Yvette Montero Salvatico: Futurist, Business Strategist, Co-founder Kedge
Futurist Yvette Montero Salvatico is the former head of the Future Workforce Insights division at The Walt Disney Company.
There, she led the effort to establish an internal area of strategic foresight expertise, dedicated to identifying future workforce trends and assessing their potential impact on human capital strategies.
In 2011, she joined futurist Frank Spencer, as a principal at Kedge, a foresight and futures, innovation, creativity, and strategic design consultancy.
Salvatico is an experienced speaker, addressing large audiences on topics such as business policy, diversity, and foresight. “In the 21st Century world of complex ideas and practices, successful leaders, businesses, and entrepreneurs must learn to adapt, be resilient and flexible, and create transformational strategy,” she says.
To watch to Yvette in action, click here to download her Keynote speech at the Communication Media Management Association (CMMA) Conference.
And to listen to Yvette talk about the Generations, click here to download her Linkage webinar entitled, Seeing Generations in the Workforce Through a New Lens.
Five Trend Clusters Around the Future of Talent and Learning
In this keynote, Salvatico shares how managing talent in these “postnormal” times requires new approaches and mindsets. Trends in society, technology, and the economy are all converging in unexpected ways, forever changing the way people view work. The organizations and institutions that anticipate this value shift and make the appropriate course adjustments will be positioned to profit from the opportunities that result.
Those that remain tied to current business practices will likely fail. Using Strategic Foresight tools and methodologies, Salvatico has created a glimpse into the future of talent much clearer than we could get from any crystal ball. This view is the result of Kedge’s environmental scanning analysis and is presented in five trend clusters.
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Richard Ramsey, Global HR Executive with Experience in Digital and Physical Media Distribution, Consumer Products, and Hospitality, Global Project Lead at Walt Disney International
“If you are trying to make sense of the future, find innovative solutions and opportunities, and take action to position your organization not just for survival but growth, then hire Yvette Montero Salvatico,” Ramsey says. “Her work is transformative and energizing, yet anchored in tools and processes that should satisfy the most ardent pragmatist. They will help you to THINK BIG and DO BIG. I recently watched her present to a large crowd of process oriented system professionals who went from sitting back in their chairs with crossed arms to leaning across the table while shouting about replacing themselves with bio-engineered databots. If you are ready to challenge your ideas about the future and your opportunity to prepare for it, she’s the futurist who can take you there.”
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Futurist Yvette Salvatico is an experienced speaker, addressing large audiences on topics such as business policy, diversity, and foresight. “In the 21st Century world of complex ideas and practices, successful leaders, businesses, and entrepreneurs must learn to adapt, be resilient and flexible, and create transformational strategy,” she says.
In this episode of the Inkandescent Radio Show, Yvette shares insights into:
- How corporate leaders can better tap into their creativity.
- The future of talent and learning in the workplace.
- Her keynote speeches, and what she hopes audiences will take away.
- Her experience at Disney included creating and leading its “Workforce of the Future initiative.”
- How and why she became a futurist.
Click here to download our podcast interview with Yvette.
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By Yvette Montero Salvatico
Futurist, Principal
Kedge
The Current State: Good Intentions, Poor Results
Having spent the majority of my career as a finance professional for large, multinational firms, I know intimately the Herculean (and often fruitless) task of strategic and financial planning.
By the end of my 13-year tenure within Disney, for example, the various planning processes (annual, five-year, capital, etc.) continued year-round, overlapping and creating a cacophony of competing models, templates, and deliverables that, ultimately, had little to do with the future.
In fact, the only discernible mention of a true futures forecast came in the form of a footnote on the final page of the five-year plan that briefly highlighted potential “risks and opportunities” over the plan horizon.
None of the dozens of five-year plan reviews I participated in ever even acknowledged those risks and opportunities—I guess that’s what you get for being just a footnote.
Here’s the sad truth.
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Futurist Yvette Montero Salvatico is the former head of the Future Workforce Insights division at The Walt Disney Company.
There, she led the effort to establish an internal area of strategic foresight expertise, dedicated to identifying future workforce trends and assessing their potential impact on human capital strategies.
In 2011, she joined futurist Frank Spencer as a principal at Kedge, a foresight and futures, innovation, creativity, and strategic design consultancy.
Salvatico is an experienced speaker, addressing large audiences on topics such as business policy, diversity, and foresight. “In the 21st Century world of complex ideas and practices, successful leaders, businesses, and entrepreneurs must learn to adapt, be resilient and flexible, and create transformational strategy,” she says.
Don’t miss our Q&A with the futurist focused on helping corporate leaders tap into their creativity.
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