Ideas – and the actions they trigger – have the power to change the world. It’s a mantra that propels organizations and individuals alike to innovate, push boundaries, and stimulate change and progress. It’s also a mission shared by all the thought leaders Simply Life India Speakers Bureau represents. And it’s why Sixteen of them made the just-released Thinkers50 2017 Ranking.

Given to the management thinkers and doers making the greatest impact on their fields, this recognition is just one more validation that our Speakers work is actively shaping the future of business. We are proud to know, collaborate with, and represent every one of them.

 JULIEN BIRKINSHAW
is Professor and Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School. He has PhD and MBA degrees in Business from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, and a BSc (Hons) from the University of Durham. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Stockholm School of Economics, 2009.

Professor Birkinshaw’s main area of expertise is in the strategy and management of large multinational corporations, and on such specific issues as corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, subsidiary-headquarters relationship, knowledge management, network organizations, and global customer management. He is the author of eleven other books, including Reinventing Management: Smarter Choices for Getting Work Done (Revised and Updated Edition 2012), Giant Steps in Management (2007), Inventuring: Why Big Companies Must Think Small (2003), Leadership the Sven-Goran Eriksson Way (2002) and Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm (2001), and over seventy articles in such journals as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Strategy Management Journal and Academy of Management Journal. He is active as a consultant and executive educator to many large companies, including Rio Tinto, SAP, GSK, ABB, Ericsson, Kone, Petrofac, WPP, Bombardier, Sara Lee, HSBC, Akzo Nobel, Roche, Thyssen Krupp, UBS, PWC, Coloplast, BBC, Unilever and Novo Nordisk.

In 1998 the leading British Management magazine Management Today profiled Professor Birkinshaw as one of six of the “Next Generation of Management Gurus”. He is regularly quoted in international media outlets, including CNN, BBC, The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and The Times. He speaks regularly at business conferences in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia.

Professor Birkinshaw is co-founder with best-selling author Gary Hamel of the Management Innovation Lab (MLab), a unique partnership between academia and business that is seeking to accelerate the evolution of management.

What makes our clients happy? Speakers who consistently go above and beyond. You can count on these favorites to be on-time, attend breakfasts or meet and Greet sessions, make time for Q&A, and always go the extra mile. Simply put, they will make you look good:

CAPT. RAGHU RAMAN_ : ​Distinguished Fellow - ORF , Author, former CEO NATGRID, ex-soldier & UN Peacekeeper. Former Captain in the  Indian Army  Columnist, Author, Keynote Speaker and Faculty for Leadership, Strategy & Change Management.
" ​The leadership talk on the Siachen Glacier was one of the most inspiring presentations I have heard in recent times. Raman a very clear persuasive presentation style and the content that has been put together makes me proud to be an Indian. " 

PRAKASH IYER : Motivational Speaker, Leadership Coach. Bestselling author of The Habit of Winning & the Secret of Leadership. 
“Prakash was a delight. He has the perfect combination of down-to-earth humor, genuine likeability, and frank, hard-earned business sense to relate to diverse audience members.”

JAMLING TENZING NORGAY  : Jamling Tenzing Norgay is an Indian-Nepalese Sherpa Everest climber He is the son of Tenzing Norgay the first man to Climb Mount Everest. In his illustrated presentation, Touching My Father’s Soul – An Odyssey to the Top of Everest, Jamling brings to life a profound and compelling adventure, interweaving the lives of a family, a mountain and a people, and of climbers facing nearly insurmountable obstacles.  It is a story of disaster, triumph, professionalism and the resilience of the human spirit.  
“Our audience was spellbound with his demeanor.  He is so professional, so generous, so thoughtful … need I go on?” 

HARSHA & ANITA BHOGLE : Harsha and Anita  run a successful corporate speaking enterprise Prosearch Consultants and conduct a motivational series called The Winning Way --Lessons from sport for managers. It has received around 400 invitations. Harsha and Anita have also co-authored a book by the same name  that has sold over 100,000 copies and become a national bestseller.

ERIC SIEGEL : Former Columbia University professor founder of Predictive Analytics World and Text Analytics World, author of 'Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict  Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die. 
“I wish all of the speakers we hire were as effective and easy to get along with as Eric!" 

ROBIN SPECULAND  : Best Selling Author and Strategy Specialist. Robin Speculand is a global pioneer and specialist in strategy implementation and is driven in assisting leaders to successfully execute their strategy. He is the founder and Chief Executive of Bridges Business Consultancy Int and the creator of the Implementation Hub portal, the first portal in the world dedicated to strategy implementation. Robin is the first author in the world to publish three books on implementation. The international bestselling book Bricks to Bridges – Make Your Strategy Come Alive, set the benchmark for new thinking in his field.
" The perfect score says it all.  Robin’s presentation at our Global HR Conference inspired us to lead in uncertain times, gave us pages of real-world tactics to accelerate productivity and – in the end – moved us to open doors of possibility as individuals and as a team that left us feeling energized, empowered and confident we can make a difference individually and collectively.”
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