- Globally-recognized Innovation Thought Leader
- Architect of Improvisational Innovation
- New York Times Best-selling Author of Secrets of Silicon Valley
- Serial Entrepreneur of 6 Companies
- LinkedIn Learning Author
- Former Legislative Staffer on Capitol Hill + The White House
- Former Television Commentator on CNN, MSNBC + Fox News
Meet Deborah Perry Piscione
We know that great leaders are defined by the extraordinary people that they lead. What makes Deborah Perry Piscione so special is that she has uncovered the DNA from the inspired cultures of the most innovative companies in the world. It is no surprise that organizations that build systems to grow the passions of their talented workforce are more productive, more innovative, more loyal, and consistently move faster than competitors. Provocative and wonderfully entertaining, Deborah’s presentations are a prerequisite for leaders looking to shake the status quo.
Through her years of research and hands-on work with many of Silicon Valley’s pioneer companies, she has found the keys to building organizations into innovation machines and preparing leaders for the future. She is the architect of Improvisational Innovation, a bottom’s up innovation process, where anyone in any corner of the company can bring forth new ideas in a trusted environment and be rewarded for it. Adopted at Qualcomm, Tata Group, Nike, McKinsey & Co, among many other leading global companies, Deborah’s process has created a minimum of 10x ROI in new products and services for the company, and greatly assist in talent development as employees explore their passions.
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SOME OF DEBORAH’S CLIENTS
New Book Announcement: COMING 2024!
The fundamental structure of work is in desperate need of a new vessel for productivity and fulfillment. Employees will find new ways to earn a living that break the mold of traditional employment that offers greater ownership, flexibility, and agency over their working lives.
EMPLOYMENT IS DEAD explores the mindset shift necessary to thrive in the metaverse, provides reasons why employees will eventually abandon traditional employment for the bounty of web3, and outlines practical strategies that digital-first leaders can start implementing today to take advantage of this vast new world of endless possibilities.
Best Selling Author
“A valuable glimpse of a mecca of innovation” –Kirkus Reviews
Keynote Topics
Innovation
Executing on Innovation: Harvesting New Ideas from Any Corner of the Company
Deborah Perry Piscione has uncovered the DNA from the inspired cultures of the most innovative companies in the world. In doing so, she architected a bottom’s up innovation process called Improvisational Innovation, where anyone in any corner of the company can bring forth new ideas and be rewarded for it. And for the companies that has heard her presentation and brought the Improvisational Innovation process internally? A record 10x growth in new or existing revenue streams!
Risk-taking
How to Create a Risk-taking Culture to Unleash Workforce Productivity
With so much emphasis on short-term stock price gains and bottom line focus, organizations tend to act too safe, resulting in a stagnant business culture which generates entirely forgettable results in a world that demands significant solutions. Deborah demonstrates how your culture can act smarter, faster, and with more agility in reacting to competition. She explores both the individual skills and organization systems to unleash risk-taking. This is a very exciting speech for an entire audience.
Future of Work
The Future of Work is Not Employment…It Is the Metaverse
In this keynote, Deborah explores the mindset shift necessary to thrive in the metaverse, provides reasons why employees will eventually abandon traditional employment for the bounty of Web3, and outlines practical strategies that digital-first leaders can start implementing today to take advantage of this vast new world of endless possibilities.
Digital Transformation
WANTED: Digital First Leaders
In this keynote, Deborah helps leaders set the tone of the organization to ring loud and clear throughout the entire company, from the C-Suite to the newest entry-level employee. In the new world of work people’s emotions and ideas matter FIRST, not the mindless execution of a business leaders’ plans.Participants will dig into the new dynamics of employee power and how it will reshape the employee-employer relationship for the better.
WORKSHOP – Innovation
The Secrets of Innovative Success
New ideas and bold bets are essential for the livelihood and survival of any organization + government operating in today’s competitive marketplace and era of exponential growth. Deborah created Improvisational Innovation™, a bottom-up methodology that engages all the talents of the entire organization, helps the organization shift to a growth mode, and addresses the question on how to identify, source, data-mine and execute upon new ideas from any employee.
Through her interactive and hands-on workshop, Deborah addresses the four Secrets of Innovative Success: 1) A corporate culture that fosters experimentation; 2) Leadership who understands that it is their job to take risks; 3) An environment that values people for all their talents and passions (not just the job they were hired for); and 4) An annual innovation process that allows people to submit ideas in a safe and trusted environment, a process she calls Improvisational Innovation.
