Gijs van Wulfen

Keynote speaker on innovation & design thinking

About

For 25 years, I’ve helped organisations by making innovation more effective, more disciplined and more successful. I am the creator of the FORTH Innovation Methodology, a proven approach that enables organisations to systematically develop and launch new products, services and business models. Today, FORTH is used by companies, public organisations and innovation teams around the world to deliver measurable innovation results. Check it out at: forth-innovation.com As an international keynote speaker, I work with leadership teams and conference audiences to challenge conventional thinking about innovation. My talks combine practical frameworks, real-world cases and engaging stories that inspire leaders to move from ambition to execution. Whether I’m advising executives, facilitating innovation programmes or speaking on stage, my mission remains the same: Helping organisations double innovation effectiveness through the FORTH Innovation Methodology. Inspiring leaders to turn innovation ambition into execution. If you’re looking to strengthen your organisation’s innovation capability, align your teams around execution, or bring a practical and inspiring keynote to your event, I’d be delighted to connect. Check out my speaker website: gijsvanwulfen.com for my inspiring speeches.

Education

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Master / December, 1999

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Master / December, 1988

HEAO Breda

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Marketing / December, 1980

COCD

Master, Creativity / December, 2005

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)

Master, Management Consultancy / December, 1999

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Master, Business Economics [Marketing] / December, 1988

University of Amsterdam

Master of Business Administration, Business Administration / 2005

Experience

FORTH Innovation Institute

Founder of the FORTH Innovation Institute and FORTH innovation methodology / January, 2008 — Present

Do you need to reinvent your business and create a culture for innovation in response to these dramatic times of change? I inspire you with my speeches, workshops and innovation methods, in a practical way, both 100% online and offline. I am honoured to be chosen by LinkedIn as Influencer on innovation, and I like to thank all of my 330.000+ followers.

Breaking Innovation Barriers

Author of 7 books on DesignThinking & Innovation f.e. Breaking Innovation Barriers (2024) / November, 2024 — Present

Future-Fit Manifesto

Contributing Author / January, 2021 — Present

Charter member of this highly-regarded, highly-impactful, and very forward-looking think tank. On the Twentieth Anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, we collectively crafted "The Future Fit Manifesto" - a manifesto that charges organizations with proactively shaping their futures, not simply reacting to the future as it unfolds - a recipe that no longer works given the pace of technological change we are witnessing. This think tank will constantly champion the cause of the Future Fit / Future Ready organization - organizations capable of remaining relevant to the world of today, while also resilient to the ongoing sea of change happening all about us. These are the organizations who will still be creating tremendous value - not years, not decades, but centuries from now.

Global Speaker, Trainer and Author on Innovation

Global online & 'live' speaker on Innovation (gijsvanwulfen.com) / December, 2002 — Present

Gijs van Wulfen is a recognised authority and keynote speaker on innovation and Design Thinking. He is an illustrative lyrical storyteller with an articulate informal style, which is full of humor, entertainment and insight. He has been keynoting for companies like NEC (Japan), 3M (USA), AIRBUS Group (France), ENZEN (India) and BIlfinger (Netherlands). He's a regular speaker at big innovation conferences like 'The South African Innovation Summit, 'The Turkish Innovation Week', 'The Polish Innovation Day' and 'The 3rd Innovation Forum' in Porto Alegre (Brazil). Movies and reviews of his performances you find at gijsvanwulfen.com

FORTH Innovation Method

Founder FORTH Innovation Method / December, 2002 — Present

Gijs is the founder of the FORTH innovation method and help organisations to jump start innovation by facilitating this effective method. It helps them creating a culture for innovation. His clients are both companies in industry and services and non profit organisations looking for innovative products, - services, business models or new markets. His focus is on new product development, new service development, innovation strategy and innovation management. He works all over the globe.

Boer & Croon

Associate Partner / April, 2000 — December, 2002

Management and Innovation Consulting

EY

Executive consultant / September, 1994 — March, 2000

Management -, Marketing and Innovation Consulting

CSM (Honig, Red Band Venco)

Group Product Manager / February, 1988 — August, 1994

Marketing and Innovation

Links & Social Media

Personal Web Site

FORTH innovation methodology

LinkedIn 300.000+ followers

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