SVP, Innovation Practice at The Nielsen Company, Co-author of "Competing Against Luck"

New York, NY, USA
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Taddy Hall Biography

Taddy Hall is a recognized authority in the fields of Marketing, Innovation, Branding, and Competitive Strategy. His articles on innovation have appeared in The Harvard Business Review (12/2005 and 1/2009), The Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, and CMO Magazine. Taddy is also co-author of The Online Advertising Playbook, published by J. Wiley in April, 2007.

Over the last decade, Taddy has collaborated with HBS Professor and innovation authority, Clayton M. Christensen, on the publication of The Innovator’s Solution and Marketing Malpractice (HBR) as well as on the growth of a related consulting practice. Taddy and Prof. Christensen are currently working to deliver their unique tools and frameworks to executives in Emerging Markets. In 2011, he has led projects involving more than a dozen diverse companies in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and The Philippines.

Taddy has worked actively with the Endeavor (www.endeavor.org) organization since 1997. A member of the Endeavor Global Advisory Board, Taddy advises Endeavor Entrepreneurs – a network of 600+ leaders – to help them build profitable growth companies.

Taddy began his career in Venture Capital / Private Equity, working for Advent International both in the US (3 yrs.) and Latin America (2 yrs.). He transitioned from finance to operations, managing five venture backed businesses.

Taddy also served as the Chief Strategy Officer for the Advertising Research Foundation (2003-2008) where he leveraged deep expertise in Media, Digital Technologies, and Research Methodologies to help senior executives succeed in challenging competitive contexts.

Currently, Taddy works as SVP and global innovation expert for Nielsen, helping clients meet their goals for growth and innovation.

Taddy holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard University. At Harvard Taddy worked as an Independent Researcher with Competitive Strategy authority, Professor Michael. E. Porter.

Specialties: consulting, growth, innovation

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Taddy Hall Speaking Topics

  • Breakthrough Leadership: How Senior Leaders Enable – and Unwittingly Impede – Innovation

    Leadership is a tricky topic, and one all too easily wrapped in platitudes and empty slogans. Yet, in our study of successful innovation initiatives, we find that the role of senior leadership is powerfully present in virtually every instance, says Taddy Hall. In fact, the only exceptions were cases in which a manager made a career-jeopardizing decision to flout the established incentives, process protocols, and direct instructions of superiors. Innovation should not require acts of heroism or genius. There are specific activities that must be rigorously managed – not simply proclaimed and delegated – from the C-suite. Hall helps chief executives who desire consistently successful innovation outcomes understand why mastering and performing these non-transferable duties is essential for sustained profitable growth.

  • Navigate with Confidence: Innovation in Emerging Markets

    Managers in emerging markets enjoy the riches of innovator’s gold: non-consumers. While firms in mature markets are often forced to wage trench warfare over zero sum contests, innovators in emerging markets find many more greenfield opportunities to create industries where only inadequate or nonexistent options existed previously. Success, however, requires the ability to see what is not there, says Taddy Hall. Managers trained to measure consumption will find their data sets and analytical tools unhelpful to the market-creator’s challenge. Having lived in emerging markets for several years and advised executives for more than two decades, Hall blends rich personal experience with robust theory, most notably Jobs to be Done theory and disruption, to enable leaders to navigate uncharted terrain with confidence.

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Taddy Hall Videos

The Causal Mechanism of Successful Innovation - YouTube

The Causal Mechanism of Successful Innovation - YouTube

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Taddy Hall is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Breakthrough Leadership: How Senior Leaders Enable – and Unwittingly Impede – Innovation, Navigate with Confidence: Innovation in Emerging Markets, Prepare for the Future of the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry, Success by Design: The Perfect Innovation Process, What Causes Successful Innovation? and On the Cusp of Transformation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Taddy Hall for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Taddy Hall generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Cheryl Cran, R "Ray" Wang, Tendayi Viki, Michael Gelb and Saj-Nicole Joni. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Taddy Hall for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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