APF First Friday: Disruption as a Springboard for Creating Impact & Sustainable Value

About the session: Disruption as a Springboard for Creating Impact & Sustainable Value

Get an advance preview of Roger Spitz’s next book slated for publication in September 2024 - Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World. The world does not need another generic techno-optimist book narrowly focused on formulaic innovation or business optimization recipes. Rather than getting bogged down by fleeting trends, this book prioritizes signals over noise, investigating the fundamentals of underlying change and evaluating their next-order impacts. From tackling major challenges like sustainability and artificial intelligence to navigating geopolitical shifts, disinformation and cybersecurity risks, be empowered to explore uncharted waters with a compass calibrated for the unpredictable. Roger has dedicated his career to advising boards, leadership teams, and investors on strategy under uncertainty. The book distills the futures intelligence garnered from a rich tapestry of experiences. It discards tired and outdated formulas, recognizing the diminishing effectiveness of pre-cooked playbooks in our unpredictable world. Ultimately the true impact of innovation isn’t in its disruptiveness. Rather, it lies in its ability to ignite hope, unlock new possibilities, and catalyze positive transformations across systems.

Our Speaker:

Roger Spitz

Roger Spitz is President of Techistential (Climate & Strategic Foresight) and Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute in San Francisco. His organizations guide CEOs, founders, and boards in evaluating strategy under uncertainty, anticipating disruptions, and sustainable value creation. Roger also serves on multiple boards focused on anticipatory governance, sustainability, AI & ethics, venture capital (VC), and academia. He is an expert advisor to the World Economic Forum’s Global Foresight Network, board member of Teach The Future, a Climatebase Fellow, and on the board of Lux Carbon Standard (Brazil’s first carbon credit certifier). Roger authored five books, including the bestselling collection “The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption,” whose frameworks, adopted by organizations worldwide, have featured in Fast Company, Gartner, INC. Magazine, Institute of Directors, Journal of Futures Studies, MIT Technology Review, and WIRED. A strong advocate for startups, he is a partner at Vektor Partners (VC fund), and an advisor to Berkeley SkyDeck. Previously, Roger led Global Technology M&A at BNP Paribas, advising on over 50 transactions totaling $25 billion. He launched the bank’s US M&A practice in San Francisco and built its European Technology & Digital Corporate Finance advisory franchises in London & Paris. Bilingual English & French, Roger has lived in 10 different cities across three continents.

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