本日 2026年1月12日(月) 04:01 Etc/GMT-8

2026/01/15 09:30~2026/01/15 11:30

San Diego Alumni: MBASD Mixer & Guest Speaker - hosted by London Business School

Our speaker will be Vivian Rhoads with the provocative title: Stop Decking Around Wake Up to the Human Factor of Innovation Innovation does not fail because of bad ideas. At a time when AI can generate unlimited content in seconds, leaders are flooded with decks while teams run low on genuine human connection. In this presentation, Vivian Rhoads invites leaders to Stop Decking Around and reconnect with the one force that truly moves innovation forward: people. Drawing on data, humor, and a deeply personal story, she shows how performance pressure, content overload, and reactive leadership pull teams away from the clarity, creativity, and presence required for meaningful innovation. Get a renewed understanding of the human factor of innovation and with three practical steps that help to move from producing more content to activating the human energy, connection, and clarity that create bold and original results. Short Bio of Vivian Rhodes Vivian is a Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Innovation Expert and the founder of Rhoads 2 Growth, where she works with purpose-driven CPG organizations to build Innovation Engines that improve speed to market and generate sustainable growth. She brings twenty years of experience launching hundreds of products across global markets, including leadership positions as President and Vice-President. Over the course of her work she developed the Innovation Engine Model, a model that brings together analytical rigor and emotional intelligence to turn innovation into a dependable engine for business growth. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivianrhoads/ The event will start on Wednesday January 14th, 2026 at 5:30pm. Our guest speaker will start at 6pm with a short presentation (about 15 minutes) and then answer questions from the audience (another 15 minutes). After that Vivian will stay with us until the end of the event and be available for more individual conversations throughout our usual networking event. We hope to see many of you there. We will have a separate room in the back that is reserved for us only (so that you can enjoy and hear the speaker well), but obviously you are also free to venture out into the bar or patio area. Appetizers will be provided for free. Questions? Contact Juergen Graner -  gj@globalator.com.RegisterPassword Required: mbasd260114<location-name>San Diego, CA</location-name><event-type>Chapter Events</event-type>

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