Travelocity.com founder to deliver Wilkes U. Free Enterprise lecture
Aug. 13—WILKES-BARRE — The man behind two well-known travel websites will give a talk titled "On Innovation: Powerful Ideas to Create a More Innovative Organization" for the Allan P. Kirby Lecture in Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at Wilkes University Oct. 21.
Terry Jones founded travelocity.com and is founding chairman of kayak.com. He'll begin the day meeting with a small group of Wilkes students for a question and answer session, delivering the lecture at 7 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 S. River St. in Wilkes-Barre.
According to a media release, the lecture "will focus on the need for business to continually innovate while giving leaders simple but powerful ideas they can use to create a more innovative organization.
"Jones helps audiences turn innovation into an everyday skill. His career and personal experiences provide real-world illustrations of how challenging and ultimately rewarding it can be to gather a team and establish a culture that is open to change. And he gives audiences step-by-step plans to create that culture," the release said.
The author of the books "On Innovation" and "Disruption Off," Jones is managing principal of On, Inc., a consulting firm helping companies transition to a digital economy. He is also a venture capitalist with General Catalyst Partners and Sierra Angels.
Registration is required to attend the lecture. For more info visit www.wilkes.edu/kirbylecture, or contact Mildred Urban, director of University events, at [email protected] or 570-408-4330.
