<p>Robert Safian delivers near-clairvoyant insights on succeeding through the chaos of modern business.</p><p>Bob is the founder of The Flux Group and former editor-in-chief of the influential, award-winning business media <em>Fast Company</em>. He hosts podcast <em>Masters of Scale: Rapid Response</em>, downloaded by business leaders millions of times each month and named by <em>The New York Times</em> as one of its "Podcasts for the Pandemic Era." Covering topics from AI to sustainability to the future of work, Bob draws unique lessons from CEOs from Airbnb to AWS, Uber to Target, Nike to Peloton.</p><p>A leading voice in the innovation economy, Bob also served as executive editor for Time and Fortune, building a reputation for spotting tomorrow’s trends and highlighting discerning angles on the world’s most important business topics. Bob enthralls audiences with untold stories behind today’s most transformative business thinkers and “GenFluxers,” from the C-Suite to the hottest startups. His lively, clear-sighted perspective on staying ahead in an ever-changing business world enables a new mindset for success, providing a framework embracing disruption and volatility to optimize opportunity.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Founder of The Flux Group, Former Managing Editor at Fast Company, Time, Fortune and Money
<ul><li><strong>The Secrets of Generation Flux</strong></li><li>Modern business is pure chaos. To succeed in this climate requires a whole new approach. Organizations need to cultivate people who can thrive in an environment of constant change. They are the members of Generation Flux. Less a demographic designation than a psychographic one. Generation Flux describes a mindset that embraces instability and finds opportunity in disruption, recalibrating careers, business models, and assumptions.</li><li><strong>Is Your Company a "Fast" Company?</strong></li><li>With the rising pace of competition and ever-changing consumer demands, it can be very hard for business leaders to look toward the future. Robert Safian, editor of the award-winning innovative business magazine Fast Company, defines the important distinction of being "fast", and provides three distinct guidelines to help companies and business people determine how to ensure future success by incorporating elements of agility and adaptation. Audiences walk away with the tools necessary to assess and implement a "fast" approach to business.</li><li><strong>How Breakthrough Leaders Thrive Amid Chaos</strong></li><li>This may be one of the most intriguing leadership speeches you will ever experience. Safian shares the inside stories of amazing leaders who have transformed their organizations and their industries in the face of constant change in culture and business.He explores how and why these leaders view rapid changes as a vast pool of opportunities, and how they develop and coordinate a talented workforce to creatively capture these opportunities. Both inspiring and educating, Safian shares the tools and knowledge necessary to become breakthrough leaders.</li><li><strong>Leading in the Age of Artificial Intelligence</strong></li><li>Recently, Netflix quietly deleted all the remaining user reviews on its service. And just like that, CEO Reed Hastings completed the latest shift in his company’s ever evolving strategy: away from the wisdom of crowds in its content recommendations, in favor of the wisdom of the machine. The implications of artificial intelligence and the rise of the algorithm have never been more relevant, more important, or more complex. In this presentation, Robert Safian explores five lessons that underscore how AI and the algorithm is redefining business and organizational leadership—including the biggest lesson every leader and businessperson needs to grapple with to thrive in this era.</li></ul>