Ralph Welborn

Ralph Welborn evangelizes a vision of business that reaches far beyond the mere making and selling products.  Ralph insists that a business revolution is underway that will make the old, stand-alone firm profitably passé.  Instead of grinding out the stuff that a company makes best, the successful and forward thinking businesses will be seeking out major problems.  Then realizing they cannot tackle the problem alone they will unite with other firms and actively collaborate to meet the societal need – contributing collective value, and making a much tidier profit along the way.

In his latest book Topple, Ralph points how this new style of creating business ecosystems is well underway, and working just fine thank you very much, for those firms with the vision to take the risk.

No ivy-tower visionary, Dr. Ralph Welborn has labored in the trenches of practical business strategy for the past two decades. He has served as IBM’s Strategy & Transformation team leader; helped First Rand Group CEO Mike Finalyson develop an entire new mobile payment ecosystem for Kenya; worked with the Arab Thought Foundation to develop future energy strategies; guided the South Africa Health System Transformation in TB and diabetes resistence programs; planned strategies for Charles Schwab… and many more exciting projects. To learn more about Ralph, visit http://www.topplebook.com/about/