How to Profit from Innovation:
Talent and Engagement in the Agile Learning Organization www.blionline.org Tom Hood, CEO, Business Learning Institute & Maryland Association of CPAs

Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA
If there is a conversation about the future of the profession, you're bound to hear Hood's name mentioned as one of the people leading the way. – Accounting Today ! Named the Second Most Influential in Accounting by Accounting Today Magazine 2013 ! Top 150 Influencer by Linked-In ! Top 25 Influencers in Learning & HR by HR Examiner ! Top 25 Public Accounting Thought Leaders by CPA Practice Adviser ! Working on Learning Management with AICPA/ CPA2Biz, Cloud Curriculum, Performance Management /XBRL, Leadership & Generations CEO Maryland Association of CPAs (MACPA) www.macpa.org Business Learning Institute (BLI) www.blionline.org http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhood/

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Innovation is the creation of
new forms of value in anticipation of future trends

WTF?
WHAT’S THE FUTURE?

It’s really a math problem…!
2006!

The Shift Change 1. Leadership!
2. Learning! 3. Technology! 4. Generations! 5. Workplace!

Marina Gorbis, Institute for the
Future

The challenge & opportunity is
to make the shift from the first curve to the second curve at the right time and with the right strategy

Where Did I Get This
Stuff?

We have reached an important
turning point where success is not defined by scale, but by the ability to learn (and unlearn) more rapidly.