Intellectual Capital & Knowledge Management Expert; Chair of Strategic Management at DeGroote School of Business; Author of "Information Bombardment"
Nick Bontis Biography
Dr. Nick Bontis is a Canadian academic, management consultant, and professional keynote speaker recognized for his expertise in intellectual capital. Bontis serves as Chair of Strategic Management at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, where his research focuses on intellectual capital, knowledge management, organizational learning, knowledge worker productivity, human capital benchmarking, and structural equation modeling.
Bontis began his academic journey after a cover story in Fortune Magazine titled "Brainpower" inspired him to leave a banking career and pursue a PhD. His doctoral dissertation became the top-selling thesis in Canada.
Before academia, Bontis worked at Human Resources Development Canada and KPMG, later joining CIBC Securities Inc. in roles spanning marketing, securities analysis, recruitment, strategy, and software development. He received the CIBC Chairman's Award for outstanding contribution. Bontis earned his PhD from the Ivey Business School at Western University and has published over 140 academic articles in peer-reviewed journals, accumulating more than 50,000 citations. Google Scholar ranks Bontis as the most impactful researcher by citation count in the DeGroote School of Business and among the top 50 at McMaster University. He is ranked among the top 10 management researchers in Canada by Research.com and listed among the top 2 percent of scientists globally. Tom Stewart, former editor of Harvard Business Review and Fortune Magazine, has described Bontis as a pioneer in intellectual capital.
As an author, Bontis has published several books, including "Information Bombardment: Rising Above the Digital Onslaught." He has edited volumes such as "World Congress of Intellectual Capital Readings" and co-edited "The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital and Organizational Knowledge" with Oxford University Press. Bontis is also Director of the Institute for Intellectual Capital Research, a management consulting firm and research think tank specializing in human capital diagnostic assessments for corporate and government clients. His consulting services have been utilized by organizations including the United Nations, Microsoft, Health Canada, Royal Bank, Telus, Accenture, SAS, Mitsubishi, United Way, the US Navy, and IBM.
Bontis is the first McMaster professor to win Outstanding Teacher of the Year and Faculty Researcher of the Year simultaneously and is a 3M National Teaching Fellow. The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance recognized Bontis as the top university professor in the province, and Maclean's Magazine has rated him as McMaster University's most popular professor six times. As a speaker, Bontis has delivered more than 500 keynote presentations in 25 countries and has participated in over 328 published interviews, 201 radio interviews, and 455 TV interviews, establishing his influence in business strategy, knowledge management, and organizational learning.
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Nick Bontis Speaking Topics
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TRANSFORMING YOUR LEADERSHIP & PRODUCTIVITY FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE
Are you an ambitious individual that feels she has too much on her plate but still wants to blast through every target and then some? Dr. Nick Bontis has leveraged two decades worth of research on personal productivity that will shrink your ever-growing “to do” list to the most important activities that are necessary for you to delight your customers, impress your team members, and solidify your value to your organization. Never worry again about not having enough time to do this or that. The time has finally come to transform your personal productivity for peak performance.
During this enlightening and action-packed keynote presentation, Dr. Nick Bontis will show you how to:
- increase your personal productivity by providing the three (3) most important actionable tactics that ensure a higher level of efficiency
- create a bullet-proof shield for your career that no competition or disruptive technology can penetrate
- provoke your ability to strategically manage change before anyone else can even see it coming
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ACCELERATING COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION AT HYPER-SPEED
Is your team just spinning its wheels but you know deep-down it can do more with less? Dr. Nick Bontis has harnessed the best practices of knowledge sharing by consulting with some of the world’s leading organizations. High performance teams are supposed to harvest the synergy embedded in all of their members within and across departments to create value above and beyond what is expected. Help your team solidify its reputation as the smartest group around by accelerating collaboration and communication at hyper-speed.
During this inspirational and dynamic keynote presentation, Dr. Nick Bontis will show you how to:
- improve coordination within and across your teams by learning the top four (4) drivers of collaboration
- orient your team towards the single most explosive secret for guaranteeing knowledge sharing
- avoid the three biggest pitfalls that make teams perform at sub-optimal levels
Nick Bontis Videos
Dr. Nick Bontis
Kristine speaks to Keynote Speaker, Author and Management Consultant Dr. Nick Bontis.
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Nick Bontis is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as TRANSFORMING YOUR LEADERSHIP & PRODUCTIVITY FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE, ACCELERATING COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION AT HYPER-SPEED and LEADERSHIFTING AND STRATEGIZING TOWARDS INNOVATION & GROWTH. The estimated speaking fee range to book Nick Bontis for your event is available upon request. Nick Bontis generally travels from Jerseyville, Canada and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Tim Sanders, Richard Florida, Jim Cathcart, Dr. Michael Time and Seth Mattison. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Nick Bontis for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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