A Masterclass in Leading High-Stakes Meetings

Every leader must occasionally drive high-pressure meetings where decisions must be made swiftly, with limited information, and under intense external (usually more senior) scrutiny. In such moments, your leadership is tested beyond your authority, instead by your ability to surface buried truths, align diverse perspectives (often weirdly technical), and steer everyone towards a sound judgment ... and fast.

This high-impact 2-hour keynote, drawn from empirical research over 60 years, reveals the unseen dynamics that cause even the most experienced teams to fail in critical meetings - and what you can do to prevent it.

Led by Anand Vengurlekar, Senior Lecturer in Innovation at INSEAD, PWC, Mubadala, and others, and former innovation strategy leader at the Ministry of Economy, Sony, LEGO, and IDEO, the keynote draws on a powerful video case simulation (the Challenger disaster) to expose the real causes of flawed decision-making: hierarchy friction, ‘professional silos’, and the dangerous comfort of consensus under pressure.

Participants will gain:
- 8 kinds of groupthink: How to recognise their symptoms and how to pre-empt them in your own meetings and teamwork.
- Structures for smarter meetings: tools to empower even junior voices, ensure hierarchy and politics do not dominate, and stress-test opinions before decisions are made.
- A playbook for resilient meeting design & leadership: a practical template to improve the structure and outcomes of every high-stakes meeting.

This keynote delivers immediate insights and mindset with the goal of "Monday Morning Impact": ready-to-use tools and a frameworks to elevate the way your leadership brings together your team to meet, decide, and act.

Anand Vengurlekar https://ae.linkedin.com/in/anand-vengurlekar-practicalinnovation

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