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Andrew Winston

Author of "The Big Pivot"

Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. Author of bestsellers Green to Gold and The Big Pivot. His latest book; Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take (co-authored with Paul Polman).

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Andrew Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that
thrive by serving the world. He is one of the most widely read writers on sustainable business in the
world, with regular columns in Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.
Andrew’s book Green to Gold has reached more than 100,000 people in seven languages. Inc.
Magazine included Green to Gold on its all-time list of 30 books that every manager should own. His
more recent book The Big Pivot was selected as one of the "Best Business Books" by
Strategy+Business magazine. His latest book is Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by
Giving More than They Take (co-authored with renowned CEO Paul Polman).

Andrew was selected for Thinkers50 Radar list of “30 thinkers to watch in 2020.” He’s been quoted
in or appeared in major media such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek,
New York Times, and CNBC. Andrew is the author of the Harvard Business Review (HBR) Magazine
“Big Idea” cover story, “Leading a New Era of Climate Action.” His views on strategy have been
sought after by many of the world’s leading companies, including 3M, DuPont, HP, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, Marriott, PepsiCo, PwC, Trane Technologies, and Unilever.

Andrew is a highly respected and dynamic speaker, reaching audiences of thousands with an
entertaining message of practical optimism: the world’s challenges are great, but business has the
tools, resources, and creativity to build a thriving world. He has spoken on 5 continents, bringing his
inspiration to leadership meetings of the top executives of multinationals, to large industry
conferences, and to high-profile events like the World Innovation Forum and TED.

Andrew’s work is based on significant business experience and education. His early career included
advising companies on corporate strategy while at Boston Consulting Group and management
positions in strategy and marketing at Time Warner and MTV. He received his BA in Economics
from Princeton, an MBA from Columbia, and a Masters of Environmental Management from Yale.
He lives in Greenwich, CT with his wife and two sons.

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Big Pivot

Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer, More Open World Based on his newly released book from Harvard Business Press, Andrew Winston, a globally recognized speaker and green business expert, lays out a new vision for business strategy in an unpredictable world of constant change. His talk will... Explore the three mega-forces coming to bear on companies and society, changing business – and life -- as usual Lay out some of the key hurdles to longer-term profitability and value creation…and provide some core solutions to today’s business challenges Describe how companies are creating new value through radical efficiency, heretical innovation, and by putting the right value on what’s really important Andrew makes the case that the way companies operate today cannot keep up with the rate of change in our physical world. Organizations that make the Big Pivot will find the only practical path forward in a volatile environment. The leaders will build resilient, flexible organizations that profit by creating a healthier, more sustainable, more profitable world.

Green to Gold

Green to Gold

Finding the Gold in Green This engaging talk by a globally recognized speaker and green business expert will explore the environmental pressures and powerful stakeholders driving companies to go green. Andrew will describe how the world's best companies use environmental pressures to innovate and profit in a crowded, resource-constrained world. Through fun and fascinating examples from a range of industries, Winston demonstrates how leading companies… Get Lean: Amp up energy and resource efficiency to save millions Get Smart: Use data about products and supply chains to save money, drive performance, and serve customers better with innovative new offerings Get Going: Engage and excite employees to solve the company’s, the customer’s, and the world’s environmental challenges Get Creative: Rejuvenate innovation efforts by asking heretical questions that challenge everything from operations to products to business models.