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Diego Gilardoni Speaker

Diego Gilardoni

Leadership Advisor, Futurist & International Speaker. Helping leaders to navigate global complexity

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Notability

  • Author , 
  • Futurist

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  • After Dinner Engagement , 
  • Boardroom Advisory , 
  • Coaching , 
  • Consultancy , 
  • Entertainment , 
  • Event Hosting , 
  • Executive Training , 
  • Guest Appearance , 
  • Masterclass , 
  • Panel Participation , 
  • Speaking , 
  • Training and Workshops , 
  • TV and Media

Themes

  • Communication , 
  • Corporate Culture , 
  • Cross Cultural Management , 
  • Decision Making , 
  • Diversity, Equality and Inclusion , 
  • Future Trends , 
  • Global Affairs , 
  • Global Business , 
  • Global Strategy , 
  • Global Thinking , 
  • Globalization , 
  • International Affairs , 
  • International Relations , 
  • Journalism , 
  • Leadership , 
  • Managing Uncertainty , 
  • Media , 
  • Organizational Culture , 
  • Persuasion and Influence , 
  • Presentation Skills , 
  • Public Relations , 
  • Storytelling , 
  • Strategic Planning , 
  • The Future , 
  • Vision and Purpose

Biography highlights

Diego Gilardoni is a leadership advisor and futurist providing strategic counsel to the C-Suite at the intersection of global business, corporate foresight, communication, and culture.

Biography

As an internationally recognized speaker, Diego draws on his cross-disciplinary knowledge and global experience to provide thought-provoking strategic intelligence to clients to help them imagine the future, anticipate risks and opportunities, and make sense of the geostrategic, technological, and cultural complexities impacting global business in an increasingly fragmented world.

Diego has lectured in different universities, including the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School and the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

A cultural broker between East and West, he is the author of Decoding China (2017) and was a member of the International Advisory Board of the National Image Research Centre at Tsinghua University.

A former journalist turned international advisor, Diego Gilardoni operates at the nexus between leadership, strategic foresight, communication, and global business with extensive experience across continents and cultures.

As a strategic foresight advisor pursues one mission: helping leaders and organisations navigate a VUCA world by achieving clarity around a future-proofed vision.

As a leadership communication advisor, Diego works with leaders to shape their strategic message by helping them create clarity around their vision.

As an expert in global business and intercultural management and communication, Diego works with international organisations to help them become truly global by turning cultural differences into a strategic asset.

Diego gave a TEDx Talk on global business and communication and is a sought-after speaker with extensive international experience.

Recent events of note include the Istanbul Global Leadership Forum, the Oman Business Forum, the World Communication Forum, the PWC Global Sports Summit, the EU-China Forum, the convention of The Leading Hotels of The World, and the annual conference of the China International Public Relations Association.

In June 2020, he was invited to speak at the “Recovery Summit”, the first and largest global virtual conference of the Covid Era, along with Nobel Laureates, international CEOs, and some of the most influential global thinkers of our time.

He is the author of Decoding China (2017) and has lectured in different universities, including the Judge Business School in Cambridge and the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.

Diego is a Graduate in History from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business from the University of Oxford and an Executive Certificate in Advocacy in International Affairs from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.

He is an international Futurist and Strategic Foresight Practitioner certified by the Institute for the Future of Palo Alto, the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, and the Saïd Business School Oxford Scenarios Program.

As a recognised expert in Global Business and Culture, Diego holds certifications in Intercultural Management and Organisational Culture from Hofstede Insights, a global leading consulting and research firm in the field of culture and management.

Diego is a certified Executive Coach from the Academy of Executive Coaching in London and a certified Visionary Leadership Coach from the Oleg Konovalov Visionary Leadership Coaching Certification Program. He also holds a certification in Neuroleadership from the Neuroleadership Institute in New York.

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