Paul Sloane

Lateral Thinking Expert

Paul Sloane is well known as a thought provoking, entertaining and motivational speaker. He is the author of 20 books on lateral puzzles, creative problem-solving and lateral leadership. He helps organisations gain competitive advantage through innovation. In recent years, he has integrated cutting-edge tools like AI into his strategies for boosting innovation.

"Recognised expert on innovation, lateral thinking and leadership"

Topics

AI and Lateral Thinking – Can Generative AI boost your Creativity and Innovation?
Start more Fires! – How Great Leaders Manage Risk and Empower Innovation
The Six Obstacles to Innovation in Your Business
Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing
Transforming your Culture – Replacing Comfort with Agility
The Golden Rules of Lateral Thinking in Business

Languages

Paul presents in English.

How he presents

Paul provides highly entertaining and provocative presentations that both challenge people’s working assumptions and inspire audiences to take a fresh view in approaching management and leadership issues.

Publications

2023
Lateral Thinking for Every Day: Extraordinary Solutions to Ordinary Problems
2017
The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills
2016
Think like an Innovator
2011
A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing: Advice from Leading Experts in the Field
2010
How to be a Brilliant Thinker: Exercise your mind and find creative solutions
2008
Captivating Lateral Thinking Puzzles (Mensa) (with Des MacHale)
2007
The Innovative Leader: How to Inspire Your Team and Drive Creativity

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In Detail

In presentations on AI and Lateral Thinking, Paul demonstrates how generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini can be powerful allies in creative problem-solving and business innovation. He shows how AI can augment human creativity and explains the ways AI can help teams think outside the box, sparking new ideas and solutions to challenges that traditional approaches might overlook. Paul’s stellar career started in IBM where he came top of Sales School. He was part of the team that launched the IBM PC in the UK. Paul then went on to be Managing Director of the database leaders, Ashton-Tate. He became VP International for MathSoft Inc. and CEO of Monactive Ltd.

What he offers you

Paul’s talks offer a unique blend of puzzling challenges and hard-hitting business messages. They are motivational, stimulating and fun but with strong takeaway themes on leadership, creativity and innovation.