About The Designers And Authors

Andrew & Gaia Grant - Company directors, consultants, co-authors and keynote presenters

Andrew Grant and Gaia Grant are the founders and directors of Tirian International Consultancy (www.tirian.com), and co-authors of the breakthrough new book The Innovation Race: How to change a culture to change the game, along with the international bestseller Who Killed Creativity?... And How Can We Get it Back?: Seven essential strategies for making yourself, your team and your organisation more innovative.

The Grants have helped to create a culture of innovation for top Fortune 500 businesses worldwide. They have facilitated workshops on sustainable solutions for emerging markets at Nestlé in Switzerland; prepared teams for the future of the hospitality industry at the Four Seasons Hotels in Canada and for selected properties around the globe; helped to introduce future-solutions thinking at Google’s headquarters in the US; and created compelling marketing ideas for Disney in HK. Together they have authored more than 30 corporate educational resources, simulations and programs used extensively by client companies and sold under license globally.

Andrew and Gaia have featured in the Harvard Business Review, Wall St Journal, Fast Company, BBC, CCTV, Sky TV and ABC TV and are consistently top-rated feature keynote speakers at all the events they present at – including the World Innovation Conference (France), World Presidents Organisation Global Edge Conference (Australia), Unwired (Singapore) and Salesforce Roadshow (Asia Pacific). Andrew is a featured TEDx HK speaker, and Gaia is a guest lecturer in the Business School at Sydney University where she is also conducting research into how to create a culture that supports innovation for a PhD. Gaia is also the author of A Patch of Paradise and The Rhythm of Life. Gaia has a BA, Dip Ed, BD (hons), Grad Dip Change Leadership, and MSc in Creative Thinking (International Centre for Studies in Creativity State University of NY).

Outside of their corporate work, Andrew & Gaia have also worked on breakthrough pro bono education projects across Asia, India and Latin America including designing an educational health curriculum that has reached over 25 million people worldwide. Their research on this topic has taken them round the world for over 30 years, from the large super cities and CEO offices to tribal leaders in remote villages.