The Creative Gorilla: Innovate to Learn; Don't Learn to Innovate

John began his career in the RAF. He went on to become a Senior Vice President with Visa International, focussing on innovation and transformation of services. John works internationally with medium to large organisations to help them make the most of opportunities. He is a Solution Focus Professional Facilitator and Coach, a Kaizen Training Black Belt Facilitator, a Group Mastery Facilitator and Buzan Mind Mapping Trainer. Based on his experience and training, he developed the Inn8 Approach to innovation. He has an MBA from the Open University, tutored on their Creativity, Innovation and Change MBA Course for 14 years and is a critical reader for a new course on this topic. He also tutors on the Open University course Making a Difference. He is the author of over 150 articles on these topics. With his Visa career and subsequent work, John has over 25 years of experience as a multi-cultural presenter and facilitator using Accelerated Learning and Creative tools to motivate and energise people. He works throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He works in a variety of sectors, including payments, construction, defence, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and public. His regular clients have included organisations such as Visa Inc., BT, CH2M Hill and EADS and he works with a variety of consulting companies as a meeting facilitator. John is married with two children, lives in London and enjoys walking, cycling and watching sport.