Paul Sloane (author)

Paul Sloane is an author and a corporate public speaker on innovation. He was educated at St Mary's Catholic Academy Blackpool and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He worked for IBM before joining Ashton-Tate in 1984 as UK Marketing Director. He went on to become UK Managing Director and Acting Joint European Managing Director.[1] In 1994 he became VP International for Mathsoft.[2] In 2001 he was appointed CEO of Monactive Ltd, a software tools company.[3] He is the author of over 20 books of lateral thinking puzzles published by Sterling Publishing.[4] His business books are published by Kogan Page and Pearson plc. He has been a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University, Lancaster University, Henley Business School[5] and the Mumbai Institute of Technology. He speaks on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation. [6] He has given two Tedx talks; 'Are You Open Minded?' at the University of Brighton, UK in 2016 [7] and 'Les avantages d'être scandaleux.' at the University of La Salle, Beauvais, France in March 2020.[8]. He is the nephew of Dom Ninian Sloane and brother of Nick Sloane (athlete). He is a keen chess player, with a peak FIDE rating of 2125, and represented Cambridge University. He is a member of the Catenian Association.

Paul Sloane
Paul Sloane
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Occupation	Trainer, Author
Website	http://www.destination-innovation.com