Josh is the Founder and CEO at RPD International, helping companies develop, launch and manufacture new products, from medical devices to food, to industrial.
Josh is an advisor to several committees at the Royal Academy of Engineering, advises multiple startups, and a contributor to 3 investment committees.
Josh began his engineering career with the TV show 'Robot Wars'. He returned to series 9 and 10 of the show with Team Rapid, an experiment in extreme design.
Josh works with companies to help them execute on new innovation, in product, process and supply chain.
Get in ContactCorporate SpeakingConference keynotes focussing on how to encourage innovation, and manage change within your business.
Product WorkshopsWorkshops to help teams develop new product propositions, with a focus on how it's made and what it will cost.
Innovation ConsultancyHelping big businesses develop innovation programs that make spend more predictable, whilst engaging more people.
Advisory PositionsJosh also holds several advisory positions at the Royal Academy of Engineering and multiple investment groups.
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The Making Innovation Happen keynote focusses on how to create a team or business that is able to evolve and change. It's an actionable talk, that looks at how some of the best innovators in the world ensure that their process delivers results.
The talk firstly looks at how we define innovation, and what it really means? Why does innovation budget go to waste, and why does innovation always shout risk? We then explore how innovation can be managed more effectively, potentially even as a predictable process for creating a return on investment. We explore the process for managing innovation, seen inside many of RPD and Josh's clients and how they are able to go from creating cultures that inspire contribution from your teams, through to controlling the risk in a go-to-market strategy. This talk has been designed and evolved to leave audiences with actionable insight, to take back to their desk and begin executing. |
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The Future of Consumers keynote looks at how the world is changing, and how a business needs to evolve to be able to keep pace with their customer. It looks at how consumer expectations are changing, and how to build processes and products to address this.
We live in a world that is now so interconnected, there is no chance to launch a product that isn't perfect. The second something is launched, the entire world has an opinion, and access to everybody elses's opinion. How do we build new processes to understand what consumers really want? With expectation so high, we can no longer trust the results of observation based market research. Can we truly understand what people do with our products, and design accordingly? If we can work out how consumer behaviour changes and evolves, how to we develop systems to help us deliver new products to market quicker? With most consumer trends now lasting just 6-9 months, how do we bring the average corporate go-to-market time down from 3-5 years? |
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It is harder than ever to grow a business without embracing a global perspective. This keynote looks at how RPD International has built our brand across multiple countries, cultures and industries.
The talk explores the pitfalls of growing the business from a small office in London and some suppliers in China; to a global business with 4 offices and over 120 manufacturing outlets. We look at how moving between languages and alphabets can cause complete breakdowns in communication. How can two people who speak the same language still not make communication work? What do we put in place to stabilise this interaction? The talk touches on supplier relationships, control and instruction. How do you work with contractors and partners in a predictable way? Broadly - how do you inspire global team members to work cohesively toward the same goals? This session focusses on our learnings, and then throws open to the room for an interactive discussion around the audience's experiences. It's usually most suitable to smaller groups, although has been adapted for audiences up to 1,000 people. |
Josh is usually booked for keynote and conference style events. Lectures, workshops and other teaching events are also available. He has occassionally been available for presenting, TV and Video, with some experience in news commentary. Josh has occassionally been available for dinners style events, dependant on the subject.
Fees vary dependant on the location, time commitment and the content required. Please contact us to find out more!
Occassionally Josh is available for charity and school events, depending on availability and the subject. Please contact us to find out more!
Josh is available for bookings either directly, or through an agent. To book direct, please use the contact form to tell us more about your event. Josh is also representated by JLA and London Speaker's Bureau. If you are already engaged with an agency, you can request Josh's availability through them, or contact us to be connected!
No - we can very easily tailor the general topic to individual client need, subject to discussion.
Josh's office, or agent, will confirm the booking. We then like to arrange a briefing call around 2 weeks prior to the event to discuss all details. We will then also check in a day before for final confirmation.
Josh has spoken globally, and so is willing to travel for events outside the UK, schedule dependent. However, travel and accommodation costs must be covered by the client.
Usually this is no problem at all, but we ask if content is being made public that we can also hold copies.