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Innovative Management Expert and CEO of Semco SA

Ricardo Semler is the CEO and majority owner of Semco SA, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering. Mr Semler has been Vice President of the Federation of Industries of Brazil and a member of SOS Atlantic Forest, Brazil’s leading environmental defence organisation. In 2003, he founded the Lumiar School, a democratic school where children aged from 2-10 learn only about things that interest them.

“Global Leader of Tomorrow” – World Economic Forum

[expand title=”In detail”] Mr Semler’s innovative business management policies have attracted widespread interest around the world. TIME featured him among its Global 100 young leaders profile series published in 1994 while the World Economic Forum also nominated him. The Wall Street Journal America Economia, the Wall Street Journal’s Latin American magazine, named him Latin American Businessman of the Year in 1990 and he was named Brazilian Businessman of the Year in 1990 and 1992.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Known around the globe for his innovative, employee-centric management style, Ricardo Semler is a true visionary who advises businesses on how they can significantly improve performance by restructuring relationships with their people. He has been profiled in more than 200 magazines and newspapers, including a special edition of Time highlighting future world leaders and speaks regularly to business schools, businesses and groups to promote his philosophy of industrial democracy. He talks in depth about his innovative, employee-centric management style, and offers organisations practical advice on how they can significantly improve performance by restructuring relationships with their people. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A brilliant communicator and inspirational individual, his presentations invariably spark creative and productive thinking about how to lead and manage.[/expand]

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Topics

Industrial Democracy

The Seven Day Weekend

Leadership and Management Issues

The Future of Work

The Next Century of Work

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A brilliant communicator and inspirational individual, his presentations invariably spark creative and productive thinking about how to lead and manage.