Matt did a great job of connecting with the audience; he was extremely credible and knew his material. The feedback we received has been overwhelmingly positive, and would be interested in future presentations.
Matthew E. May
Biography
Matthew E. May is an internationally recognized thought leader on strategy, innovation, and lean. Founder and CEO of StratInnoSys and creator of The Idea Score, he specializes in helping executives craft innovative strategies and build the capabilities to implement them.
Matthew has written five books on innovative thinking. His work has appeared in The New York Times, INC Magazine, Strategy+Business, The Rotman Magazine, Fast Company, and Harvard Business Review.
In his talks, Matthew blends his frontline experience with research from his books in order to deliver useful concepts with immediate application, and aims to achieve four things in every address: 1. inspire new thinking; 2. share a unique perspective; 3. tell compelling stories; and 4. deliver practical takeaways.
Matthew holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BA from Johns Hopkins University, but counts winning the New Yorker cartoon caption contest as one of his most creative achievements.
Matthew E. May
Featured Keynote Programs
Elegant Leadership
Secrets to Achieving Maximum Effect With Minimum Means
In this compelling keynote, Matthew reveals how the best leaders spur creativity and innovation among their ranks by imposing intelligent constraints.
Competing For The Future
The Art of Playing to Win
In this talk, Matthew shows leaders how to begin with a winning aspiration, then answer two deceptively simple questions: Where will you play? and How will you win? Blending compelling examples with stories from years of front-line experience facilitating strategy sessions, this keynote delivers a master class on competing for the future.
Mind of the Innovator
How Game-Changers “Think Different”
In this compelling keynote, Matthew takes the audience inside the minds of the world’s most creative executives and entrepreneurs to reveal how they crush the status quo, write their own rules, change the game, and move the world.
Elegant Solutions
Success Through Simplicity
In this thought-provoking exploration of why certain events, products, and people capture our attention and imaginations, Matthew reveals the key to innovative breakthrough in fields ranging from physics and marketing to design and popular culture, and sheds light on the power of simplicity and subtraction in business, work and life, while offering surprising evidence that the best ideas have something missing…on purpose.