THE SPEAKER SERIES


     Integrative thinkers (from left) Michael Dell, Jack Welch, A.G. Lafley, and Bruce Mau.

As part of our efforts to engage the Rotman community in the process of building a model for integrative thinking and learning, the School launched its popular Rotman Integrative Thinking Experts Speaker Series in September of 2001. Held outside of business and class hours, this ongoing series gives Rotman students and the local business community a chance to get a glimpse 'inside the heads' of some of today's leading integrative thinkers.

Featured Speakers (click on name for a presentation summary where available):

  • Dr. Murray Frum, Developer, Philanthropist, Art Collector and Prof. Brigitte Shim, Partner, Shim Sutcliffe Architects; Professor, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, U of Toronto (December 1, 2010)

  • Kevin Dutton, Research Fellow, Faraday Institute, St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge, and Author, Flipnosis: The Art of Split Second Persuasion (November 23, 2010)

  • Mihnea Moldoveanu, Professor and Director, Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking,  Rotman School of Management and Co-Author (with Roger Martin), Diaminds: Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers (Rotman/UofToronto Press, 2009) (December 3, 2009)
  • Isadore Sharp, founder, chairman and CEO of Four Seasons hotels, Inc.; author,
    Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy (Penguin Group, 2009) (May 20, 2009)
  • Roger Martin, Dean and Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management; Author, The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking (Harvard Business 2007) (March 30, 2009, Hong Kong)
  • Greg Berns, Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics and Director of the Center for Neuropolicy, Emory University and Author, Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently (Harvard Business, 2008) (March 18, 2009)
  • Jim Goodnight, Founder, Chair and CEO, SAS Inc. (March 4, 2009)
  • Norman Doidge, Research Faculty, Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Columbia University (NY) and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Author, The Brain that Changes Itself (Penguin, 2007) (February 24, 2009)
  • Malcolm Gladwell, author, Outliers: The Story of Success, The Tipping Point and Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (December 1, 2008)
  • Roger Martin, author, The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking, Mumbai (November 10, 2008) and Bangalore (November 12, 2008) India
  • David Komlos, CEO, The Syntegrity Group (September 24 ,2008)
  • Dean Roger Martin in conversation with Taddy Blecher, CIDA City Campus (South Africa) (March 25, 2008)
  • Herminia Ibarra, Chaired Professor of Organizational Behavior, INSEAD (April 16, 2007)
  • F C Kohli , founder of India's Tata Consulting Services (October 5, 2006)
  • Malcolm Gladwell, author, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and The Tipping Point; columnist, The New Yorker (April 3, 2006)
  • Jeffrey Pfeffer, Dee Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Stanford Graduate School of Business (March 28, 2006)
  • Robert Engle, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Michael Armellino Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business, and Chancellor's Associates Professor of Economics at the University of California (February 16, 2006)
  • Charles Knight, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO, Emerson (January 10, 2006)
  • Wayne Sales, President and CEO, Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (November 14, 2005)
  • John Hull, Professor of Finance, Director, Centre for Finance and Maple Financial Group Chair in Derivatives and Risk Management (November 10, 2005) Click here to watch the video. 
  • Jeffrey Pfeffer, Dee Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Stanford Graduate School of Business (Oct.24)
  • Jack Welch, (video) former Chairman and CEO, General Electric Co. (September 12, 2005)
  • Steven Levitt, Alvin H. Baum Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago; Author, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (May 16, 2005)
  • Jacques Lamarre, President and CEO, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (January 11, 2005)
  • Jordan Peterson, Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto; Author, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (November 24, 2004)
  • S. Ramadorai, Managing Director and CEO, Tata Consultancy Services (Mumbai)
    (November 23, 2004)
  • Bruce Mau, Founder, Bruce Mau Design and Institute Without Boundaries; Author, Massive Change: A Manifesto for the Future of Global Design (November 2, 2004)
  • George Stalk, Senior Vice President, The Boston Consulting Group; Director, Dean’s Advisory Board, Rotman School; Co-Author, Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win? (Harvard Business School Press, 2004), Competing Against Time: How Time-Based Competition Is Reshaping Global Markets (Free Press, 1990) (October 28, 2004)
  • Ramalinga Raju, Chairman and Founder, Satyam Computer Services Limited (Secunderabad, India) (October 26, 2004)
  • Amy Edmondson, Associate Professor, Technology and Operations Management, Harvard Business School; Author, A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller (Birkhauser, 1987) (October 20, 2004)
  • Michael Dell, Founder and Chairman, Dell Inc. (September 21, 2004)
  • K. Vaman Kamath, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank Group (April 16, 2004)
  • Robert Schad, Founder, President and CEO, Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.(March 2, 2004)
  • Tim Brown, CEO, IDEO (Palo Alto) (Jan.15, 2004)
  • Philip Orsino, President and CEO, Masonite International Corporation and Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year, 2003 (Jan.6, 2004)
  • Joerg Sommer, Director of Product Strategy, Mercedes Car Group, DaimlerChrysler Corporation (Stutttgart, Germany) (Dec. 3, 2003)
  • Bob Young, Founder and CEO, Lulu Inc. (Raleigh, NC); Co-Founder and former Chairman and CEO, Red Hat Inc. (Seven sessions: Sept. 23, Oct.6, Oct.7, Oct.27, Oct.28, Dec.1, Dec.2, 2003)
  • John Bachmann, Managing Partner, Edward Jones (Oct. 14, 2003)
  • Alan (A.G.) Lafley, Chairman, President and CEO, Procter & Gamble Company (April 21, 2003)
  • John Sterman, Standish Professor of Management and Director, System Dynamics Group, MIT Sloan School of Management (March 25, 2003)
  • Atom Egoyan, Award-Winning International Director, Writer and Producer of Major Films (Jan. 28, 2003)
  • Roger Martin, Dean and Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School (Jan.21, 2003)
  • Frank Stronach, Founder and Chairman, Magna International Inc. (Jan. 21, 2003)
  • Dominic D'Alessandro, President and CEO, Manulife Financial (November 2002)
  • Dr. A. Michael Spence, 2001 Nobel Laureate for Economics; Professor Emeritus and Former Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Partner, Oak Hill Capital Partners and Oak Hill Venture Partners; Director, Rotman School Dean's Advisory Board (Oct.29, 2002)
  • Nandan Nilekani, President and CEO, Infosys (September 16, 2002)
  • Peter F. Drucker, renowned business scholar and author of 30 books (June 2002)
  • Isadore Sharp, Chairman and CEO, Four Seasons Hotels Inc. (April 11, 2002)
  • Moses Znaimer, Co-Founder, President and Executive Producer, Citytv (April 10, 2002)
  • Dr. Hilary Austen, Consultant; Director, Dean's Advisory Board, Rotman School of Management (March 25, 2002)
  • Piers Handling, Director, Toronto International Film Festival Group (March 7, 2002)
  • Michael Lee-Chin, Chairman, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, AIC Limited (Feb. 28, 2002)
  • Richard Currie, President, George Weston Limited (Nov. 22, 2001)
  • George Stalk, Senior Vice President, The Boston Consulting Group (Oct. 10, 2001)
  • Mihnea Moldoveanu, Director, Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking and Professor of Strategy, Rotman School (Sept. 2001)
  • Roger Martin, Dean and Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management (Sept. 2001)