Renny Gleeson

Renny Gleeson

Managing Director, Business Innovation Group at Wieden + Kennedy

TED Speaker
TED Attendee
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About Renny

I am a…

Blogger, Business leader, Change Agent, Connector, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Idea generator, Marketer, Potential employer, Technologist

Bio

Twenty+ years of agency/client/publisher work in persuasion space. Work at the intersection of technology and emergent behavior, fighting for the human. Led Interactive strategy globally @ Wieden+Kennedy, now lead the Business Innovation Group where we use brand to transform systems, fuel provocative relationships and deliver better futures.

I'm passionate about

trees, NASA/JPL, sci-fi, visceral connection, the transformative power of coffee, a future co-created by more of us, kindness, humanity, mobility, pioneers, invisible interfaces, connected empowering environments, learning, art, customized motorcycles, puppies

An idea worth spreading

predictability kills

Areas of expertise

advertising, Human Technology, marketing, Mobility, strategy, Video Games, Web Technologies

The TED story

I go for the passionate brain rinse.

Things you might not know

Motorcycles, Camping, Storyboarding