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Peter Hinssen

Peter Hinssen

On Radical Innovation, Leadership and the Impact of All Things Digital on Society & Business

Peter Hinssen is a serial entrepreneur, adviser, LinkedIn Top Voice and world-renowned thought leader on radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things digital on society and business. In the past decades, he has given keynote presentations for such companies as Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Accenture and Microsoft. On top of that, Hinssen lectures at renowned business schools around the globe (London Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, etc) and he’s on the board of numerous companies, advising them on subjects related to innovation and technology.

For more than fifteen years, Peter Hinssen led a life of technology start-ups, which were all acquired by the likes of Alcatel-Lucent, Belgacom and Descartes. Between start-ups, he has been an Entrepreneur in Residence with McKinsey & Company, with a focus on digital and technology strategy. His current company nexxworks helps organisations become fluid, innovate and thrive in ‘the day after tomorrow’.

The Day After Tomorrow is also the title of one his bestselling business books – it’s about surviving in times of radical innovation. Other titles include The Phoenix and the Unicorn (about companies that manage to ‘rethink’ themselves and come out stronger than before) and The Network Always Wins (about how and why companies have no other choice but to become a network).

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