After Dinner Speakers
Strategy & Innovation Expert, Founder of Outthinker and Bestselling Author
A repeatable process to outthink and outmanoeuvre competitors, whatever the industry or pace of change.
An age of accelerating technology, disruption and uncertainty asks leaders to think strategically themselves and to enable their teams to think boldly, share ideas and act. Teams need practical tools and frameworks that combine AI, technology, contextual knowledge and human creativity.
According to Outthinker research, companies that activate this mindset are six times more likely to recruit and retain top talent and three times more likely to outperform financially. Kaihan shares his five-step framework and a toolset audiences can apply immediately.
Participants will leave with:
- Insights into the technologies, trends and approaches used by companies leading their markets
- The Outthinker IDEAS Process, a framework for strategic thinking and growth that reduces risk and creates optionality
- Actionable strategies for future readiness
- Clarity, confidence and energy to move forward
Unleashing Agile
Turn agility from a buzzword into a measurable competitive advantage.
In a world of accelerated change, leaders must rapidly observe, analyse and connect information to seize opportunities and defend against threats. Mental agility is now a core business skill.
In this interactive keynote, Kaihan shares a framework and tools for agile problem solving and strategic thinking in everyday work, with stories chosen for your event and a playbook of the five strategies agile disruptors use to beat the competition.
Participants will leave with:
- A framework for agile thinking and analysis that anyone in any role can use
- A stronger ability to connect seemingly unrelated information to spot opportunities and risks
- A playbook of the top five strategies used by agile disruptors today
- A boost of energy and confidence to tackle their work
Proximity Revolution: Leading Beyond Disruption
Navigate a future shaped by AI, data and technology, where the only certainty is change.
Based on Proximity, the book Kaihan co-wrote with Robert C. Wolcott and shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award in 2025, this keynote shows how one idea helps leaders turn disruption into clarity. Kaihan makes sense of forces such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, data proliferation, renewable energy, virtual reality, quantum computing, 3D printing and new ways of working.
Leaders leave with a Proximity Roadmap and the practical tools to take bold action.
Participants will learn:
- How megatrends such as generative AI, 3D printing, precision agriculture, dark factories and renewable energy affect their business, and how to harness them for growth and resilience
- How to build a Proximity Roadmap in three steps
- How to prepare their organisation and people with the mindsets needed to lead through change
- Where to rethink growth plans, innovation and investment, operations and customer expectations
Driving Innovation from Within: Drive growth, agility and resilience by turning employees into intrapreneurs
Make strategic thinking and innovation a culture, not a department.
Kaihan's research challenges the story of the disruptive start-up: 70% of society's most transformative innovations were conceived inside large established organisations. Companies with active intrapreneur networks are three times more likely to be in the top quintile of financial performance and enjoy a sixfold advantage in recruiting and retaining top talent.
Using his IN-OVATE framework, Kaihan gives intrapreneurs a playbook to navigate barriers, overcome resistance and drive transformation without leaving their jobs.
Participants will leave with:
- The IN-OVATE Framework, with tools to identify and overcome the seven blockers of innovation
- Five mindsets and habits of successful intrapreneurs
- How to take smart risks and test ideas within the time and resource limits of a large organisation
- How to lead and build support structures that encourage innovation
- The intent to innovate even when innovation is not part of their job title
Be the Disruptor, Not the Disrupted
Clarity and confidence to lead disruption rather than fall victim to it.
Artificial intelligence, digitisation, robotics, climate change, political instability, deglobalisation and the rise of purpose-driven enterprises are reshaping every industry and dividing companies into the disruptors and the disrupted.
Kaihan has spent decades studying patterns of disruption. In this practical keynote he shares a design-thinking process to spark disruptive ideas and drive results, illustrated with stories of innovation successes and failures.
Participants will leave with:
- A framework for agile thinking and analysis that applies to any situation
- An understanding of the trends and disruptors shaping their industry
- A framework to generate and evaluate strategic options and innovations
- The Outthinker Playbook: the top five strategies used by disruptors today
- A tool to keep valuable "crazy" ideas alive and turn them into winning moves
Outside-In Strategy: Expanding Your Strategic Aperture
See around corners and spot solutions, opportunities and threats before competitors do.
The greatest threats and the boldest growth opportunities rarely come from industry peers. They come from unexpected players applying ideas, business models and technologies from outside the industry.
Drawing on decades of research into outperformers and more than 500 conversations a year with C-suite executives, Kaihan takes teams through strategic approaches, business models and mindsets from other industries, with a process and tools to put Outside-In thinking into action.
Participants will leave with:
- A sharper ability to see around corners, reduce risk and cover blind spots
- Fresh insights into business models and strategies succeeding in other industries
- A repeatable framework to develop, prioritise and test a portfolio of Outside-In options
- A broader strategic aperture for driving growth and resilience
Trends, Tech, and Forces: Threats and opportunities defining the year ahead
A clear view of what is next and how to act on it today.
Leaders must track AI, API automation, platform thinking and predictive data systems while managing regulatory shifts, global uncertainty, talent transformation and sustainability.
Drawing on insights from chief strategy officers across industries and years of trend tracking, Kaihan outlines the trends, technologies and strategic opportunities that will shape the coming year, and challenges leaders to shape the future rather than only sense it. The content is refreshed every year.
Participants will leave with:
- An understanding of the key trends shaping the future
- Clarity on the big picture and its implications for their business
- A framework to identify immediate opportunities and get ahead of change
- Energy to lead in an era of complexity and ambiguity
