News & Events
- November 15, 2017 – Ken Tencer delivers Keynote at the Intrapreneurship Conference in Toronto – View Link
- October 3, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on Manager Mojo with Cindy Caldwell – Get in the Habit of Seeking Constant Innovation – a conversation with Ken Tencer, author of Cause a Disturbance
- September 19, 2017 – Ken Tencer delivers Keynote at the Halifax Chamber of Commerce as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series
- September 19, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Achieving organizational diversity
- September 19, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Is our education system preparing students for 21st century jobs
- September 19, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Why is there a disconnect between jobs and job applicants?
- August 31, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – When it’s time to switch back to being an entrepreneur
- August 31, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – The role that context has in your leadership growth
- August 31, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – How entrepreneurs can be better leaders
- August 08, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Achieving organizational diversity
- August 08, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Is our education system preparing students for 21st century jobs
- August 08, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Why is there a disconnect between jobs and job applicants?
- August 2, 2017 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Preparing Students for the Jobs of the Future
- June 27, 2017 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail –Halifax’s Springboard program turns academics into entrepreneurs
- March 20, 2017 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail –To become truly innovative, Canadians need to become better at thinking creatively
- June 13, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – When it’s time to switch back to being an entrepreneur
- June 13, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – The role that context has in your leadership growth
- June 13, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – How entrepreneurs can be better leaders
- May 1, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on the Sheldon MacLeod Show – View Link
- April 17, 2017 – Ken Tencer, special to CNBC – 4 ways entrepreneurial thinking could have prevented the United crisis
- March 30, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – What he was thinking when he merged his company with another
- March 30, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Is your training oriented toward the company’s business model and goals?
- March 30, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Why it’s a good idea to not rush your new idea to market
- March 16, 2017 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – How a hackathon can encourage your employees to innovate
- January 25, 2017 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Watching the Women’s March reminded me of my business’s core values
- January 6, 2017 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Getting your product to market quickly isn’t always the best strategy
- January 5, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Who is holding you responsible outside of your business?
- January 5, 2017 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Do you know how to create a customer persona?
- December 22, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Companies built on customer needs are all too rare
- November 11, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Is online shopping on the wane?
- November 18, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Ask yourself this question: Is your company customer-centered?
- November 18, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – How to discuss a business succession process
- November 18, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – How founders exit financially with their next generation as buyers
- November 18, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Challenges of family business succession plans
- October 26, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – How to discuss a business succession process
- October 26, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – How founders exit financially with their next generation as buyers
- October 26, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Challenges of family business succession plans
- October 10, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – A novel way to solve the business succession crisis
- September 15, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – When you have trouble making a business decision
- April 2017 – Ken Tencer to deliver keynote at International Innovation Conference in Dubai
- August 2, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Why you need to be selling your company every day“
- July 21, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Will intrepreneurship put pressure on entrepreneurship
- July 21, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – What’s the future for corporate intrepreneurs?
- July 5, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Why getting in touch with your ‘feminine side’ is good for business“
- June 5, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Will Corporate intrapreneurs put entrepreneurs out of a job?“
- May 2, 2016 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes radio network.
- May 2, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “It’s never okay to be ‘just okay’ at your job”.
- May 4, 2016 – Ken Tencer to deliver key note at York University – Toronto, ON
- May 17, 2016 – Ken Tencer to delivery closing key note at an Education Conference – Toronto, ON
- April 21, 2016 – Ken Tencer delivers a keynote on process and service innovation to government agency in Washington, DC.
- April 9, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Isn’t it time to start thinking outside the cliché?”
- March 24th, 2016 – Ken Tencer delivers a keynote at the Unleashing Innovation Summit- New York, NY
- February 24, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Three Simple Rules for Succeeding in Business“
- February 1, 2016 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Putting people into a room together doesn’t make them a team“
- January 20-22, 2016 – Ken Tencer and Kim Vogel attend HRPA 2016 Exhibitors Conference
- December 29,2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “The twist-off beer cap and nine other simple innovations that surprise and delight“
- December 4, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Why your company is failing to innovate“
- December 2-4, 2015 – Ken delivers keynote at the World Innovation Convention in Berlin
- November 17, 2015 – Kim Vogel presents to a CEO Roundtable in Toronto
- November 6, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Why e-mail is killing your business“
- October 2, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “What happened to the good old days of assets of profits driving valuation?“
- September 16, 2015 – Ken Tencer delivers keynote in Brazil — “Innovation in Times of Crisis”
- September 4, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “A good crisis can make for great opportunities“
- August 7, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Make a decision or you’re fired’“
- July 3, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Why technology is not a synonym for innovation“
- June 9, 2015 – Innovation Experts Speaker Series @ Rotman: Ken Tencer, CEO,Spyder Works
- June 4, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Does The Wizard of Oz hold the secret to your business success?“
- June 4, 2015 – D!sturbance Series Workshop: Sticky Change to launch at MaRS in Toronto (www.theDseries.com)
- May 12, 2015 – D!sturbance Series Workshop: Cause a Disturbance to launch at MaRS in Mississauga (www.theDseries.com)
- May 8, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “When did entrepreneurs become so incurious?“
- April 10, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail –”Is crowdfunding the new tech bubble? Or just a good old-fashioned junk bond?“
- April 9, 2015 – D!sturbance Series Workshop: Sticky Change to launch at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga (www.theDseries.com)
- March 12, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Fail fast, fail often’ may be the stupidest business mantra of all time”
- March 12, 2015 – D!sturbance Series Workshop: Cause a Disturbance to launch at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga (www.theDseries.com)
- February 25, 2015 – Ken Tencer and Kim Vogel deliver D!sturbance Series Workshop: Cause a Disturbance to the national leadership team of Airline Hotels — one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies“
- February 13, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “You don’t have to be creative to be a brilliant innovator“
- January 16, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – “Eight steps to achieve sticky change in your organization“
- January 9, 2015 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network
- January 1, 2015 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Seven must-have tools for entrepreneurs in 2015
- December 4, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Why Entrepreneurship by necessity scares the hell out of me
- November 20, 2014 – Ken Tencer and Kim Vogel deliver D!sturbance Series Workshop: Cause a Disturbance as part of CEO Global Network’s Great CEOs Speaker Series
- November 11, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Exporting: Everything we build begins with a great foundation
- October 3, 2014 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network: http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/small-business-interviews/ken-tencer-19988″
- September 16, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Employee happiness matters more than you thinkEmployee happiness matters more than you think
- August 12, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail –The Pizza saver and nine other innovations that surprise and delight
- July 15, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail –Americans want to be Bill Gates. Canadians want to be careful
- June 18, 2014 – Ken Tencer featured on The Entrepreneur’s Library – A Look Inside: Cause a Disturbance
- June 10, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Want to build a better team? Consider the rules of improv
- July 8, 2014 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Your customers already know your net innovation
- May 30, 2014 – Ken Tencer interviewed for article in INC Magazine – Agility Best Practices: Keeping Pace with Opportunity
- May 2014 – Ken Tencer published article on ISPIM (International Society for Professional Innovation Management) website – Big Data and Innovation: Would you like fries with that?
- May 9, 2014 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Using customer expectations to simplify innovation
- May 9, 2014 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network – Using innovation as a defence against disruptive forces
- May 9, 2014 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network
- May 8, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Why big data tells only half the story”
- April 16, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Five ways to generate ideas for your business
- April 12, 2014 – Ken Tencer appears on Biz TV with David Wojcik, watch the interview on Youtube
- March 26, 2014 – Ken Tencer delivers keynote and chairs Unleashing Innovation in New York
- March 10, 2014 – Ken Tencer asked to present keynote to Fortune 500 Executives at the World Innovation Convention 2014 in Cannes, France
- March 5, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to Switch & Shift – The Essentials of Innovation
- March 3, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – How to avoid becoming your company’s biggest liability
- February 28, 2014 – Ken Tencer interviewed by Forbes – How To Unlock Great Ideas
- February 12, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – This three-letter word can lead to greater business growth
- February 3, 2014 – Ken Tencer appears on The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame on the Forbes Radio network
- January 31, 2014 – Ken Tencer appears on Price of Business with Kevin Price on the Bloomberg Radio network, audio available on You Tube.
- January 23, 2014 – Ken Tencer delivers innovation workshop to entrepreneurs at a Bateman Mackay event in Toronto, Canada
- January 20, 2014 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – What the cake pop can teach you about innovation
- November 21, 2013 – Ken Tencer presents workshop to Fortune 500 Executives at the World Innovation Convention 2013 in Cannes, France
- October 30, 2013 – Ken Tencer appears on In Business television with David Wojcik, audio available on You Tube
- September 18, 2013 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Why it’s time to build your own Google lab of wild ideas
- September 10, 2013 – Ken Tencer delivers innovation workshop to entrepreneurs at a TEC event in Fredericton, New Brunswick
- August 9, 2013 – Ken Tencer interviewed on the Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame. The two topics of conversation were: “Let customer expectations drive your innovation strategy” and “Innovation as a way of life, not a means to an end“.
- May 1, 2013 – Ken Tencer presents keynote on innovation at the Innovation Forum 2013 based on his second co-authored book on innovation, Cause a Disturbance
- April 9, 2013 – Ken Tencer presents a keynote on innovation at America Means Business.
- March 20, 2013 – Ken Tencer to present workshop on innovation to the Toronto Resource Partners based on his second co-authored book on innovation, Cause a Disturbance
- January 28, 2013 – Ken Tencer presents keynote on innovation at the MaRS Discovery District based on his second co-authored book on innovation, Cause a Disturbance
- October 11, 2012 – Ken Tencer speaks at workshop for the Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for Innovation in Montreal
- June 18, 2012 – Ken Tencer speaks about innovation at the HBA Global Expo in New York
- February 28, 2012 – Ken Tencer appears on In Business Television with David Wojcik
- January 4, 2012 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Examples that show innovation can be easy, special to Globe and Mail
- December 7, 2011 – Ken Tencer, special to The Globe and Mail – Make Yourself Obsolete or Someone Else Will, special to Globe and Mail
- October 31, 2011 – Ken Tencer quoted in The 5 Types of Employees that are Destroying your Business, by Elaine Pofeldt on The American Express Open Forum
- October 19 and 20, 2011 – Spyder Works sponsors Optimizing Innovation 2011 in New York
- October 19 and 20, 2011 – Ken Tencer Chairs Day One of the Optimizing Innovation 2011 in New York
- September 28-30, 2011 – Ken Tencer to speak at the World Innovation Convention in Cannes, France
- September 19, 2011 – Ken Tencer quoted in CNBC.com article, The Right Climate for Innovation, by Jeffrey Weiss
- July 26, 2011 – Ken Tencer Interviewed on Dresser After Dark
- April 25, 2011 – Ken Tencer Interviewed on IAM Talking, Information Architected Inc’s Blog
- April 16, 2011 –The 90% Rule Book reviewed on the American Express Open Forum, Guru Review: The 90% Rule
- March 14, 2011 – The Globe & Mail features Ken Tencer and The 90% Rule, Talking to Entrepreneurs: Secrets to staying innovative over time
- March 14, 2011 – The Globe & Mail features Ken Tencer and The 90% Rule, Talking to Entrepreneurs: If innovation is a sport, you need to learn the rules
- March 14, 2011 – The Globe & Mail features Ken Tencer and The 90% Rule, Talking to Entrepreneurs: Innovation is all about asking the right questions
- January 11, 2011 – Ken Tencer interviewed on Wisepreneur.com, Wisepreneur: An Interview with Ken Tencer
- December 10, 2010 –The Globe & Mail features Ken Tencer and The 90% Rule, Succession Planning: Son proves worth in family business
- November 23, 2010 – Ken Tencer and John Paulo Cardoso, were guest lectured at The University of Toronto on the subject of Social Media for a second year undergraduate Business Communications class
- November 3, 2010 – The 90% Rule book featured on The Staples Blog, Marketing and Sales: Siamese Twins
- November, 2010 – The 90% Rule book featured as Book of The Month on the Staples Blog
- October 18, 2010 – Ken Tencer, interviewed on CFMU 93.3 Business In Motion Radio – Listen to the interview
- October 7, 2010 – Ken Tencer, Keynote Spearker at ASQ Toronto Fall Seminar, “Quality in a New World”
- October 4, 2010 – The Globe and Mail features The 90% Rule and Ken Tencer, Secret to succession: ‘You’ve got to let go’ by Ken Tencer
- September 15, 2010 – Ken Tencer, Keynote Speaker at The Toronto Board of Trade’s Top of Toronto, The 90% Rule: Inspiring Innovation in Your Organization
- Ken Tencer, Keynote Speaker, featuring The 90% Rule, at Revlon Canada’s 2010 National Commercial Team Meeting
- July 13, 2010 – Ken Tencer featured in The Business Coach Podcast in Canadian Business Online
- April 1, 2010 – Ken Tencer, Keynote Speaker for the Burlington Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) and Mayor Cam Jackson’s Networking Luncheon, Lean and Meaningful 2010, at the Burlington Convention Centre
- October 20, 2009 – Ken Tencer, Keynote Speaker for the Executive Know How Series’, also on the 90% Rule process
- October 19, 2009 – Ken Tencer, Keynote Speaker for The Oakville Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Week on Web 2.0 & Social Media, The Owner’s Perspective
- October 8 to 11, 2009 – John Paulo Cardoso and Ken Tencer attend the Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs) Conference in Savannah, Georgia
- July 1, 2009 – Ken Tencer discusses the 90% Rule with graduate students of design management at The Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)
- The 90% Rule book featured on businesslinkhamilton.com
– Successful Business Builders Share The Secrets of Low-Risk Growth - Ken Tencer and John Paulo Cardoso publish a Case Study: RockWood Casual Furniture published in International Marketing textbook, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2008