Margaret Heffernan is a respected keynote speaker, proud entrepreneur, CEO, and best-selling author. Having been named one of the Internets Top 100 by Silicon Reporter in 1999, her work throughout the business industry has been recognised by many different organisations during her career. Having followed her motto, ‘Let’s not play the game, let's change it’ throughout her whole career, she understands that a change needs to be implemented within our society and aims to educate a wider community through the speaking events she attends.
Starting her professional career as a Producer for the BBC, Margaret gained 13 years of experience within the company and developed her skillset in the media industry. With a positive reputation throughout the industry after showcasing her abilities with the BBC, she moved to the US where she fronted numerous multimedia products for Intuit, The Learning Company, and Standard&Poors. She gained the opportunity to fulfil roles such as Chief Executive of information Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and iCast Corporation.
Having developed an incredibly successful career, Margaret was nominated for multiple prestigious awards throughout her career, including being named one of the ‘Top 25’ by Streaming Media magazine and one of the ‘Top 100 Media Executives’ by The Hollywood Reporter. A woman of many talents, she has released seven best-selling books throughout her career which all focus on how our mindset can affect our success. With valuable expert knowledge to share, Margaret has delivered four TEDx Talks which has allowed her to share her opinions on many different business topics with a wider audience.
As a Professor of Practice at the University of Bath, Margaret Heffernan continues to share her knowledge and experience with the future CEOs and entrepreneurs of our society. With many years of industry experience, her expertise is greatly valuable for audiences of many different ages and backgrounds, which is why she has now become a highly sought-after speaker for many different events. When looking for an experienced speaker who will focus on business topics such as collaboration, wilful blindness, and human work, look no further than Margaret!
Books
A Bigger Prize: When No One Wins Unless Everyone Wins
Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes (Ted Books)
Uncharted: How to Map the Future
How to hire Margaret Heffernan
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Margaret Heffernan for your next event, today. To get in touch, simply call an official booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
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When hired for events, Margaret Heffernan will focus on topics such as:
- Collaboration: A Bigger Prize – Dr Heffernan discusses how organizations have specific routines and cultures that develop and enhance people who can work together effectively for years on end.
- Willful Blindness: How we ignore the obvious at our peril – Discussing the forces at work in corporate cultures that allow willful blindness to flourish and how to maximize it.
- Uncharted: How to think about an unpredictable future – Preparing companies for the age of uncertainty.
- Human Work – Discussing how there are fundamental mindsets and attitudes which will make organizations better able to be creative and responsive as the world changes. This talk derives from all of Dr Heffernan’s major work around collaboration, creativity, curiosity and the need for organizations of all kinds to stay connected to the societies they serve.
- 2020- Released Uncharted: How to Map the Future
- 2019- Delivered the TEDx Talk 'The Human Skills We Need in an Unpredictable World'
- 2016- Released More Than a Dream: Feminist Utopians
- 2015- Delivered the TEDx Talk 'Forget the Pecking Order at Work'
- 2015- Released Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes
- 2014- Released A Bigger Prize: No One Wins Unless Everyone Wins
- 2013- Delivered the TEDx Talk 'The Dangers of Willful Blindness'
- 2012- Delivered the TEDx Talk 'Dare to Disagree'
- 2011- Released Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril
- 2008- Released Women on Top: How Women Enterprises are Rewriting Business Success
- 2004- Released The Naked Truth: A Working Women’s Manifesto on Business and What Really matters
- Producer at BBC for 13 years
- Chief Executive of information Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and iCast Corporation
