Keynote speaker Peter Hinssen is a thought leader on the impact of technology on our society. He focuses on the consumer adoption of technology, on the impact of the networked digital society and on the Alignment between Business and IT. He collaborates with organizations in the areas of Transformation, Fusion IT, Strategy and Coaching, in Europe as well as in North America.
Peter Hinssen is a co-founder of Across Group and CEO of Across Technology. At the moment he is involved as a coach to executives to develop future innovation perspectives. He is also a board advisor on subjects related to innovation and IT. Peter develops executive education workshops and awareness sessions to bridge business challenges with IT solutions, and also to leverage the innovation potential of IT.
The sought-after speaker Peter Hinssen lectures on IT Strategy and Technology & Organization future challenges at various business schools in Europe such as London Business School (UK) and TiasNimbas Business School (Netherlands). He is a passionate spokesperson, frequently welcomed at Global CIO forums and numerous conferences around the world.
Peter’s first book “Business/IT Fusion”, came out in 2008 and has recently been reprinted and over 5000 copies have been sold. The book provides a roadmap for the journey to completely rethink and radically transform IT. In his second book “The New Normal” (2010), Peter explains the New Normal concept – an idea which suggests we are now halfway in the digital revolution. He prepares the reader for the future: we have already gone through a lot of changes but what lies ahead will be even more challenging.
Peter Hinssen is CEO of Across Technology, a strategic consultancy firm, with a focus on a more effective use of technology and innovation. Across Technology delivers services in the shape of awareness sessions, sounding boards, executive development programmes and cultural change workshops which help further technology enabled innovation.
In addition Peter Hinssen is a visiting professor at Antwerp Management School (Belgium) where he teaches a wide range of management development programs and reaching out to different levels of executives. For the
Next Generation Leadership Program
, Peter works intensively on how technology shifts are impacting future leadership, both our strategic mindset as well as our leadership competencies. In the
Management Essential Series
, Peter elaborates on understanding the IT complexity in our companies and how IT should be brought into the business, rather than separate it in an IT department.
As a thought leader, keynote speaker Peter Hinssen facilitates the
Leadership Dialogues at Noon
, a series of 4 lunch sessions where business and thought leaders meet and greet.