Inkandescent Radio: Investigating the Future of Creativity with Yvette Montero Salvatico

In this episode of the Inkandescent Radio Show, former head of the Future Workforce Insights division at The Walt Disney Company Yvette Montero Salvatico joins the show to talk about investigating the future of creativity.

At The Walt Disney Company, Yvette led the effort to establish an internal area of strategic foresight expertise, dedicated to identifying future workforce trends and assessing their potential impact on human capital strategies.

In 2011, she joined futurist Frank Spencer, as a principal at Kedge, a foresight and futures, innovation, creativity, and strategic design consultancy.

Salvatico is an experienced speaker, addressing large audiences on topics such as business policy, diversity, and foresight. “In the 21st Century world of complex ideas and practices, successful leaders, businesses, and entrepreneurs must learn to adapt, be resilient and flexible, and create transformational strategy,” she says.

In this episode of the Inkandescent Radio Show, Yvette shares insights into:

  • How corporate leaders can better tap into their creativity.
  • The future of talent and learning in the workplace.
  • Her keynote speeches, and what she hopes audiences will take away.
  • Her experience at Disney included creating and leading its “Workforce of the Future initiative.”
  • How and why she became a futurist.

To glean more insights from Yvette, check out her article in the January 2013 issue of Be Inkandescent: The business magazine for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.


About The Inkandescent Radio Show: What’s Your Story?

Bringing the voices of small business owners to the radio waves is the goal of the Inkandescent Radio Show, which launched in the fall of 2012 on the Entrepreneur Podcast Network.

Hosted by journalist, publicist, author, and entrepreneur Hope Katz Gibbs, the show will spotlight the Entrepreneurs of the Month featured on her monthly business magazine, www.BeInkandescent.com—as well as the Truly Amazing Women she has interviewed for her book project, www.TrulyAmazingWomen.com.

Hope will also be interviewing the bestselling authors, nationally-renowned artists, and expert columnists featured in Be Inkandescent magazine, and on her popular networking website, www.InkandedescentNetworking.com, which lists hundreds of the best networking events—and the professionals—in 7 east coast cities. Plus, she’ll be talking to top restaurateurs, chefs, foodies, and hoteliers that she spotlights in her “From Soup to Nuts” reviews.

Promoting, educating and inspiring entrepreneurs is the mission of the Inkandescent Group, LLC — a PR, marketing, design and publishing company that helps small businesses get the visibility they need to glow and grow, www.theinkandescent.com. So, what’s your story?

If you’d like to be interviewed on The Inkandescent Radio Show, send Hope an email here by clicking here. Be sure to tune in to Hope’s weekly podcast, The Inkandescent Radio Show, which airs every Monday, right here on EPN.

For more information, visit www.InkandescentRadio.com.

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