Keynote

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Jennifer Riel

Managing Director, Strategy and innovation
Adjunct Professor and Executive-in-Residence
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Jennifer Riel is Managing Director of Strategy and Innovation for the Martin Prosperity Institute. In her role, Jennifer works closely with institute director Roger Martin on the research initiatives of the institute, particularly as relates to the future of democratic capitalism.

She is also an adjunct professor at the Rotman School, teaching strategy, innovation and integrative thinking to undergraduate, MBA and executive audiences. In this capacity, Jennifer has created and led custom workshops with large public and private sector organizations around the world. She also serves as strategy and innovation advisor to senior leaders at several Fortune 100 companies.

Jennifer is the author of Creating Great Choices: A Leader’s Guide to Integrative Thinking (with Roger L. Martin, Harvard Business Review Publishing, 2017) She previously served as an editor and collaborator on several of Martin’s books, including The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking (2007), The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the New Competitive Advantage (2009) and Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works (with A.G. Lafley, 2013). She has published articles in the Globe and Mail, Businessweek, Strategy Magazine and Rotman Magazine, as well on online at the Huffington Post, Fortune.com and the Daily Beast.

Jennifer received her MBA from the Rotman School of Management in 2006. Prior to joining Rotman, she worked as a project manager and copywriter in the retail and non-profit sectors.