Diego Gilardoni Speaker

Diego Gilardoni

Leadership Advisor, Futurist & International Speaker. Helping leaders to navigate global complexity

Diego Gilardoni is a leadership advisor and futurist providing strategic counsel to the C-Suite at the intersection of global business, corporate foresight, communication, and culture.

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Diego Gilardoni's 2024 biography

Diego Gilardoni International Speaker

A truly global speaker with a global mindset, Diego brings a rich and eclectic professional experience spanning different sectors, cultures, and continents at the nexus of global business, communication, and international affairs.

By building on a cross-disciplinary and international background as a journalist in Europe and in the US, and as a business consultant in China, Diego today wears many hats, as an executive advisor, strategist, author, cross-cultural business consultant and trainer, academic lecturer and a sought-after public speaker.

Thanks to his ability to draw wide, original, and insightful perspectives at the intersection of global business, communication, reputation, culture, strategy, and international affairs, in the last few years Diego has been invited to speak at corporate events and international conferences around the world.

He has also given a TEDx Talk on global communication and he is the Author of “Decoding China. Cross-cultural strategies for successful business with the Chinese”

As an expert in communication, reputation, and global affairs, Diego was appointed member of the International Advisory Board of the National Image Research Center of Tsinghua University in Beijing, the leading Think Tank providing advice to Chinese institutions and corporations on public and corporate diplomacy strategies.

He is also active as an academic lecturer and he was recently Visiting Professor in global business and corporate diplomacy at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

He earned a degree in History at the University of Fribourg, in Switzerland, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business (with a focus on global reputation and corporate diplomacy) at the University of Oxford, where he also completed the executive Oxford Scenarios Programme at Saïd Business School. He also holds an Executive Certificate in Advocacy in International Affairs from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and is a certified intercultural management consultant and trainer.

 

As an internationally recognized speaker, Diego draws on his cross-disciplinary knowledge and global experience to provide thought-provoking strategic intelligence to clients to help them imagine the future, anticipate risks and opportunities, and make sense of the geostrategic, technological, and cultural complexities impacting global business in an increasingly fragmented world.

Diego has lectured in different universities, including the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School and the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

A cultural broker between East and West, he is the author of Decoding China (2017) and was a member of the International Advisory Board of the National Image Research Centre at Tsinghua University.

A former journalist turned international advisor, Diego Gilardoni operates at the nexus between leadership, strategic foresight, communication, and global business with extensive experience across continents and cultures.

As a strategic foresight advisor pursues one mission: helping leaders and organisations navigate a VUCA world by achieving clarity around a future-proofed vision.

As a leadership communication advisor, Diego works with leaders to shape their strategic message by helping them create clarity around their vision.

As an expert in global business and intercultural management and communication, Diego works with international organisations to help them become truly global by turning cultural differences into a strategic asset.

Diego gave a TEDx Talk on global business and communication and is a sought-after speaker with extensive international experience.

Recent events of note include the Istanbul Global Leadership Forum, the Oman Business Forum, the World Communication Forum, the PWC Global Sports Summit, the EU-China Forum, the convention of The Leading Hotels of The World, and the annual conference of the China International Public Relations Association.

In June 2020, he was invited to speak at the “Recovery Summit”, the first and largest global virtual conference of the Covid Era, along with Nobel Laureates, international CEOs, and some of the most influential global thinkers of our time.

He is the author of Decoding China (2017) and has lectured in different universities, including the Judge Business School in Cambridge and the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

Diego is a Graduate in History from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business from the University of Oxford and an Executive Certificate in Advocacy in International Affairs from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.

He is an international Futurist and Strategic Foresight Practitioner certified by the Institute for the Future of Palo Alto, the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, and the Saïd Business School Oxford Scenarios Program.

As a recognised expert in Global Business and Culture, Diego holds certifications in Intercultural Management and Organisational Culture from Hofstede Insights, a global leading consulting and research firm in the field of culture and management.

Diego is a certified Executive Coach from the Academy of Executive Coaching in London and a certified Visionary Leadership Coach from the Oleg Konovalov Visionary Leadership Coaching Certification Program. He also holds a certification in Neuroleadership from the Neuroleadership Institute in New York.

Diego Gilardoni's 2024 talks & topics

Exploring the future to anticipate change

How to use the methodology of Strategic Foresight and Futures Thinking to anticipate the future and develop future-proofed leadership to manage change by anticipating it

Mega Trends and their impact on Global Business

Understanding the impact that the complex correlation of geopolitical, economic, technological, and cultural forces has on global business

Global Business in a Fragmented World

Analyzing the impact that the current geopolitical recession has on global business and on the global economic context, and the possible future developments

Navigating Global Complexity with a Global Mindset

Explaining how international companies can become truly global by adopting a global mindset rooted in cultural intelligence that allows them to turn cultural diversity into a strategic asset

The Diversity Dividend

How to leverage the power of diversity through intelligent inclusive strategies enabling better decision making and, by extension, better leadership

Strategic Narrative for better leadership

Effective leadership communication requires the ability to use the power of language to shape a strategic narrative that captures the vision and the mission of an organization. To craft a simple, yet not simplistic, message a leader needs to embrace complexity, because simplicity is nothing but resolved complexity.

Diego Gilardoni's 2024 speaking fees

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