1. “Douglas held the
audience riveted!
Not only was his
presentation highly
entertaining, but the
business message
was sound. I would
highly recommend
him to any company
interested in growing
their sales”
- Deon Nel,
Provincial Head,
Standard Bank
Financial
Consultancy
When you want your
organisation to be first-in-
category, when you want
your brand to become iconic,
when you insist on owning
your industry, there is no
alternative: Douglas Kruger is
an internationally renowned
speaker and business author,
who is passionate about
growing brands and creating
thought-leaders. He is the
author of 3 business books,
including ’Own Your Industry
- How to Position Yourself
as an Expert.’ A multiple
award-winning speaker, his
clients include senior
management at companies
like BMW, Liberty, and HP.
Douglas speaks globally on
how businesses and brands
can compete by innovating
and by positioning
themselves as industry
experts. He unpacks the
Rules of Hamster-Thinking
that hamstring corporate
companies and he shows you
how to develop talent.
Douglas’s thought-leadership
ideas have been featured on
CNBC Africa and he has
written for Forbes and
Entrepreneur.
This speaker is conquering
‘OWN YOUR INDUSTRY’
Douglas Kruger - Professional Speaker & Business Author

2. TOPICS:
Grow your business / Make your conference come alive:
1. Own Your Industry:
Based on Douglas’s new book with Penguin, this presentation shows how you and your brand can
become known as the icon, the expert, the thought-leader in your industry. Grow your business:
Be the guru and your market will come to you. Own a cause and you will create tribes of believing
followers. Become the only logical choice and you will be consistently recommended. Available as
a keynote presentation or workshop. See Douglas speak about this topic in a TV interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MHuFjquVHI
2. Relentlessly Relevant! How to Create a Culture of
Innovation:Innovation isn’t a mystery. And it isn’t limited to high-tech companies. Everyone can innovate, if
you understand the governing principles. Douglas Kruger will guide your leaders in how to
innovate in their immediate scenarios and in the market. Learn
which techniques promote growth and which destroy brands. Be the
brand that leads the way! Available as a keynote presentation or
workshop.
3. Talent - How to Grow or Crush it:5 Non-negotiable ingredients for developing Talent. Learn how
geniuses think, how to break through performance thresholds and
how your leaders encourage or crush the talent around them.
Available as a keynote presentation or workshop.

3. WHAT DOES YOUR BRAND GAIN
by engaging Douglas?
- Get up to date with all the latest, cutting-edge concepts
around branding and innovation. See how leading brands
use these principles and how they retain brand-integrity
in the face of change. Discover which brands are doing it
wrong and are unknowingly headed for disaster.
- Discover opportunities to innovate within your
immediate environment. Learn where the levers for your
growth are located.
- Benefit from the kind of no-compromise approach that
your leaders need to hear if you insist on being ‘first-in-
category.’
- Spur creative thinking at the highest levels. Get buy-in
for bold ideas and get your leaders speaking the same
language.
- Learn complex growth principles, delivered with
humour and packaged in an easy-to-grasp format.
“Douglas is phenomenal. He has great expertise, is very result oriented, and also
knows what it takes for organizations and people to change. He has been very valuable
to us” - Alves Duarte, International Congress of Human Resources Convenor,
Mozambique
“The feedback was outstanding and you exceeded everyone’s expectation. You
added so much value to the conference and you have at least another 200
followers after your presentation! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have
exceeded my expectations and you can seriously put up your fee, you are
definitely in a different league - Andreas Hauke, convener, 2013 Networking
Conference”
“Douglas has got all the qualities of a superb speaker: credibility, integrity, and
obviously a very good presentation.” - Clem Sunter, Author and Futurist
“Douglas demonstrated what makes him one of the best public speakers in
South Africa. His strength of character and powerful use of the English
language were motivating…” - ABSA newsletter
“Marie, I got your mail last night when I got back from BMW’s conference. They
LOVED Douglas. His session with them was super successful. Thank you for
the recommendation.” - Lerato Ramasodi, Assistant Content
Director/Speaker & Artist Coordinator, Omage
“You were an absolute godsend! Your talk on Talent was exactly what we
needed to start the day. I couldn’t have asked for better!” - Mosima Nkosi,
Head of Debt Collection, SARS
“Douglas, Thank you again for the professional and entertaining job you did at
our conference. It was a pleasure working with you and we look forward to
future business ventures together - Andrew Honey, Managing Director,
Entrepreneur magazine
“A real inspirational speaker who connected immediately with our audience of
over 500 delegates. We have invited Douglas to come back - Wayne
Sandberg, FNB Home Loans
Douglas Kruger is not a conventional motivational speaker, rather than telling
his audience what to do; he focuses more on guiding each individual to self
actualisation. His offering was not a job well done, but rather a passion well
articulated! - Beatrice Mthebule, Trudon (Yellow Pages)
“Once again many thanks for your effective and life changing training.”
- Odette Pinto, Advantage Asset Managers (Pty) Limited
“Very worthwhile content – and of course the delivery was slick as always!”
- Debbie Wolfendale, MD, Clarins
“Thank you for the enthusiasm and professionalism in which you facilitated the
session with our Managers. This was a great experience for all of them and I
continue to receive very positive feedback.” - Frans Hattingh, Divisional
Manager, PPS – Insurance for Professionals
“A little birdie told us you were awesome!” - Nedbank official Twitter feed
“My sources at Pam Golding tell me you were on fire the
other day during your presentation!” - Colin Browne,
Editor, Sales Guru magazine