John Blackwell

Managing Director Quora Consulting

Recognised as one of top 100 global influencers in the workplace field, John is an acclaimed thought-leader and global authority on effective business operation and a noted author of over 130 management books and reports. A Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a visiting fellow at three prestigious universities, he draws on a 35-year board-level career with IBM and MCI to implicitly understand that opportunities for innovation and investment must continually balance the need to act quickly.

Specialties: John challenges business leaders to innovate by questioning habits and conventions. Working together, inside short order John helps to dismantle barriers, overcome corporate inertia, and embrace a mandate for work practice change. John has built his reputation on knowing organisations better than they do themselves; providing answers to problems that stifle productivity gains.