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Cris Beswick

London

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London

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About Cris

Having spent over a decade as a successful entrepreneur in the design industry, Cris is now recognised globally as a thought leader on innovation strategy, leadership and culture and a pioneer in the field of measuring innovation maturity. As a strategic advisor, he’s helped some of the world’s most ambitious CEOs, leaders, companies, and governments solve their most complex innovation challenges.

Based in London but working internationally Cris is a Visiting Professor of Innovation at several of the world’s leading Business Schools and a regular keynote speaker at global innovation conferences. He is also co-founder of the boutique innovation advisory firm OUTCOME.

As a leading thinker on the strategy, leadership & culture required for innovation and shaping the future of organisations, Cris works as a trusted advisor, helping senior leaders become pioneers, 10x thinkers and future shapers.

All businesses Cris chooses to engage with are designed to help clients create the vital roadmap, dialogue, action and behaviour around business innovation, aligning it to the core corporate strategy, creating the leaders needed to drive it and developing the right culture to allow it to thrive.

Cris also works with CEOs and senior teams to help inform and steer the strategic development and implementation of innovation capability and culture programmes. Acting as an expert/critical friend to provide the expert lens and help challenge the norm through high-level strategic advice, board-level facilitation and expert external perspective.

A serial entrepreneur with several successful exits under his belt, and a core desire to help businesses drive innovation, stay ahead of the curve with strategic thinking and craft an environment that fosters excellence, is now looking to add a Non-Executive role to his already impressive portfolio where a board and its key stakeholders can benefit from his drive for success.


Cris's Career History

The Innovators CoLab

Member of the global advisory board

January 2022 - Ongoing

The Innovation Co-Lab is a creativity incubator, focused on exploring how new and emerging technologies can fundamentally reshape the research, academic, and service missions of the university. Working with our innovation-minded colleagues around campus, we're building a model program that will elevate and inspire members of the Duke Community who are solving problems, big and small, through our ever-changing technological environment. Students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds, interests, and skill-sets are encouraged to participate.

The Global Innovation Institute

Member of the global advisory board

January 2022 - Ongoing

Future-Fit Manifesto

Contributing Author

January 2021 - Ongoing

Gosport and Fareham MAT

Chairman Of The Board

January 2020 - Ongoing

OUTCOME

Co-founder

January 2018 - Ongoing

Universidad ICESI

Visiting Professor for Innovation Culture

January 2012 - Ongoing

Sectors

+ Automotive Business Services Construction Creative Digital Energy Engineering Environmental FMCG / Retail Hospitality / Events Management Consulting Manufacturing Media Oil & Gas Pharmaceutical Private Equity Professional Services Property Technology