Biography: Dave is co-founder of Menlo Lab, has 33 years of global business experience in the automotive and financial service sectors.  Dave was President of Ford Credit International where he led 9,500 employees and developed highly profitable financial services businesses in 38 countries.  After retiring from Ford, he now employs his leadership and business transformation experience to coach other leaders in building high-performing teams and creating whole-system, cross-sector change.  Clients include Exxon Mobil, the National Security Agency, the World Bank and Nissan. He is Chairman of the Detroit Institute for Children, serves as Trustee of the Society for Organizational Learning, and actively supports community transformation projects throughout the global Menlo network.

Title: The Leader’s Journey: Framing the Future for Breakthrough

Abstract: In these challenging times, leaders must shift attention from merely surviving to thriving, from focusing on incremental improvements within the context of current conditions to instead envisioning breakthroughs that can ‘disrupt history’ in ways that fundamentally change the conditions in which we operate. We create the future, in the present, and by shifting what can be limiting ways of seeing what is possible. Join Menlo Lab co-founders in exploring what leaders can do to reframe the field of possibility so we can create the futures we want.