Daphne E. Jones

Keynote Lecture Topics

• Using Crisis as Catalyst to Re-imagine & Transform

  While companies or leaders may opt to keep their respective heads down In the middle of a crisis, hoping it will blow over, McKinsey studies have shown that those who Innovate during a crisis will be ahead of the pack when “normal” returns or even when it doesn’t. Using her 4 step approach, Daphne shares with others how they can use any crisis to their advantage and lead In their markets on the other side of any crisis.

• The Future Isn’t What it Used to Be

  The ability to be nimble, agile, and “see around corners” is critical for continuous innovation and sustained market leadership. As a retired senior executive leader at 3 Fortune 50 companies, and current board member for 3 corporations, Daphne talks to leaders and companies alike to help them learn about future-proofing, and how to drive resilience—not only in their organizations, but also in themselves.

• Winning When Others Say You Won’t

  How can you successfully and continuously improve like products, apps, and services do? Daphne discusses how leaders can look at themselves differently through the lens of their own “marketplace”, and help them learn how to iterate and transform in their own development, resulting in personal transformation and continuous success.

• From Poverty to Prosperity

  Join Daphne as she takes us through her journey as a young Jamaican-American growing up in a small black impoverished town to her rise as a senior executive, corporate office, and independent board member for multi billion dollar companies. How did she aspire? What issues did she encounter? What did she learn? How did she reach prosperity? Find out, and learn how Daphne discovered that poverty and prosperity have nothing to do with money and how prosperity can be in your future.

• Women in Corporate America: Conform or Transform

  Women have had the age old challenge of how to win while working alongside men. Should they be their authentic selves? Should they assimilate and try to be more like men? Explore the journey and rise of women in
  the workplace, and how their presence drives not only corporate transformation but also their own.

• Proceed with Courage – Digital Transformation Isn’t For the Faint at Heart

  Covid-19 has ushered in the exponential acceleration of many trends that were previously moving at an incremental rate. Nearly all industries have seen the impact of shut downs, marketplace fear, and consumer uncertainty, and have had to quickly re-imagine their brand—doing in 2 months that was planned to be done over 2 years. Learn how to boldly forge a digital path forward in your business.