About Norman

About Dr Norman Chorn

Creating successful and resilient organisations for the future

Dr Norman Chorn is an experienced business strategist, future thinker and author, helping people lead and build successful organisations in times of change. Well known to many as the ‘business doctor’!


By integrating the principles of neuroscience with strategy and economics Norman achieves innovative approaches to achieve peak performance within organisations.

Norman’s approach is to address:

Strategy in highly complex and uncertain environments, using methodologies such as scenario planning and neurostrategy (the combination of neuroscience & strategy)

Organisation development – creating innovative organisations

Leadership and personal resilience – achieving growth and adaptation.

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Norman is highly skilled in developing future strategy and aligning organisations with their current and future environments.



He helps individuals use their brain differently – to ask different questions, to collect different information and to use different tools.


Creative and breakthrough solutions often come from unique insights that are generated in different ways from traditional problem solving.

Norman can show you how to plan and set strategy in difficult and complex environments.



How to study and understand the future where it is uncertain and changing; how to develop yourself, your team and organisation to have real resilience in these challenging times.


He works closely with his clients through the strategy execution and change process that is required for successful implementation.

Norman has published 2 books so far:

  • Strategic Alignment, How to Align the Organisation with its Current and Future Environment which focuses on the way leaders and organisations can be successful in their current market and environmental conditions. It received acclaim in the management and business press . The 2nd edition has recently been published.

 

  • The Future Builders addresses the future. How organisations and individuals can think about and shape the future while living in increasingly uncertain and changing conditions. 


To find out more about Norman head to: https://www.linkedin.com/in/normanchorn/

He has also contributed to a range of journals and international conferences.

  • Norman has a BA (Economics and Behavioural Science) from the University of Cape Town, a postgraduate diploma in Management and an MBA and PhD from the University of Witwatersrand.


  • Norman is an Ambassador for Thought Leaders Global and a member of the AICD.


  • Norman serves as a non-executive director for Volunteering Australia and the Dear Dyslexic Foundation.


  • He holds and has held visiting and associate appointments with a number of leading Graduate Schools of Management including Macquarie University (Australia), University of Pretoria- GIBS (South Africa) and Canterbury Graduate School of Management (NZ)

Testimonials

"I’ve engaged Norman to provide strategy advice on a number of complex business issues with great success. Norman is one of the smartest, challenging, pragmatic and insightful consultants I’ve ever come across."

Dave Haydon, General Manager
CSR Limited

"It was such an enjoyable journey to work with Dr. Norman and IECL team on our program "Evolutionary Mind of Leaders", which brings digital learning for executives to an unparalleled level. Dr. Norman is so knowledgeable, resourceful and creative, brings the cutting edge knowledge into the business world with very practical approaches. The impact of the program is very visible and it's just a start of our exciting journey to further grow the mind of Bosch leaders!"

Blake Cai, Learning & Leadership Development Director

Bosch

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