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The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau

A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
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Tom Wujec

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An era of continuous disruption is changing, forever, how we design, manufacture, and consume.

World Renowned Expert on Innovation | Former Chief Disruptor at Autodesk | Author of The Future of Making

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Veteran innovator and technology pioneer TOM WUJEC has spent three decades studying how teams create radical breakthroughs. Along the way, the former Chief Disruptor at Autodesk designed cutting-edge software that helps millions of people today create better products. Now a bestselling author, six-time TED Speaker, and founder of a boutique consultancy, Tom uses his design knowledge to help organizations solve complex problems.

As a former Autodesk Fellow and founding professor at Singularity University, Tom has worked at the intersection of emerging technologies, business transformation, and creative collaboration. Throughout his decades-long career, he’s created digital tools to help engineer better cars, stronger buildings, more beautiful (and sustainable!) products, and even produce more engaging movies and video games. His visual effects application Maya won an Academy Award for its outstanding contribution to the film industry. Another innovation of his, the Sketchbook Pro, is used by 40 million designers and artists around the world today. Tom is also the creator of the Wicked Problem Solving™ toolkit, a systems-based framework that elevates creative collaboration. These physical and digital tools have been chosen by the Project Management Institute as an essential method to implement lean, agile, and design thinking methods for its million members.

With such a sterling track record, it’s no wonder that Tom is widely celebrated for his talks on innovation: why it matters, why it is a vital engine of economic growth, and how to foster it within any organization—from plucky startups to billion-dollar legacy companies. Working closely with Fortune 100s, he’s counted on to create innovation practices at all stages, from strategic planning to design and implementation.

Tom is the author of six books on emerging technologies, design thinking, and creative collaboration (which have been translated into 16 languages!); has spoken at TED six times; and delivered over 400 keynotes and workshops globally. His latest book, The Future of Making, brings his vision of disruptive innovation to global audiences, demonstrating how the entire process of imagining, iterating, constructing, manufacturing, distributing, and selling products has changed—unprecedentedly.

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Tom Wujec was inspirational. His speech was very insightful and a great way to kick things off.

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Tom was outstanding. I loved the discussion on integration of design thinking, and his session was really exciting.

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Tom Wujec was a fantastic speaker. His topic was refreshing in an industry that has a history of doing the same thing the same way. Innovation is key.

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I just wanted to thank you for your time and for your very inspiring talk you gave at the Rencontres de génie on April 6. I’ve never seen such a nice presentation in 5 years of conference planning. So thank you so much for your contribution to our event. I received very positive comments and feedback from the participants concerning your talk; they were very impressed by the quality of your content.

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I hope your return trip was smoother than your trip to Grand Rapids. Thank you so much for persevering to get there. It meant everything to our JA Conference participants. They loved your presentation. And it was not only the Marshmallow Challenge, but the points you made in the talk were very pertinent for everyone. Many people made a point of telling me how terrific you are and that they are planning on using the challenge or the approach your described or both with their JA Area boards and staffs. Since we are beginning our new fiscal year, the timing is perfect for people to rethink the approach to the challenges of their business. We are posting the link to the Marshmallow Challenge with the other conference follow-up materials. Our production team will be formatting the video and we will get that to you. We also conduct a follow up evaluation of the conference and I expect I will see some quotable comments about your session. I’ll be sure to pass those along when we get them. With your hectic travel schedule I imagine you have had very little time to rest after the difficult journey to be at our conference. Please know that the extra effort made a big difference for all of us. Many, many thanks.

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Unleash Your SuperpowersHow to Manage the Emerging Technologies Transforming Your Industry, Organization, and Job

This immersive, high-energy, and visually rich workshop helps you map the future of your work by charting how digital tools change the nature of value and where your specific industry and skills fall into this largely uncharted new terrain. This workshop turns what can be complex and overwhelming about new tech into simple, clear, and manageable action.

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The Future of MakingRevolutionizing How We Imagine, Create, & Distribute Products

Technology is moving at an extraordinary rate. But at the leading edge of innovation, designers are working in concert with it, as partners, to augment our intelligence and capabilities. As technology becomes cheaper, more powerful, and more widely available, we’re now witness to a democratizing force that’s letting us tackle the most challenging design problems on the planet.

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Technology
How Cloud Computing Is Transforming BusinessBorn in the Cloud

In this talk, chief disruptor Tom Wujec will illustrate the dramatic transformation Autodesk has made to the cloud—from delivering software products to providing comprehensive team-based service solutions. Being “Born in the Cloud” means much more than just off-loading applications to remote servers. Cloud computation creates fundamentally new value propositions, business models, and infrastruc...

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Innovation speaker Tom Wujec’s “Marshmallow Challenge” is a design experiment that reveals surprising lessons about teamwork, collaboration, and project management. Presented at TED, Tom’s experiment sounds simple enough:...

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Why is innovation so important to growth? And how can we innovate more effectively and efficiently? In this customizable talk, Tom answers these questions through striking images and practical lessons learned from his award-winning work with Fortune 100 companies. Tom’s talk is a rare chance to see innovation at work—to see how great companies come up with new ideas and bring them to market. To...

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