Paul Sloane writes and speaks on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation. His career encompassed roles as Marketing Director, Managing Director, VP International and CEO of software companies giving him an enormous source of experience and wisdom in management and leadership. He is a recognized expert in lateral thinking and innovation and has written over 20 books – titles include The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, The Innovative Leader and Lateral Thinking for Every Day. He speaks at conferences and facilitates workshops for corporate clients. He has over 25,000 students for his online courses on Udemy. He is a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University, Lancaster Business School, Henley Business School and the Mumbai Institute of Technology. He is a recognized thought leader on innovation topics and has 40,000 followers on X. Corporate clients include: Airbus, AKQA, Bayer, Bertelsmann, Liverpool University Business School, Microsoft, Reckitt Benckiser, Glaxo Smith Kline, Nike, Novartis, Swarovski and Unilever. His Tedx talk on Youtube has over 170,000 views. It is entitled ‘Are You Open-Minded?’