Meet Bruce Wade

Bruce Wade based in Cape Town, South Africa, speaks, consults, and coaches on a Strategic Narrative Methodology based on the 7 Principles of Sustainable Innovation.

He believes in engineering strategic stories that speak to and develop a sustainable and profitable ecosystem to include all stakeholders.
With 15 years of corporate followed by 25 years of experience in Entrepreneurship, Bruce has authored over 20 books on various subjects related to developing fiscal sustainability through entrepreneurship development.
He is a Professional Speaker and the past President of the Professional Speaking Association of Southern Africa.
Bruce is a company founder and director at EM Solutions / Gallant Accounting / Voices into Africa and board director at Sustainable African Strategies.

His mission is to create a positive impact in the lives of a million people by sharing his strategic consulting, mentoring, and coaching to both the business and non-profit sectors, with a specific focus on sustainability and funding diversification through innovative income generation.

Bruce started his career as a merchant navigation officer before joining the computer industry where he spent 15 years, stepping out as a software implementation specialist in the retail sector with both IBM and JDA. Bruce took the leap into Entrepreneurship when he opened his first business in 1998 and has since been instrumental in the engineering of his own story and assisted many hundreds of others with theirs.

Using the 7 Principles of Sustainable Innovation and his strategic narrative approach to coaching, he has developed a number of innovative models and methodologies that support the development of new ideas from initial concepts through to sustainable businesses.

Bruce has trained many thousands of people in live and virtual presentation skills and has authored a range of books on business and story engineering. He is a Past President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa and a member of the Cape Chamber of Commerce.

Book Bruce for…

Bruce Wade is available for Keynote presentations, workshop facilitation, business consulting and coaching on all matters related to Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability.
Bruce is best known for his 4 Keynotes:
  • 1
    The 7 Principles of Sustainable Innovation
    Key principles that when understood and implemented into any team or business will ensure an innovative and sustainable environment.
  • 2
    The Formula of Persuasion
    A simple, yet powerful formula to build into any speech, management style or Leadership strategy ensures that everyone gets to the desired destination.
  • 3
    Questionable Power
    Why asking the right question will always give you the power. The power to make the right choices in strategy and leadership.
  • 4
    The Anatomy of a Great Story
    Understand the principles of a story before crafting any marketing campaign to ensure maximum impact.

Resources

Bruce Wade speaks and coaches on the Strategic Narrative Methodology based on the 7 Principles of Sustainable Innovation to engineer stories that develop sustainable and profitable relationships with all stakeholders.

He is an author of over 20 books, a Professional Speaker and the past Association President of the Professional Speaking Association of Southern Africa.

Bruce is a company founder and director at EM Solutions / Gallant Accounting / Voices into Africa and director at Sustainable African Strategies npc. Together they provide strategic consulting, mentoring and coaching as well as accompaniment and advisory to both business and non-profit sectors, with a specific focus on sustainability and funding diversification through innovative income generation.

Our next speaker, Bruce Wade, speaks and coaches on the Strategic Methodology based on the 7 Laws of Sustainable Innovation moving his clients into a sustainable and innovative mindset.

He is a professional speaker, coach, and author of several books on story-crafting, personal development and entrepreneurial system thinking. He is the past President of the Professional Speaking Association of Southern Africa.

But more importantly, Bruce is known as a Story Engineer and has helped craft stories for many different organisations, associations, and individuals, helping them to find their place within their own story.

Learn forward, get your pen and paper ready, and welcome Bruce Wade.

The following are Bruce Wade’s and his company, EM Solutions’s, standard terms and conditions of engagement. These terms and conditions may be negotiated but will apply in the absence of any expressly agreed-upon variation by the parties. 

Prerequisites 

Bruce Wade (and EM Solutions) together with the client agree to keep all matters discussed and disclosed confidential. 

EM Solutions cannot be held responsible for any issues resulting from undisclosed information.

All bespoke Intelectual Property co-created whilst under contract with a client, will remain the property of the client.

The client is not duty bound to apply or act on the advice or information passed on by Bruce Wade, and if the client does, the client does this at their own risk. 

We aim to always will keep the client informed via email, direct messaging and verbal communication, at all stages of activities carried out for and on behalf of the client.

Fees and Payments

Quoted fees include includes briefing, consultancy, site visits, meetings, preparing training courses and
presentation.
All travel, accommodation and related fees are charged separately if not booked by the client.
All flights over 6 hours in duration are at Business Class.
Fees are negotiable and may, in some circumstances, be exchanged for other forms of remuneration.
All fees are charged net of local taxes or discernments, which are for the client’s account.
 
All charges are due in advance of the agreed service date. Payment of at least 50% of the total fee is payable within 7 days of invoice and serves as confirmation of the booking. The remainder of the fee is due on or before the agreed service date.

Cancellation 

Cancellation fees will be charged as follows:     

  • Within 15 days of the event above, 100% of the above fee will be payable.     
  • Between 15 days and 30 days, 75% of the above fee will be payable.     
  • More than 30 days, 50% of the above fee will be payable.     
  • Should you have to cancel the event we will endeavour to credit payments made to future work commissioned by yourselves. 

If Bruce is unable to perform the speech due to an accident or illness, EM Solutions will endeavour to provide a replacement speaker on agreement with the client. Failing this, EM Solutions undertakes to return any fee already paid by the client. 

Force Majeure

In the event this agreement cannot be performed or any of its obligations fulfilled for any reason beyond the reasonable control of either party including civil unrest, industrial action, natural disasters, or restricted access, then such non-performance or failure to fulfil the obligation hereunder shall be deemed not to be a breach of this agreement. 

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