John Rainford FRSA, FTLS

John Rainford works in Innovation Consulting - changing the way people think for companies like Shell and ABB. John is the Chief Imagination officer at Learn with Leaders and CEO of https://strawberryfields.com John is also the CEO of http://systemicinnovators.org/ John launched with Shell a brand-new company called Shell Global Solutions. John changes the way the Leaders solve problems, so they are far more Entrepreneurial, Creative and Collaborative, working better in teams - like a shared collective intelligence. John has lectured at Universities in Singapore, Finland, Ireland, China, the US and Canada and taught at several Universities in the UK including the University of Birmingham MBA for 6 years on Entrepreneurship, Technology, Innovation and Creativity for Competitive Advantage. He represented the UK government on Innovation in Las Vegas at COMDEX.
John is a polymath, serial entrepreneur, inventor, educator, concept artist, foster parent, futurist, technologist advisor, visionary and marketing executive, John has been recognized for his service for the Royal Mint, and as the UK ambassador for innovation in North America and is a keynote speaker on Creative Entrepreneurship in Asia, Africa, Americas and Europe John believes that every enterprise should harnesses the power of AI and creative collaboration to push into new territories and innovate. Systemic Innovation – John invented the Innovation Matrix which is a process tool for developing Creativity and systems thinking in Leaders. darwinmatrix.com
John advocates for Systems Thinking for kids through his initiative; Moonshot Tech preparing young people for the 4th Industrial Revolution. He helped a young Entrepreneur to become an EY Global Winner Finalist by demonstrating the Innovation Matrix process and how it worked. He taught these insights to Boots PLC, Unilver and many others at the at the Innovation Exchange (LBS).