To give you some idea of Robin’s experience, he has:
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, Advised, been apprenticed to, collaborated with and campaigned for the offices of such legends as Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair, integral philosopher Ken Wilber, Don Beck of Spiral Dynamics, John Reed at Citigroup, Sol Kerzner while at Sun International, Arie de Geus at Shell, Niall Fitzgerald at Unilever and legendary CEO’s at over 40 Global 1000 corporations including Ed Rust III at State Farm, Lew Platt at HP, Chris Meyer at the Monitor Group, Napier Collyns at Global Business Network, the senior partners of Ernst & Young International, amongst others.~
• - Been an author, military officer, rock and roll guitarist and jazz pianist, singer, corporate lawyer, investment banker, pilot, business school professor, scuba diver, celebrity speaker, e-business designer and leader, trainer, meditator, consultant, strategic advisor, coach, and father of teenagers Callum and Kirstie.
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- Worked with some of the largest companies, banks and NGO’s in the world, as well as some of the most daring leading edge breakthrough organizations. Co-developed the World Bank’s first Sustainable Energy policy in 1992. Co-founded one of Europe’s first e-business incubators in 1999 at E&Y. Consulted to the UK Cabinet Office on social capital in 2002. Contributed to the UN Year of Micro-credit strategy in 2005.
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- Mastered how to envision the future with leading figures in a wide range of fields and industries, and then how to translate those strategic insights into leading, sustainable organizations and ecosystems, while embodying the disciplines inherent in integral leadership and organizational transformation.
• - Learned how to facilitate large groups in creating the future through breakthrough innovations, applying insights from the sciences of complexity and cognition and the daily practice of a variety of physical, artistic and spiritual disciplines.
These days Robin’s passions include designing and looking after the buildings and gardens at Chateau La Tour Apollinaire, painting, composing symphonies, swimming in the sea, travelling, writing his fourth book and being with his wife Elena, children Callum and Kirstie and his large extended family and network of friends around the world, while learning to thrive in carbon neutral ways. His personal aspiration is to help catalyze the emerging second Renaissance so that we can co-create a sustainable business model for a thriving planet, and bring beauty to life all around us.
Dr Wood focuses on the development of leaders within global organizations undergoing major change and he brings twenty-five years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies and NGO’s in over 30 countries.
Robin:
- Works with leadership teams and senior executives of Global 1000 firms to re-invigorate strategic thinking and inspire leaders to create rewarding, sustainable futures.
- Previously worked as corporate lawyer, Citicorp investment banker, MD at Scient and co-founder of Ernst & Young’s strategy, technology incubator and e-business practices.
- Is the founder of Sustainable Learning and Innovation Lab in Perpignan, France.
- Qualified with a PhD in Strategic Alignment from London Business School and is a Fellow of Centre for Management Development and
- Is the author of award winning books including Managing Complexity-How Businesses can Adapt and Prosper in the Connected Economy (Economist Books, 2000).
: Robin held a number of senior positions in the UK prior to founding the Sustainable Learning & Innovation Lab at Chateau La Tour Apollinaire in Perpignan, France. He: worked as a corporate lawyer, Citicorp investment banker, Managing Director at Scient and co-founded Ernst & Young's strategy, technology incubator and e-business practices; among other roles. Since 1990 Robin has also founded two leading –edge consulting boutiques, a knowledge management software company and has advised and invested in dozens of successful start-ups. He is recognized as a leading authority on innovation, the learning organisation, knowledge management and leadership and strategy in complex, rapidly evolving hi-tech global firms.
Robin’s clients in the past two decades have included the leadership teams and senior executives in more than 40 of the Global 1000 including Glaxo-Wellcome, Pfizer, Novartis, Vodafone, BT, the UK Defense Ministry, ZF Group, BBA Aviation, Eagle Star, Royal & Sun Alliance, Kellogg’s, Ernst and Young International, UK and South African National Health Services, Hewlett Packard, HP/Microsoft alliance, HP/Intel alliance, Barclays, World Bank, Unilever, Royal Dutch PTT, ICL, 3M and Shell International.
: B Com LLB Dip IFM, PhD. Robin graduated from London Business School in 1995 with a PhD in Strategic Alignment. He has been a Fellow at the Centre for Management Development since 2002, where he jointly led the Strategy into Action programme for the top 100 global leaders in Vodafone.
Robin wrote the award-winning book: Managing Complexity-How Businesses can Adapt and Prosper in the Connected Economy, (Economist Books, 2000). He has been a frequent celebrity speaker at major conferences and events, is a Fellow of the Institute for Coherence and Emergence in the USA, and on the editorial board of Development and Learning in Organizations. His next book: “Catalyzing the Second Renaissance- A Platform for Global Transformation” will be published in 2009.
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