Esteemed INTERNATIONAL Thought Leader & Advisor

 
Jon Burgess, CEO and Founder of Kwan, an international management consulting firm, began his career in business after returning to Australia following a brief professional football career at youth level with English Premier League Club West Ham. Initially working in sports management, Jon became the became the official Melbourne Partner for GSI in 2000 who manage many Olympic & World Champion athletes.

In 2002, Jon’s desire to share his thought leadership around people networks, performance management and leadership led him to develop Kwan International Consultancy. Since then, Jon has worked internationally with Organisations and Business Schools to gain and maintain their competitive advantage through developing and leveraging their networks and intellectual capital. Kwan’s unique consultancy model has seen it become a leading advisor to some of the world’s most admired organizations and institutions, working with the company’s ‘Leadership’ and ‘Emerging Leaders’ in developing sustainable People Networks.

Thought Leadership

 
Jon’s area of thought leadership is people networks and their application to the competitive environment of 21st century business. Jon is renowned for the development of ‘THE THREE MINDS’ concept; a unique approach to people networks which is focused on understanding the values, habits, strategies and confidence required to connect and collaborate with people networks to optimize performance and brand. In an area where research has shown that less than 1% of people have developed a plan to sustain and develop their professional networks, Jon’s thought leadership has pioneered the space of ‘people networks’ across both industry and academia.

Jon’s area of industry expertise is empowering people with an understanding of how to connect and collaborate with your people networks to remain relevant and top of mind. His highly regarded insights into leveraging networks and intellectual capital have been presented throughout companies and tertiary institutions right around the world.

In the academic arena, Jon’s ‘’THE THREE MINDS’ concept has become part of the Monash University’ MBA’ Program and has recently featured at the prestigious Harvard Business School in Boston and the Warrick Business School and London Business School in the UK.