About The Speaker


Ivan Ortenzi
Ivan Ortenzi, Montessori kid, was born in Turin and neo-Milanese by vocation. He is an innovation and creativity strategist expert. People and managers trainer on innovation and change management. Current Partner of BIP with the role of Chief Innovation Evangelist of the consulting group. He is an author, lecturer, speaker and consultant on strategic think tanks, innovation management and discussing the status quo of business models. He works alongside senior managers, CxOs and individuals on the evolution of innovation and the design of future business scenarios. He teaches strategy and innovation at business schools and in several professional development programs for managers and institutions. He is also a talented speaker at corporate and public events often featured as a chairman at seminars and institutional appointments. Former Managing Director of Ars et Inventio. Economist with a master's degree in Open Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship from ESADE. With Franco Angeli he is the author of Innovation + Management (2020) An handbook to support companies in designing and implementing models for the structured management of innovation, Innovation Manager (2018), in which he recounts his more than a decade of experience as a consultant alongside many Chief Innovation Officers in different sectors to design and implement innovative ideas and successful innovation models, and co-author of the book Artificial Intelligence (2019) with an in-depth look at future models of the relationship between humans and artificial intelligences. His blog Atteggiamento Zen is his favorite Zen exercise along with pencil sharpening. Creator of the YouTube format #FutureMirror, in which he combines all his passions with innovation: surfing, snowboarding, history, soccer, film, tennis, and rock and roll. His 10 professional principles: 1) Real collaboration; 2) Intellectual honesty; 3) Curiosity; 4) Don't take yourself seriously; 5) Superior purpose; 6) Discussion of the status quo; 7) Execution; 8) Side projects; 9) Different perspectives; 10) Fun.