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A Matrix Thinking updates - The network is expanding!

Below, a short video from the Melboure TEDX event:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cET09XpyzEg

Stop Press: 1. Roger has just completed the second in the inventors series of videos with Deloitte. These will be available to subscribers to the Deloitte Innovation Academy (DIA).

2.  In Turkey during April this year Roger trained some eight Matrix Thinking trainers who are now out working in industry under the management of the Matrix Thinking agent there, a company that has some 700 affiliates under its umbrella. In November this year Roger will be delivering the key note at their annual conference in Istanbul. This event draws more than 1,500 people from many countries and is a major event in Istanbul every year.

3.  Roger has just completed a series of 12 x ten minute videos with Deloitte on Matrix Thinking and how it can be used to inspire new thinking, innovation and opportunity capture, and further to show how these skills can be embedded into a business.

4.   Roger has again been engaged to deliver lectures in India in 2012 to many MBA students. As before students undertake 12 hours of lectures then sit a formal two hour written exam that counts toward the awarding of their MBA.

5. In Puerto Rico, one of the top business schools that Roger claims to have ever seen, (and he has worked in many), a Master's student is doing a two year thesis study into Matrix Thinking, its usefullness and effectiveness in industry. The work will be peer reviewed and is expected to be published in mid 2012. His mentor for this work in a former Dean of the business school and a past President of the International Council of Small Business.

6. Work in Colombia is ramping up with Roger's latest book now being translated into Spanish for use in the South American market.

The following is an endorsement received from the interpreter used on Roger's last trip.

As a Spanish to English translator in South America I have worked with many experts.

Indeed, in South America we seem to have an endless troupe of American and European experts preaching innovation and entrepreneurship at conferences and universities, including many who are well-recognized names in those fields. In July 2010 I had the unique pleasure of working at many events with Roger La Salle and his Matrix Thinking methodology. His material, presentations and workshops are without any doubt the most engaging, simplest and valuable method I have ever experienced. In fact during his work I found it quite impossible not to come up with the next big thing in any of the many market sectors he touched on, and this was evident also within the groups he worked with. This material is invaluable and directly targeted at practical outcomes for businesses of any type. I commend this highly.

Tjebbe Donner

Official Translator and Interpreter

Mobile: (+57) 315 5590755

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Medellin, Colombia.

The event even made Colombian Television after delivery of a two hour key note to over 1,100 people in Medellin. The link is below, if you can understand Spanish:

http://www.rutanmedellin.org/protagonistas/Paginas/matriz_del_pensamiento_de_lasalle_video.aspx

 

An indorsement from one of the top executives in The National Australia Bank :

"Wow! Roger held an audience of NAB People & Culture team members spellbound with his insightful, action oriented approach to innovation. Applying lateral thinking, he sees opportunities everywhere and turns complexity and the threat of the unknown into exciting business opportunities. Without doubt Roger La Salle is one of the most inspirational speakers and writers of our time."

Mr Jim Young,

Executive General Manager

National Australia Bank

People and Culture, Group Business Services

Following this Roger has now been engaged to deliver a series or workshops to this group, comprising in total some 5,000 people. This is a great endorsement for Matrix Thinking.

7. Matrix Thinking is now available on the Deloitte Innovation Academy (DIA) web site. Soon an interactive matrix thinking portal will also be available. This is presently being developed by Deloitte Digital and will be a huge value add for DIA users.

8. Finally after almost 12 months in gestation Roger’s new book, his fourth entitled “Innovate or Perish” is   available . Orders for this book that address innovation and metrics for the services sector are already in hand.

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9. In Europe Matrix Thinking was trialled in two companies with a formal independent assessment by a consulting group at the conclusion. The results were outstanding and matrix thinking is now being rolled out across a wide number of jurisdictions under funding from the Government. This is again a huge endorsement.

10. Malaysian Television Evening news highlighted Rogers’s conference event in KL. This event was attended by some 350 CEO’s.

See the link: http://www.nama.com.my/wmv/20080909_T60_BTV-0430PM_3.WMV

11. Due to increased demand Roger has now commenced formally assisting companies with the commercialisation and strategy development for new products and initiatives. This has been added to this site as an offering by popular demand.

12. Finally,the "La Salle Matrix Thinking Course Notes and Workshop Session Manual" has now been revised, refined and updated yet again. The new edition includes further information on KPI's, Management Reporting, Value Chain players, Embedding Innovation and Innovation Circles. The manual now also has extensive content on innovating service industries, a must for most western economies that are now heavily service based.

The manual has now expanded to some 180 plus A4 pages and is absolutely packed with new business innovation and opportunity capture insights.

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