The New Age of Innovation

• Shifting focus toward discovery and innovation: Why the nature of strategy and competitiveness is changing
• Generating value through innovative customer experiences
• How to unleash the hidden power of co-creating business in today’s global ecosystem
• On innovation and value creation: How to enable unique and contextual customer experiences and leverage resources, ideas and talent globally
• From cost arbitrage to talent arbitrage: The essence of global networks
• The key to anticipate the needs of customers and markets in a constantly changing world: The development of an integrated business model

 

C.K. Prahalad is one of the most influential experts in corporate strategy. Globally well known for its contribution to strategic thinking and considered one of the 10 best gurus on administration and business, he is a distinguished professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

He is the co-founder and CEO of The Next Practice. He's also founded Praja Inc., a pioneering software firm. A prominent world-class figure, Prahalad is a consultant and also a member of the Board of Directors of world-class companies. AT&T, Citigroup, Colgate Palmolive, Cargill, Motorola, Whirlpool, Honeywell, Oracle, Philips, Revlon, Unilever, and NCR are among his clients.
Professor Prahalad is the author of The Multinational Vision and the bestseller, Competing for the future —with Gary Hamel—, which has been translated into 20 languages and has been considered one of the best business books of the '90s. He also wrote The Future of Competition, co-authored with Venkat Ramaswamy, and The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. His most recent book is The New Age of Innovation. A prolific writer, he is also the author of numerous award-winning articles.

Prahalad was a member of the UN Blue Ribbon Commission on Private Sector and Development, and has received several honorary doctorates.