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The business world has changed and to stay ahead companies have to think, operate and scale differently. Companies need to adopt a new mindset and build distributed teams with a unique set of skills to succeed in new markets. A new strategic approach is necessary to better balance the need to localize with the complexity that localization creates. This talk will provide a playbook that teaches you how to build teams, manage a diverse international footprint, and balance cultural differences to scale globally by focusing locally. Whether your organization is just starting its global growth journey or is already operating in many international markets, you will learn the blueprint for effectively operating at global scale.

Learning Objectives:

1. Better understand how to build diverse global teams and leverage hidden catalysts for successful growth ("Interpreneurs")
2. Learn why the Lean Methodology doesn't work in a global context, and a new framework to manage the complexity that comes along with localizing in new markets
3. Gain insights into how to set up the structures and processes to support global growth, fostering two-way innovation

Speaker:

Aaron McDaniel is a globally recognized entrepreneur (3 exits), teacher (Berkeley Haas faculty), author, corporate manager (fmr. AT&T) and speaker. Aaron is the co-author of The Wall Street Journal and National Bestseller, Global Class, a playbook for how to build a global company, developed through interviewing more than 300 executives from 50+ countries who have scaled the world’s fastest-growing companies.

Aaron is currently a faculty member at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business (where he is also an alumnus), and is the co-founder of 10X Innovation Lab, an international consulting firm and accelerator helping corporations and governments across 4 continents build and leverage innovation ecosystems. 

Aaron began his corporate career at AT&T, as part of its flagship Leadership Development Program. He rose to become one of the youngest to serve as Regional Vice President (at age 27) and was an AT&T Diamond Club honoree, being part of the Top 1% of sales managers worldwide (out of an organization of 10,000+).  Aaron is also a serial entrepreneur, having founded 3 companies that were acquired (Pong360, Tycoon, Access Invest).

He is also the author of The Young Professional’s Guide to the Working World and The Young Professional’s Guide to Managing, has been featured in numerous media outlets including: Forbes, The Financial Times, Inc., Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CBSRadio, Entrepreneur, and US News & World Report, and is trusted by top companies including: the Ritz-Carlton, Microsoft, Deloitte Consulting, Wells Fargo, Principal Financial and UnitedHealth Group. Aaron is the Chairman of Project Giving Kids, a non-profit helping kids learn empathy through kid-appropriate volunteering opportunities, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Event Details:

Tuesday, May 30, 2023
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Free
Virtual