Flamingos (photo) are endangered, partly because of their inability to adapt fast enough to changes in their environment. Similar points apply to industry leaders and to individuals: update or lose out. I and my global colleagues help organisations and entrepreneurs to adapt and excel. We work with clients to ensure they can: re-cognize (meaning re-think) trends and opportunities; build capacity for change and entrepreneurship; better anticipate and prepare for major challenges; support their ecosystem and their wider community; tune strategies; and refine and implement action plans.

About me:

Currently, I am the Scientific Director of a major European R&D project (context: manufacturing; relevant to open innovation, entrepreneurship, collective intelligence and rapid competence development); Senior Research Fellow (futures, technology enhanced learning); Visiting Professor; Director of Innovation; Chief Scientific Officer; Non-executive director; Serial investor and advisor to high-tech knowledge brokerages and start-ups; global consultant on strategy and execution in demanding areas. For more, see here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lefrere

Academic collaboration: [email protected]

Commercial collaboration: [email protected]

Current and planned projects look at information architectures for innovation, smart cities, tech transfer and social justice agendas; and collaboratories for entrepreneurs, start-ups and students.