Past Clients
Speaking
Bill has addressed audiences around the world from financial services, healthcare, technology, and countless other fields. He helps leaders think bigger, aim higher, and bring out the best in their colleagues.
Books
Simply Brilliant
How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways
Practically Radical
Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, Challenge Yourself
Mavericks at Work
Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
Articles
HBR: Persuading Your Team to Embrace Change
How do leaders persuade people to do things they would rather not do? The author outlines two very different persuasive techniques based on social science: the “foot-in-the-door” technique and the “door-in-the-face” technique. Each of these techniques can work in the right situation, although neither of them translates perfectly from the […]
ReadFast Company: Four lessons on innovation from the most creative team in baseball
Opening Day of the baseball season offers the chance to reflect on the arrival of spring, the childhood pleasures of skipping school for the ballpark—and, for people like me, who think about creativity and innovation, how hard it can be to change an institution that is in desperate need of […]
ReadHBR: To Find Creative Solutions, Look Outside Your Industry
The chaos and crises of the last two years have created all kinds of questions for leaders and organizations. One of the biggest questions is: Do we have new ideas about where to look for new ideas? When it comes to innovation and problem-solving, there will always be a place […]
ReadAbout Bill
Bill Taylor is a writer, a speaker, and entrepreneur who has shaped the global conversation about the best ways to compete, innovate, and succeed. He is the cofounder and founding editor of Fast Company.