive about shaping our future business environment.

3 Quotes and Kudos Lisa has the winning combination you look for in a keynote speaker she is insightful, engaging and energetic. She was the top rated speaker at two Google events and inspired our audience to start an innovation revolution. Meredith Cherwony, Marketing Manager of Think Events at Google Lisa's message is incredibly relevant and compelling. I find her work to be thought provoking, challenging and necessary given today's complex and ever-changing business environment. Camille Mirshokrai, Global Managing Director at Accenture Lisa is one of the most outstanding presenters I have ever seen. She passionately delivers well-articulated messages that engage the audience and encourage action on the part of the listener. Something tells me that many of her insights will become essential elements of our culture. Duncan Niederauer, CEO at NYSE Euronext Lisa captivated the audience with insightful and well-articulated thoughts about technologies and trends that could transform our industry. Her examples were credible, thought provoking, and, in a very short time, she energized people to be more proactive about shaping our future business environment. Wendy Mayer, Vice President for Worldwide Innovation at Pfizer Lisa s presentation included excellent examples and energizing exercises that brought innovation to life. She got us to look at our business with new eyes. Joan P. Lawrence-Ross, Chief Learning Officer at AXA Equitable Over the years, I ve tried many innovation gurus to educate my leadership team. Lisa is the real thing she s an expert that also knows how to use both presentation and learning principles to hold an audience s attention. David Owens, Director of Learning & Development at Bausch & Lomb Lisa made my leadership team think in new ways and helped us develop winning business ideas right in the room. My team now embraces innovation rather than fearing it. Mary Fennoglio, Managing Director at Citigroup Corporate Investment Bank Lisa s presentations have transformed the way our leaders think of innovation. Lisa provides a mix of practical, easy to use tools and inspiration which has helped to create a new mindset around how to innovate in all parts of our company. Nancy Singer, R. Ph., Executive Director of Enterprise Learning at Merck Lisa s presentation on innovation was my absolute favorite presentation of our 3-day offsite! I now have a totally new way of looking at innovation. I would recommend her and her team to anyone planning an event in a heartbeat. Kate Connell, VP at Delta Airlines INNOVATE@FUTURETHINK.COM PAGE 3 OF 7

4 Previous Speaking + Conference Experience Lisa Bodell speaks to over 100,000 attendees every year all over the world. Below is a sampling of recent events across a range of industry associations and corporations. CORPORATE + GOVERNMENT EVENTS 3M: Annual Innovation Consortium Accenture: Why Simple Wins Boehringer Ingelheim: Thinking Innovation Bosch: Leading Innovation and Driving Change Citigroup: Driving Bottom Line Innovation DirecTV: Unlocking Organizational Potential with Innovation Fidelity Investments: Global Leadership Talent Program GE Commercial Finance: Legal & Commercial Finance Innovation Summit Genentech: Leading Innovation Google Think Performance: Breaking Mental Models Government of Dubai: Leading Innovation and Driving Change IBM: Breaking the Status Quo Novartis Pharmaceutical: Igniting Innovation Pfizer: Fast Forward 2040 Reed Elsevier: Driving Innovation Forward in Times of Change Society for Human Resource Management: Breaking the Status Quo Time Warner: Bold Changes U.S. Government, Office of Personnel Management: The Future of Work Leadership Panel ASSOCIATIONS + STAKEHOLDER EVENTS TEDxNormal: Simplification is the Key to Change SXSW Interactive Conference: Kill The Company National Association of Federal Credit Unions: Strategic Growth Conference Wharton Business School: Kill the Company National Conference of State Legislatures: Doing More with Less: Becoming a Creative Innovator United States Coast Guard Innovation Forum: Get Innovation GOING! TEDxHuntington: Kill the Company The Women s Congress: Driving Bottom Line Innovation Association of Business Media Publishers Conference: The Future of Publishing Lincoln Healthcare Event, Long-Term Care Conference: Innovations in Healthcare/Long-Term Care Institute of International Education (Fulbright Institute) Hong Kong Conference: How Innovators Think INNOVATE@FUTURETHINK.COM PAGE 4 OF 7

LISA BODELL, CEO OF FUTURETHINK Interactive Keynote Presentations 1.

Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time.

much unproductive work in today s corporate world, to create a corporate culture where valuable, essential, meaningful work is the norm.

5 LISA BODELL, CEO OF FUTURETHINK Interactive Keynote Presentations 1. Why SIMPLE Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters Imagine what you could do with the time you spend sitting in meetings and writing s every day. Complexity is killing companies' ability to innovate and adapt, and simplicity is fast becoming the competitive advantage of our time. Drawing on research and themes from her latest book, Why Simple Wins, Bodell inspires leaders and their teams to proactively move beyond the feelings of frustration and futility that come with so much unproductive work in today s corporate world, to create a corporate culture where valuable, essential, meaningful work is the norm. By learning how to eliminate redundancies, communicate with clarity, and make simplification a habit, individuals and companies can begin to recognize which activities are time-sucks and which create lasting value. Using engaging stories and techniques, Bodell shows that by using simplicity as an operating principle, we can eliminate the organizational and individual busywork that puts a chokehold on us every day, and instead spend time on the work that matters. SIMPLE is the new solution. Drawing on her work with global companies, Lisa Bodell shares tools and takeaways on how organizations and individuals can eradicate complexity, and allow Simplicity to be their new operating system and North Star towards an innovative workplace culture. INNOVATE@FUTURETHINK.COM PAGE 5 OF 7

Trade the PowerPoint presentation for the WOW factor. World-renowned innovation expert Lisa Bodell engages audiences with experiential methods for sharing, collaborating and thinking.

Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution Winning innovators embrace change do you? What holds you back from better innovating, every day?

The very structures put in place to help organizations grow are now holding us back. So, it s time to Kill the Company!

6 Trade the PowerPoint presentation for the WOW factor. World-renowned innovation expert Lisa Bodell engages audiences with experiential methods for sharing, collaborating and thinking. Participants are armed with tactical tools, tricks, and resources to start innovating immediately. KEYNOTE TOPICS 2. Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution Winning innovators embrace change do you? What holds you back from better innovating, every day? In too many organizations, we re stuck in the land of status quo. We ve forgotten how to think differently, and lack the simple tools to solve problems creatively. The very structures put in place to help organizations grow are now holding us back. So, it s time to Kill the Company! This keynote is an inspirational call to arms: to start a revolution in how we think and how we work. The key lesson of this keynote: if we want people to approach change differently, we have to change our approach. You will learn how simplification lets us achieve more and better innovation. This can reignite critical aptitudes such as curiosity, inquiry, creative problem solving, and more. The keynote will bring to life the concepts presented in Lisa s bestselling book, Kill the Company: 1. Everyone is a change agent. 2. Change involves a toolkit, not a process. 3. Little changes can create big impact. Lisa will introduce tangible ways to ignite innovation through the dynamic, yet simple exercises in the Kill the Company Toolkit, including Kill a Stupid Rule, Killer Queries, Impossible to Possible, and many more. You will leave this keynote with ways to eliminate needless complexity with simple, inspiring ways to make innovation happen now! INNOVATE@FUTURETHINK.COM PAGE 6 OF 7

Articles and Publications With a deep understanding of cognitive learning, best practices across industries, and innovation training, Lisa Bodell contributes expertise to a wide variety of media.

BOOKS Taylor & Francis Group: Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters, October 2016 Bibliomotion: Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation

2016 HR.BLR.com: Your Company Culture is Not a Ping-Pong Table, June 2016 Skillsoft: Want a Culture of Innovation? Curb Those Meetings and Emails, May 2016 ELearningIndustry.

7 Articles and Publications With a deep understanding of cognitive learning, best practices across industries, and innovation training, Lisa Bodell contributes expertise to a wide variety of media. For a full list of articles, visit futurethink.com/press. BOOKS Taylor & Francis Group: Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters, October 2016 Bibliomotion: Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution, May 2012 Insight Publishing Company: Success Simplified: Simple Solutions Measurable Results, January 2011 ARTICLES/MEDIA Talent Development Magazine: The Route to Simplification, August 2016 HR.BLR.com: Your Company Culture is Not a Ping-Pong Table, June 2016 Skillsoft: Want a Culture of Innovation? Curb Those Meetings and s, May 2016 ELearningIndustry.com: House of Smarts: 5 Ways to Get Teams Binge-Learning, May 2016 strategy+business: Five Steps to Formalizing Forward Thinking in Your Organization, January 2016 Innovation Excellence: 7 Disruptive Forces for 2016 and Beyond, January 2016 Fast Company: Ask Your Team These Questions Now In Order to Succeed This Year, January 2016 Innovation Excellence: How Simplification is The Key to Change, January 2016 Forbes: 5 Business Innovation Nightmares and How to Avoid Them, October 2015 TrainingIndustry.com: Does Your L&D Program Scream 2002? 5 Ways to Modernize It, August 2015 Washington Post: Women Write About Business, Too, July, 2015 Big Think: What We Talk About When We Talk About Innovation, June 2015 FedTech: Lisa Bodell Outlines the Road to Change, May 2015 TEDxNormal: 4.5 Questions with TEDxNormal Speaker Lisa Bodell, April 2015 Forbes: Attention Managers: Stop Being So Nice, February 2015 strategy+business: Why You Didn t Meet Your Innovation Goals in 2014, February 2015 Forbes: 11 Questions Your Competitors Are Already Asking, December 2014 TrainingIndustry.com: Thanking Your Critics, November 2014 Inc.: How to Take Smart Risks, September 2014 Harvard Business Review: The Reason Your Team Won t Take Risks, September 2014 INNOVATE@FUTURETHINK.COM PAGE 7 OF 7

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