Jim Collins
www.JimCollins.com
Jim Collins will challenge entrepreneurs to think about the key drivers that separate great institutions from mediocre ones, and how good organizations can become great. He will draw upon nearly 20 years of research that led to his books Built to Last and Good to Great, as well as his monograph Good to Great and the Social Sectors. Jim will also share perspectives from his new research regarding the question of how greatness can be attained in environments characterized by immense turbulence and sustained so that a company does not fall from great to good.
Biography
Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies -- how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored four books, including the classic BUILT TO LAST, a fixture on the Business Week best seller list for more than six years, and has been translated into 29 languages. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company.
Jim's most recent book, GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … And Others Don't attained long-running positions on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week best seller lists, has sold 3 million hardcover copies since publication and has been translated into 35 languages, including such languages as Latvian, Mongolian and Vietnamese.
Driven by a relentless curiosity, Jim began his research and teaching career on the faculty at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. In 1995, he founded a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, where he now conducts research and teaches executives from the corporate and social sectors. Jim holds degrees in business administration and mathematical sciences from Stanford University, and honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado and the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.
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Dewitt Jones
www.DewittJones.com
Keynote Session: Extraordinary Visions
Where do we find the vision to take our lives to the next level? How do we summon the passion to keep “raising the bar”? How can we make our life less of a struggle and more of a joy? For photographer and creativity expert, Dewitt Jones, the answers to these questions lie in the images we hold of ourselves, our future and the way in which we grow.
In his 20-year career with National Geographic, Dewitt lived the vision of “celebrating what’s right with the world” and embraced an attitude that took him to new heights, both in business and in life. He found that the creative tools he employed as a photographer had an even deeper application when applied directly to his personal and professional growth.
His session, “Extraordinary Visions,” is an hour of both motivation and inspiration. Using his own extraordinary photographs as illustrations, Dewitt weaves a visual tapestry of emotion and content— one that lets you touch your own passion, balance your head with your heart and come away inspired with your own creative potential!
BiographyDewitt Jones is one of America’s top professional photographers with a career stretching more than 25 years. As a motion picture director, he had two films nominated for Academy Awards before he was 30.
Turning to advertising, Dewiit rose to the forefront of corporate creative marketing by photographing national advertising campaigns for Dewar’s Scotch, Canon and United Airlines.
He has published nine books, inlcuding California!, Visions Of Wilderness, What The Road Passes By, Robert Frost, A Tribute To The Source, Canyon Country and John Muir’s High Sierra. His most recent book, The Nature of Leadership, was created in collaboration with Stephen R. Covey (author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People). Dewitt’s column, “Basic Jones,” appears monthly in Outdoor Photographer magazine.
