Today’s guest believes that not all innovation will be obvious and your business must be ready before it becomes your disruption.

He is the Founder and CEO of Travelocity.com which he led from a team of six to a three-billion-dollar public company. He retired from Travelocity when it was taken private and then helped found Kayak.com where he was chairman for seven years until it was sold to Priceline for $1.8 Billion dollars.

His career path has established him as a thought leader on innovation and disruption in our increasingly digital world. As a speaker, author, venture capitalist, and board member he shares the tools and techniques he’s developed to keep up with rapid changes.

He has presented in over 25 countries to 300+ companies. His programs on innovation, leadership, and customer relationships leave attendees with inspired ideas and concrete action items to implement in their companies.

He is the author of two books, “ON Innovation: Turning On Innovation in Your Culture, Teams, and Organization” and  “Disruption OFF: The Technological Disruption Coming For Your Company and What To Do About It”.

Please join me in welcoming Terry Jones.

In this episode we discuss:

• his thoughts on leadership: “A leader knows how to create a powerful team and tease the skills out. This is what makes you a powerful leader.”
• his dream of buying a camp at 21 and how he has accomplished that goal.
• his experience travelling the world and how that opened his eyes to the world of travel and how wonderful the world is.
• his time in a travel start-up where he worked as a receptionist.
• the beginnings of Travelocity inside of AOL and CompuServe.
• how he handled difficult leadership challenges and how he brought unexpected value to his teams.
• how he uses his LinkedIn profile to help nurture the outer levels of his network.
• how his business has changed in this new virtual world.

Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com – episode 215.