Joe Ottinger

Joe Ottinger is a management consultant, board member, author, and thought leader in the areas of entrepreneurial leadership, Innovation, and strategy execution. After a 15 year technology career, Joe co-founded a global management consulting firm called Kotter International with Harvard Business School professor John Kotter.  After Kotter International, Joe founded his own management consulting firm called Iinnovate which provides comprehensive strategic advisory services to CEOs and senior teams that are scaling, as well as CEO peer forum groups for CEOs of companies that are scaling. Joe is the author of books and articles on entrepreneurial leadership, that have appeared in Forbes, and Chief Executive Magazine, among others. Joe cares deeply about transforming companies, communities, and lives through innovation. Iinnovate, along with the University of Washington, has published the Best of the NW Innovation Ecosystem Guide, for the last 6 years, providing insights for entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, service providers, and support organizations, as well as publishing the Greater Seattle Innovation Ecosystem Report Card which takes a snapshot of the changes to and status of our innovation economy. Joe currently lives in Seattle with his wife and has three grown children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.