Bio

Anthony Mills is a globally sought after thought leader and business influencer. His expertise lies in emerging markets & technologies, preemptive growth strategies, corporate innovation, workplace experience, the future of work, open innovation, entrepreneurship, product design, and design thinking.

Anthony has been independently recognized by multiple sources as a global authority in management, future of work, strategic innovation, open innovation, and design thinking. His work has had a deeply profound and lasting impact on organizations all over the world.

Anthony has 30+ years’ experience in industry, where he has led such disciplines as strategy, design, marketing, product management, engineering, manufacturing, and quality. These have given him a broad and holistic perspective on innovation that is quite rare among business leaders. He remains deeply embedded in each of these disciplines, and knows how to bridge them to deliver innovations that have a lasting impact on organizations, their markets, and the world.

Anthony holds graduate degrees in both Engineering and Management, and received executive training in leadership at Ashridge Business School (London) and international business at the Indian School of Business (Hyderabad).

Anthony is the author, co-author, or executive editor of the following works: • 60 Leaders on Artificial Intelligence - 2022 • 60 Leaders on Innovation - 2021 • The Future Fit Manifesto – 2021 • The Other Side of Growth: An Innovator's Responsibilities In An Emerging World – 2020. • Innovation Associate Reference Book – 2022. • Applied Innovation Master Book – 2017. • Collaborative Engineering and the Internet – 1998.

Ultimately, Anthony has a passion for two things — 1) helping organizations reinvent themselves into engaging, human workplaces that can't help but unleash innovation, and 2) connecting organizations with the ongoing stream of new opportunities they will need to shape the future. Anthony has worked extensively throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Anthony presently serves as Executive Director of Global Innovation Institute (GInI), CEO of Legacy Innovation Group, and adviser to numerous advisory boards around the world.