Shape the Future Speaking Insights

Please join Dr. Brian "Beam" Maue as he journeys with you through an energizing experience that shares a framework, tools and memorable stories of how leaders successfully--and sometimes unsuccessfully--sense and shape the future.

These insights are not merely historical, "with hindsight" opinions--they have been tested as the strategic framework for a current innovation organization that was co-created and led by Beam. That organization--AFWERX--achieved the ranking of #16 in the world as a “Best Workplace for Innovators” (please see Fast Company’s ratings of 865 organizations in 2020).

The tactical and holistic methods of the framework may be applied to any challenge or dilemma involving people. A hands-on exercise and accompanying handout offer you deeper learning opportunities for solving blind spots and guiding an organization through an uncertain future.

The key learning objectives for a 45 minute - 1 hour presentation are:

1. Accomplish a hands-on method to find and overcome physical blind spots.
2. Apply the blind spot solution to uncover 6 factors that holistically enhance organizational performance.
3. Acquire 6 actionable approaches for guiding an organization through an uncertain future.

Presentation length and activities can be changed to best accommodate an audience.

Dr. Brian “Beam” Maue acquired an "alphabet soup" of knowledge credentials regarding human and organizational behavior (PhD, MBA, BA, Certificates, etc.) and then tested them in the real world. He co-created and led the startup years of a new Air Force innovation organization--AFWERX--and in just three years’ time, Beam and the AFWERX team turned a Pentagon idea into an actual organization that Fast Company ranked as #16 in the world as a “Best Workplace for Innovators” (out of 865 organizations evaluated). For comparison, Amazon was ranked #18 that year.

Beam’s prior experiences included teaching at the Air Force Academy’s Department of Management as well as the National Military Academy of Afghanistan. He has coached youth soccer, served as a Cub Scouts den leader, and guided five kiddos with his wife, which have provided more informal human behavior insights (and humor!).

Beam currently serves as a Principal at TiER1 Performance consulting.