Mark Federman

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Everything you Learned in Business School is WRONG!
Based on new, ground-breaking research and a fresh, new model of organizational principles, Mark Federman will demonstrate why Everything You Learned in Business School is Wrong!” and what you can do about it to effect organizational transformation.

No Educator Left Behind: The Present Future of Educator Reform
Mark Federman maintains that it is long past time to rethink the role of education in contemporary society and set a new course for today’s youth: he calls for replacing the “3 Rs” with “4 Cs” that more appropriately prepare tomorrow’s global citizens. This lecture was featured on TVO’s “Big Ideas” series, and continues to garner wide acclaim among educators throughout North America.

Generation Gap: Why Today’s Youth are Living in Tomorrow’s World
According to Mark Federman, to breach the generation gap requires a new understanding of what it means to experience the contemporary world on its own terms, whether you teach, hire, or market to today’s youth.

Take me to Your Leaders: Collaborative Leadership and Trust
Mark Federman suggests that it is time to rethink what we mean by leadership in the context of highly collaborative – and highly effective – organizations that are more consistent with the realities of a massively interconnected world than with the Industrial Age. Simply put, what does it mean to be a leader when it is no longer to lead?

Summary Profile

Mark Federman is a doctoral researcher at OISE at the University of Toronto, enquiring into the massive changes in society brought about by a world that is now ubiquitously connected and pervasively proximate. He speaks on strategic management, education reform, youth and authority, and the societal effects of culture, media, contemporary business and more.

Recognizing that "history is longer than fifty years ago," Federman challenges our taken-for-granted beliefs in management, the workplace, education, and culture. He suggests that our society is undergoing a generation gap of unprecedented proportions, and that affects every aspect of contemporary living. In particular, he maintains that an entirely new way of thinking about organizations - how we organize ourselves to collaboratively get things done in society - and how we educate current and future generations is critical for our survival as a society. In particular, he suggests that both business schools and faculties of education are doing more harm than good, preparing and engaging people to be productive citizens of the 19th century, rather than anticipating the needs of the 21st century. This is why he calls for "No Educator Left Behind," and advises organizational leaders that "Everything You Learned in Business School is WRONG!"

Federman's expertise in business, technology, media, and social sciences is considerable. He has more than 25 years experience in the high-tech sector in technology development, marketing, sales, and senior operational management. He served as the Chief Strategist at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, and his doctoral research focuses on a new fundamental theory of organization. Federman has worked with small and large enterprises, both public and private, to develop working strategies in the face of constant change.

A dramatic and thoughtful speaker, Federman presents new ways of looking at the world that encourage audiences to open their minds to new ways of thinking. 

Rave Reviews

"Over the years, I have had the opportunity to attend a great number of speakers on various subjects. Rarely have I come across a thought provoking presentation such as yours. if there was nor restriction on time, I am sure many of us would have stayed with you the rest of the day - and your thoughts will surely be with us for many days, fi not years to come. It was a pleasure indeed."

PMI South Saskatchewan

"Federman is a brilliant storyteller whose lecture content was as rich as his delivery. I enjoyed the talk immensely ... it incited a great deal of challenge and further thinking over the course of the day."

Recent Attendee at Educational Developers Caucus, February, 2009