Dimis Michaelides
Business consultant, creativity leader, inspirational speaker, author, magician and musician, Dimis advises organizations in the areas of creative leadership and innovation, strategy and marketing, change and transformation.
Dimis combines his unique experience as a business executive and creativity expert with his talents as a speaker and magician to inspire people in organizations. In a very real and entertaining way, Dimis demonstrates to audiences around the world how uncreative entities can become creative, how creative entities can become more so, and how innovation improves both business performance and happiness at work.
Dimis held senior posts at the World Bank in Washington, DC, Zeneca in Paris, the Council of Europe Development Bank and was CEO of Laiki Cyprialife in Nicosia.
He is now the Managing Director of Performa Consulting and a Lecturer at the Cyprus International Institute of Management. He is also a Board Member of the Creative Education Foundation and also holds Board appointments in a number of commercial companies.
His clients include IBM, Bayer, MSD, NCR, Pepsico, Generali, TetraPak, Oracle, Grohe, O2, Amdocs, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Societe Generale, Bank of Cyprus, Luk Oil, Piraeus Bank, Bank of Cyprus, Laiki Bank, Nielsen.
Dimis is a graduate of the London School of Economics, the London Business School and the University of Sussex.
He loves performing magic, singing and playing the guitar, his wife and son, his mother and brother, Penn and Teller, art, history, cinema, theater, travel, reading, swimming, good food, the circus and street performers.
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Dimis combines his unique experience as a business executive and creativity expert with his talents as a speaker and magician to inspire people in organizations. In a very real and entertaining way, Dimis demonstrates to audiences around the world how uncreative entities can become creative, how creative entities can become more so, and how innovation improves both business performance and happiness at work.
Dimis held senior posts at the World Bank in Washington, DC, Zeneca in Paris, the Council of Europe Development Bank and was CEO of Laiki Cyprialife in Nicosia.
He is now the Managing Director of Performa Consulting and a Lecturer at the Cyprus International Institute of Management. He is also a Board Member of the Creative Education Foundation and also holds Board appointments in a number of commercial companies.
His clients include IBM, Bayer, MSD, NCR, Pepsico, Generali, TetraPak, Oracle, Grohe, O2, Amdocs, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Societe Generale, Bank of Cyprus, Luk Oil, Piraeus Bank, Bank of Cyprus, Laiki Bank, Nielsen.
Dimis is a graduate of the London School of Economics, the London Business School and the University of Sussex.
He loves performing magic, singing and playing the guitar, his wife and son, his mother and brother, Penn and Teller, art, history, cinema, theater, travel, reading, swimming, good food, the circus and street performers.
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Making Innovation Happen: The Corporate Innovation CampThe workings of a major event designed to mobilize people to find solutions to the major business challenges faced by an organization
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The Art of Innovation: Energy & MethodMaking innovation part of an organization's DNA is a multidimensional affair involving action at many levels. This article summarizes two out of twelve innovation drivers - energy and method
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Where Brainstorming BeganThe oldest and arguably the best creativity conference with powerful teaching content and an exceptional ambiance. This year features presentation of a new IBM study and much more
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The Art of Innovation: TalentAll humans have creative talent, defined as a set of aptitudes and styles. Some ways of developing creative skills are proposed for individuals, teams and organizations.
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Innovation MissionariesCompanies are using the words innovation and creativity in their stated vision, values and mission statements for good reason.
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How to Generate Great New Ideas - IVHow to apply the fundamentals of brainstorming, overcome its shortcomings and apply different idea generation techniques, alternating between solo and team modes for breakthrough ideas.
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How to Generate Great New Ideas - IIIBrainstorming is a wonderful team technique for idea generation. However brainstorming can run into trouble too. This article looks into why it can go wrong and suggests strategies to deal with key troublesome issues.
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How to Generate Great New Ideas - IIThe principles of brainstorming form a great basis for team building and are excellent guidelines for life.
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How to Generate Great New Ideas - IFirst part of a series on generating breakthrough ideas in an organized context introduces the basic principles for practicing brainstorming effectively.
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Why Management Training Doesn't WorkAn experienced management trainer argues that training can be very meaningful only when a number of elements come together. Otherwise it can be simply a waste of resources.
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Creativity is the Single Most Important Leadership CompetencyDealing with complexity needs creativity. Commentary on a recent IBM study of over 1500 CEOs.
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Innovation: What's the Buzz, Why the Buzz?Google the word innovation and 92 million results come up. On Amazon innovation brings up over 145,000 references. Why the buzz? Why now? This article comments on the innovation press and why there is such an interest in the matter today.