Simon Sinek, TED Rockstar and Bestselling Business Author, to Join Mendix World 2021 as Keynote Speaker
- Sinek, whose TED talk “How great leaders inspire action” is TED’s second most-watched presentation, brings his unique blend of expertise and motivational insight to world’s largest low-code conference
- Sinek’s insights on transformational team building and leadership skills are inspiring for makers of all types as they assemble solutions that address business’s urgent need for digitalization in a post-pandemic world
- Registration is free for the three-day virtual conference that kicks off on September 7
BOSTON – July 8, 2021 – Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in low-code application development for the enterprise, today announced that bestselling author and global business consultant Simon Sinek will be a keynote speaker at Mendix World 2021, the largest low-code event of the year. Sinek’s insights as an internationally renowned speaker and author of three New York Times bestselling books on inspiration, business, and entrepreneurship bring added depth to this year’s conference theme, “Makers, Assemble.”
Sinek will share compelling insights for leaders seeking to build or maintain exceptional teams. And, in a business environment marked by massive disruption and continuous change, Sinek’s unique approach is renowned for inspiring enterprises and millions of makers to thrive by elevating iterative improvement and passionate engagement — playing “the infinite game” — over the less sustainable “finite” metrics of winning and losing.
Revealing the hidden rules governing today’s business environment
In addition to his TEDx Talk, “How great leaders inspire action,” the second-most popular TED talk of all time with more than 55 million viewers, Sinek has spoken at the UN Global Compact Leadership Summit and presented his ideas to numerous U.S. federal agencies. Sinek has consulted for global enterprises including Ernst & Young, JetBlue Airways, the Wall Street Journal, and the Walt Disney Co.
Describing himself as an unshakeable optimist, Sinek recently launched a book imprint, Optimism Press, under the auspices of his longtime publisher, Portfolio Books, a division of Penguin Random House. His latest bestseller is 2019’s The Infinite Game, which guides readers on how to thrive in a business environment marked by massive disruption, uncertain rules, and continuous change.
Two visionaries, one moderated discussion, untold number of ideas
At Mendix World on Thursday, September 9, Sinek will sit down for a moderated discussion with Johan den Haan, chief technology officer at Mendix. Den Haan has led the Mendix research and development team from its earliest days building the cloud-native, model-driven software development platform. Today, industry experts have recognized Mendix as the visionary leader in enterprise low-code development.
“Inspiration, execution, and permission to fail fast and iterate are vital ingredients that ensure successful application outcomes,” said den Haan. “Sinek’s deep understanding of game theory and his characterization of ‘infinite games’ is relevant for all kinds of makers and strategists, especially in a rapidly evolving field like low-code. The very idea of Mendix from the beginning has been to create a sustainable platform that drives a paradigm shift in how software is built and utilized. It’s a long-term vision that meshes well with the idea of an ‘infinite game,’ where the innovation never ends. I’m looking forward to a lively discussion with Simon that I think our whole community will find inspiring.”
About Mendix World
Mendix World 2021 is on track to be the largest worldwide gathering of low-code experts, technology pioneers, business leaders, industry analysts, and software developers who will share their first-hand experiences tackling enterprise digitalization using low-code software development. Thousands of individuals interested in a wide range of digital solutions across multiple economic sectors will be able to choose between live Q&As, learning tracks, demonstrations, and small group gatherings of solution architects, business strategists, and IT experts attending this year’s three-day-long virtual conference.
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About Mendix
Mendix, a Siemens business, is the only low-code platform designed to address the full complexity of enterprise software development challenges. Deploying point solutions to departmental problems solves things at a micro level—but if you want to make a significant impact on your business, you need to go bigger and build powerful portfolios that move the needle sustainably and strategically.
With Mendix, enterprises can take on more complex, transformational initiatives by engaging everyone in capturing requirements, forming ideas, and embedding value assessment throughout the lifecycle of the software portfolio.
Focus on the right problems while relying on governance and control to avoid unnecessary risk. Mobilize your organization. Build the change readiness muscle. And when the next big idea drops, turn it into an outcome quicker.
More than 4,000 organizations in 46 countries use the Mendix low-code platform. An active community of over 300,000 developers has created over 950,000 applications – and counting.