Paul D. Roberts

About Paul D. Roberts

Paul\'s mission is help organizations see the future and create their place in it - To guide you to those moments of courage when we realize Our Future is More Important than Our Past - Your Future, Your Team’s Future, Your Organization’s Future, Our Collective Future. As Senior Partner with Be Courageous, Paul & the BC team\'s mission is to to guide you to those moments of courage when we realize Our Future is More Important than Our Past - Your Future, Your Team’s Future, Your Organization’s Future, Our Collective Future. As a Pragmatic Futurist and ongoing Faculty of Singularity Group he has given 300+ talks to global audiences on a range of topics, including multiple Exponential Technologies, Digital Transformation, building Exponential Organizations, Leadership & Strategy in an Exponential Age, and the Future of.He has led programs for such global companies as Novartis, Barclays, LG, Standard Bank, Sanlam, Barclays, Lloyds, UBS, Kraft Heinz, Lufthansa, Caterpillar, Cosan Group, and multiple Private Equity Companies. Paul co-created and acted as the chief exponential guide of Singularity Group\'s Exponential Innovation Program in Silicon Valley, and teaches with the business schools IAE in Buenos Aires, and ESADE in Barcelona. As a professional innovation designer, facilitator, and coach with Synecticsworld, Paul worked with an array of Global Fortune 250 companies to grow their organizations through breakthrough strategies, products, services and business processes. Working with teams at Synecticsworld, he custom designed, developed, and delivered projects that took clients to the next level of thinking on new, competitive strategies and offerings. Paul has a Masters Degree in Economics, from Queen\'s University in Canada, where he focused on secondary market buybacks in the Latin American debt crisis. At Standard & Poor’s DRI (now IHS Global Insights) Paul worked with clients to conceive and develop innovative economic studies to clarify the impact of their issues by congressional voting districts.Paul also has over 50 network acting TV and film credits, created the TV drama series “PINCH” for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, and produced and marketed the feature film Eating and Weeping under the banner of Handbag Pictures, LCC.Innovation is more than the dominion of the curious, it is an inherent human condition, and when brought to life, can change the World. I look forward to joining you on your journey to change. Build an Abundant Future Together!

Experience

1. Faculty, Exponential Innovation and Change

   Singularity University

   Nov 2018 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Paul is Expert Faculty for Singularity University Programs in the United States and around the world. He provides both keynotes and full program facilitation to Singularity\'s global clients.

Education

• Queen's University

  BScH, Life Sciences

  1985 — 1989

• Queen's University

  MA, Economics - Development

  1991 — 1992

Skills

• Writing
• Market Research
• Screenwriting
• Idea Generation
• Synectics
• Business Strategy
• Directing
• Economic Research
• Consulting
• Customer Insight
• Creative Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Videography
• Recruiting
• Social Media Marketing
• Innovation Management
• Short Films
• Public Speaking
• Independent Film
• Television
• Management Consulting
• Innovation Consulting
• Acting
• Organizational Development
• Scrum
• Executive Coaching
• Economic Development
• Marketing
• Sales
• Workshop Facilitation
• Strategy
• Creative Problem Solving
• Screenwriter
• Economics
• Training
• Film Editing
• Team Building
• International Development
• Ideation
• Strategic Planning