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Mike Harris
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Founder and former CEO of First Direct and Egg, Mike Harris is a renowned conference speaker on leadership, innovation, customer service, technology and strategy. He is currently Chairman and co-founder of digital identity experts Garlik and a founding partner of the Difference Engine(UK) - a business accelerator and incubator for SME's.
Business Conference Speaker
Mike Harris is a regular speaker and seminar leader on entrepreneurial approaches to leadership, customer engagement, building brands, marketing, culture change, innovation and growth aimed at all sizes and types of organisations. Mike also covers speciality topics from the world of finance, technology and identity.
Mike offers individually customised speeches and will tailor a keynote both in content and length to a client’s exact specifications. He is also more than happy to participate in extended Q&A sessions - in fact, the more challenging the better!
He was a regular speaker at the mid career MBA course at the Sloan School of management at MIT where he supervised a number of student research projects.
Entrepreneur
Mike Harris spent the first 15 years of his career in IT at Midland bank. He was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and has been creating big businesses ever since.
He was a founding CEO of the world’s first major telephone bank Firstdirect, Chief Executive of Mercury Communications (a Cable and Wireless Company) and Chairman of the mobile operator –One to One, (now operating as T-Mobile).
In 1995 he moved on to the position of founding CEO of Prudential Banking plc and then the CEO of its successor, Egg – which he took from concept to a billion pound public company in just 2 years.
Author - Find your Lightbulb
In 2007, Mike Harris set out to explore and define the intrinsic principles behind some of the world’s most successful new businesses.
As well as drawing on his own wisdom, he conducted countless in-depth interviews with some of the world’s most esteemed and accomplished entrepreneurs on both sides of the Atlantic.
Find Your Lightbulb: How to Make Millions from Apparently Impossible Ideas emerged as the result – a step-by-step guide to building billion dollar businesses from nothing more than a simple idea.
Early Years
Mike Harris was born in 1949 in Dudley, an industrial town in the heart of the UK and graduated in 1970 with a degree in chemistry from London University.
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The Sunday Times Business Person of Year - The Finalists
23rd December 2009The Sunday Times has announced its list of contenders for their annual Business Person of the Year award. The finalists have shown true grit and determination - many have hauled their businesses through a rather perilous time unscathed and are survivors in the business world. The contenders are Angela Ahrendts (pictured left), Ross Brawn, Frank Chapman, Richard Cousins, Founders of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams, Steve Jobs, Sam Laidlaw, Alan Mulally, Kate Swann, and John Varley.
23rd December 2009The Sunday Times has announced its list of contenders for their annual Business Person of the Year award. The finalists have shown true grit and determination - many have hauled their businesses through a rather perilous time unscathed and are survivors in the business world. The contenders are Angela Ahrendts (pictured left), Ross Brawn, Frank Chapman, Richard Cousins, Founders of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams, Steve Jobs, Sam Laidlaw, Alan Mulally, Kate Swann, and John Varley.
BSkyB is Britain's most admired company 2009
2nd December 2009Media firm BSkyB landed the top spot in Management Today's Britain's Most Admired Companies awards on monday night. Led by CEO Jeremy Darroch, the organisation is one of the youngest to be handed the accolade, topping each of the nine criteria to secure the award. Matthew Gwyther, editor of Management Today said: 'It (BSkyB) is barely more than a stripling upstart amongst the great names of UK business, some of which have been around for centuries in one form or another. It has shown that a class-leading product, well marketed and slickly delivered, can continue to grow and prosper even in the most challenging circumstances.' Tesco and Johnson Mathey took the second and third slots respectively, with Cadbury, GlaxoSmithKline and Rolls-Royce trailing at numbers four, five and six.
2nd December 2009Media firm BSkyB landed the top spot in Management Today's Britain's Most Admired Companies awards on monday night. Led by CEO Jeremy Darroch, the organisation is one of the youngest to be handed the accolade, topping each of the nine criteria to secure the award. Matthew Gwyther, editor of Management Today said: 'It (BSkyB) is barely more than a stripling upstart amongst the great names of UK business, some of which have been around for centuries in one form or another. It has shown that a class-leading product, well marketed and slickly delivered, can continue to grow and prosper even in the most challenging circumstances.' Tesco and Johnson Mathey took the second and third slots respectively, with Cadbury, GlaxoSmithKline and Rolls-Royce trailing at numbers four, five and six.
Heavyweight keynote speakers are expected at the CBI Conference today including Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Dominique Strauss-Kahn & Stuart Rose to name but a few
23rd November 2009Heavyweight keynote speakers are expected to address the CBI conference in London today. Talking to the most influential and important of business audiences will be our political leaders Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, business chiefs such as Sir Stuart Rose and Stephen Hester, as well as Lord Adair Turner, BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flaunders and the CBI's Director-General Richard Lambert. Chairing the conference will be CBI's President, the recently appointed Helen Alexander, former chief executive at The Economist and the first woman in the role.
23rd November 2009Heavyweight keynote speakers are expected to address the CBI conference in London today. Talking to the most influential and important of business audiences will be our political leaders Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, business chiefs such as Sir Stuart Rose and Stephen Hester, as well as Lord Adair Turner, BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flaunders and the CBI's Director-General Richard Lambert. Chairing the conference will be CBI's President, the recently appointed Helen Alexander, former chief executive at The Economist and the first woman in the role.
Lessons learnt from Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple - one of the greatest speakers ever
19th November 2009The Times is featuring extracts from Simon Maier and Jerremy Kourdi's book 'The 100: Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speeches ever delivered'. Read The Times article on lessons learnt from one of the world's best speakers - Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and former chief executive officer of Pixar Animation Studios.
19th November 2009The Times is featuring extracts from Simon Maier and Jerremy Kourdi's book 'The 100: Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speeches ever delivered'. Read The Times article on lessons learnt from one of the world's best speakers - Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and former chief executive officer of Pixar Animation Studios.
WHO MOVED MY GURU?
19th December 2008The economy may be tanking, but not Malcolm Gladwell. His new book, “Outliers,” a characteristically snappy look at what made the Beatles, Bill Gates and other superstars so successful, enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 1
19th December 2008The economy may be tanking, but not Malcolm Gladwell. His new book, “Outliers,” a characteristically snappy look at what made the Beatles, Bill Gates and other superstars so successful, enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 1
Diageo wins 'Britain's Most Admired Company 2008' award
11th December 2008Drinks major Diageo has won the coveted title of Britain's Most Admired Company 2008 in MT's annual poll. At the awards ceremony last night at Claridge's, Diageo’s CEO Paul Walsh accepted the award from Lord Heseltine, chairman of Haymarket Media...
11th December 2008Drinks major Diageo has won the coveted title of Britain's Most Admired Company 2008 in MT's annual poll. At the awards ceremony last night at Claridge's, Diageo’s CEO Paul Walsh accepted the award from Lord Heseltine, chairman of Haymarket Media...
Matching what is possible with what is needed - Rowan Gibson's latest online column
30th October 2009Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author and an expert on radical innovation. He teaches organisations how to seize new growth opportunities, create new markets and even transform industries by recalibrating their whole organisational system around the paradigm of innovation. He is also one of world’s most in-demand business speakers. Rowan has just published his latest online column about how companies need to drive innovation from both the technological side of the organisation and the customer side. To read Rowan's thoughts, just click on the title.
30th October 2009Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author and an expert on radical innovation. He teaches organisations how to seize new growth opportunities, create new markets and even transform industries by recalibrating their whole organisational system around the paradigm of innovation. He is also one of world’s most in-demand business speakers. Rowan has just published his latest online column about how companies need to drive innovation from both the technological side of the organisation and the customer side. To read Rowan's thoughts, just click on the title.
Stephen Fry pleased as punch with new appointment
16th August 2010It has been announced that Stephen Fry has been appointed to join the board at Norwich City football club and he joins a league of writers, chefs, and business leaders such as Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady who are well-acquainted with the world of business and football
16th August 2010It has been announced that Stephen Fry has been appointed to join the board at Norwich City football club and he joins a league of writers, chefs, and business leaders such as Theo Paphitis and Karren Brady who are well-acquainted with the world of business and football
Ruby Wax's new business venture - executive coaching
30th September 2009Ruby Wax is trying to tame the outsized egos of the business world with her new venture - executive coaching or as she prefers to call it, management retraining. Her focus is on teaching four basic principles: self awareness, self management, social awareness, and relationship management. In a credit-crunched world, Ruby believes that there is a real need for these skills.
30th September 2009Ruby Wax is trying to tame the outsized egos of the business world with her new venture - executive coaching or as she prefers to call it, management retraining. Her focus is on teaching four basic principles: self awareness, self management, social awareness, and relationship management. In a credit-crunched world, Ruby believes that there is a real need for these skills.
JACQUELINE GOLD VOTED BUSINESS ICON
14th November 2007Jacqueline Gold, Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox, has been voted one of the top business icons in a poll of women by Everywoman and NatWest Bank
14th November 2007Jacqueline Gold, Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox, has been voted one of the top business icons in a poll of women by Everywoman and NatWest Bank
Mike Harris Reviews
Mike Harris has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Mike Harris for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Mike Harris for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
"Inspiring words on customer insight, leadership, innovation and culture and directly relevant whether you are starting a new business or transforming an existing organisation. My leadership team are still talking about it."
"Mike Harris helped us to set the scene of the conference and brought a great contribution to the event. His double hat (start up & board membership in big companies innovation committee) makes him a very good speaker about innovation."
"I thought the presentation was outstanding, inspiring our delegates and clearly communicating the key messages around market change and how to address it that I have been impressing upon our customers and my team for the past 12 months."
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