- International best-seller and acclaimed business thinkers
- Featured on Thinkers 50 biennial rankings for over ten years
- Ranked 23rd by Global Top 30 Management Gurus
Dr. Jonas Ridderstrale is considered one of the most influential business speakers on a worldwide scale, bursting onto the international scene in 2000 with Funky Business, an international best-seller. Other books penned by Jonas include Global Innovation (1996), Karaoke Capitalism (2003), Multi Pack: The 90 Minute Manager (2004), Valuepack: Exploring Corporate Strategy (2005), Funky Business Forever (2007), Re-Energizing the Corporation (2008), and the more recent Fast/Forward: Make Your Company Fit for the Future (2017).
Jonas has consistently featured on the Thinkers 50 biennial rankings for over a decade, while the Global Top 30 Management Gurus ranking has him at number 23 on a global scale, and sitting in the top five in Europe. Sporting an MBA and Ph.D. in international business, Jonas Ridderstrale was, in 2007, awarded the Italian Nobels Colloquia award for “Leadership in Business and Economic Thinking”. He is currently a visiting professor at Ashridge in the UK.
Jonas’ ideas and works have seen him attract a lot of media attention, with appearances on CNN’s Global Office, to name but one. Other media he has featured in includes Fortune, Fast Company Time Magazine, The Times, Financial Times, and Sterns, including a host of others.
Jonas Ridderstrale – Speaker
Jonas Ridderstrale has excited and motivated people for over ten years. His talks educate and entertain audiences on a global scale. His speaking style is modularized and interactive with messages specifically tailored to suit the client’s needs.
Speaking Topics
- Forces of Funk: What drives change?
- Life in the Funky Village: Business megatrends
- The Future Firm: The shape of things to come
- The Holy Grail of Business: Compete on fitness and sex-appeal
- Re-energize!: Making Change Happen
- Leading leadership: Developing a corporate religion
- The +Factors: New recipes for success
- The New World of Business
- New Organizational Solutions
- Re-inventing the corporation