Accenture is one of the world’s largest consulting firms.  Their clients include 96 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three quarters of the Fortune Global 500. Dominic was invited to provide a live jazz presentation for their Leadership Development Programme in conjunction with the Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

WPP is the world's largest communications services group employing 100,000 people working in more than 2,000 offices in 106 countries.  Dominic met senior managers from Nordic countries to discuss non-verbal communication and creativity in music and business.  He was joined by orchestral musicians from Malmo Opera.

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON - Booz Allen Hamilton is at the forefront of international consulting, providing a broad range of services in strategy, operations, information technology and program management. Dominic was asked to deliver a keynote speech for 300 partners and Vice Presidents at their Annual Partners Conference. The theme was “Jazz as a Metaphor for Change, Collaboration and Innovation” and provided delegates with a useful paradigm for a range of strategic concerns.  The engagement was arranged by London Speaker Bureau.

Horwath International is one of the world's leading global professional services organisations. With 140 independent member and correspondent firms with 465 offices in 394 cities and 87 countries, Horwath delivers world-class assurance, business advisory, risk management, tax and technology consulting services. Dominic was asked to give a keynote speech for their annual conference at the Grosvenor House in London entitled "Innovation: Encouraging & Controlling It".

In 1981, Meredith Belbin published "Management Teams - why they succeed or fail". Driven by the increasing importance of team-working in organisations at the time, Belbin set out to identify what made a good team. Belbin Ltd. promotes and develops Team Role theory, enabling individuals and teams to work with greater self-knowledge and understanding. Dominic was invited as a keynote speaker to address their bi-annual conference in Cambridge.

Morgan Stanley is one of the world's leading investment banks. Dominic was asked to deliver an orchestral "maestro" presentation to 230 newly appointed Managing Directors. This followed a successful presentation given to the Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley, presided over by the CEO John J. Mack. Key themes were effective communication and inspirational leadership.

GENERAL ELECTRIC is one of the world's largest companies. Dominic was invited to give a keynote speech to their Global Financial Services meeting in Brussels. Key themes included leadership styles, excellence and entrepreneurship.

Pfizer is the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company.  It discovers, develops, manufactures and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and animals.  Dominic was invited to Athens to address a conference of senior cardiologists discussing the latest research in the management of cardiovascular disease.  Music provided a powerful analogy for listening, analysis, communication, preparation and performance.

WPP is the world's largest communications services group employing 100,000 people working in more than 2,000 offices in 106 countries. Since 2005, Dominic has provided orchestral "maestro" presentations as an integral part of their senior leadership development program. The most recent program involved players from the Marseilles Opera in France. Key concerns included the importance of listening, suspending judgement, handling conflict and silent communication through gesture.

UFI is the international association of the exhibition industry. Dominic was asked to address the 74th UFI Congress in Versailles, Paris.  His speech entitled “All that Jazz – a musician’s perspective on leadership, teamwork and creativity” was enthusiastically received by 350 worldwide delegates.

RENAULT - Renault is a multi-brand automotive group present in 118 countries. It has 130,000 employees who design, manufacture and market a wide range of vehicles. Dominic was invited to address senior managers in Paris about leadership, teamwork and innovation in music and business. Dominic was accompanied by jazz musicians from the Paris scene and the presentation was delivered in French.

DEUTSCHE BANK - Deutsche Bank employs more than 67,400 people worldwide and is ranked by revenues and profits as one of the largest investment banks in the world. Columbia Business School asked Dominic to introduce 120 Deutsche Bank account managers to the conductor and orchestra as a way of visioning leadership, teamwork and creativity in the workplace.

Ogilvy is one of the largest marketing communications networks in the world,
servicing multinational and local brands in all regions.  In 2007, Dominic worked with Ogilvy in South East Asia, delivering an interactive percussion experience using the metaphor of jazz.  Working with local Thai musicians, he drew attention to the speed, flexibility and innovation needed in both jazz and marketing.

Oracle is the world's leading supplier of information management software, found in nearly every industry around the world and in 98 of the Fortune 100 companies.   In 2007, Dominic was asked to deliver an evening presentation about jazz and dynamic teamwork to 50 European Directors at their annual conference in Geneva.

Teradata is a division of NCR Corporation.  It is the global technology leader in enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications and data
warehousing services.  In 2007, Dominic was invited to Barcelona to address 350 sales, marketing and professional services managers from Europe, Middle East and Africa.

In 2006, Dominic was asked by Columbia Business School to deliver a presentation with live orchestra for senior executives drawn from a wide range of companies including the Boeing Corporation and Namura Bank. The session involved discussion around communication and the importance of listening within a large organisations.

eBay - Since November 2005, Dominic has been providing live orchestral presentations for the leadership program at eBay. Working with worldwide senior managers, he has been examining the conductor-orchestra relationship to give participants a greater understanding of the artistry of leadership as it applies to both music and business.

In 2006, Dominic gave a piano-based presentation for 300 European managers at Danone's conference in Budapest. The presentation took place in the Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal and featured a live piano performance, film of a conductor & orchestra, as well as an interactive percussion workshop.

CREDIT SUISSE - In 2006, Dominic was asked by Credit Suisse to show how orchestral players and their "maestro" collaborate to produce exceptional musical performances. He was joined by a 20-piece orchestra to perform Mozart's 29th Symphony and demonstrate various styles of leadership, listening and responding, communication through gesture, rehearsal and performance. The audience were 100 senior managers from worldwide Mergers & Aquisitions.

ENGLISH COLLEGE, VALLADOLID - The Royal College, Valladolid was founded in 1589 for the training of Catholic priests for the English and Welsh Mission. In 2006, they welcomed all UK Bishops and Cardinals to a conference about "Leadership in the Catholic Church". They asked Dominic Alldis to lead an evening discussion and performance around the theme of leadership and communication in both classical and jazz music.

MITRATECH, SAN DIEGO - Mitratech provides matter management, compliance, and security solutions to the world’s largest organizations. Based in San Diego, they asked Dominic to be guest speaker at their annual conference in 2006. Dominic provided a 45-minute address concerning music as a powerful metaphor for discussing both leadership and teamork in business.

In July 2006, Dominic worked for the second time with EADS - Europe's largest aeronautic company and maker of the new Airbus A380, the largest passenger aircraft in the world. He was invited to their training centre in Bordeaux to deliver an evening presentation about conducting orchestras and leadership, jazz and teamwork. This was followed by an afternoon session attended by fifteen senior executives from France, Germany, Holland and the UK.

Siemens is a global powerhouse in electrical engineering and electronics, with 461,000 employees. In 2006, Dominic was invited to deliver a dinner presentation to worldwide Presidents and CEOs assembled in Munich. The evening featured live music and discussion about leadership and the orchestra, the interactive and spontaneous language of jazz, as well as creativity within the workplace.

ARUP is a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants. The senior management team for ARUP Europe requested a dinner presentation that interspersed courses of a dinner with a serires of "musical interludes": these interludes demonstrated how conductors lead orchestras, how musicians prepare and perform, and how jazz musicians improvise and innovate within clearly defined structures.

LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL - In 2006, Dominic returned to the London Business School to provide an insight into the world of jazz for participants on the Senior Executive Development Program. The afternoon focused on the special skills required to be a successful jazz musician - flexibility, speed of response, improvising within minimal structures, alternating between 'soloing' and 'supporting' roles, accommodating of errors and rotating leadership. The program featured leading musicians from London's vibrant jazz scene.

As part of a programme entitled "Orchestrating Change", Dominic was invited to address senior managers and clients at Yorkshire Water. The session included discussion around leadership from the podium, improvisation within minimal structures, as well as an interactive workshop with percussion instruments.

Inter-Tel offers voice and data communications solutions for large enterprises and businesses of any size. In 2006, Dominic addressed their annual conference in the UK. Drawing on his experience of working with orchestras and jazz ensembles, he talked about effective communication in both music and business.

ROLLS ROYCE - In 2005, Dominic provided a dinner presentation for senior managers at Rolls Royce. He began by demonstrating the art of orchestral conducting and led a discussion about leadership from the podium. After the next course, he brought on stage two jazz musicians and initiated a dialogue around creativity and teamwork in the workplace. The evening concluded with an interactive percussion experience.

In 2005, Dominic worked with members of the Bangkok Opera to create an orchestral "maestro" experience for Asia-based senior executives from Hill & Knowlton. The session focused on leadership skills, and included a lively discussion about cultural differences surrounding music-making and business relationships across different continents.

In 2005, Dominic made his first trip to Shanghai to conduct an orchestral "maestro" experience for the worldwide media agency, Mindshare. Working with members of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Dominic led participants through a discussion covering a range of issues that affect musicians and business leaders alike: harnessing diversity, communication within a group, preparation and performance.

CARTIER - In 2005, Dominic spoke to managers from Cartier about the parallels between leading a successful orchestra or jazz band, and running a successful boutique. The participants viewed film extracts of a conductor leading an orchestra as well as jazz musicians playing together, and engaged in an open discussion. The presentation concluded with an improvised piano performance by Dominic. The event was organised by the Paris-based company AC3.

PIMS FORUM - In June 2005, Dominic took a jazz ensemble aboard the P&O cruise ship Oriana for PIMS Forum run by Richmond Events for the financial services industry. The three-day cruise brings together product and service providers and financial intermediaries. He gave four one-hour presentations during the cruise, sharing ideas about how jazz musicians accommodate risk and uncertainty in a turbulent musical environment - all enthusiastically received by delegates.

Unilever PLC asked Dominic to give an after-dinner presentation for their senior worldwide buyers forum, featuring a live string quartet. The first event took place in Brussels in 2003, and was repeated in 2004 at their training centre in the UK. Of particular interest to participants were the issues of shared responsibility, communication without words and the pursuit of excellence within a small team. The presentations featured the Pavao Quartet, who gave a mesmerising performance of Mozart's Divertimenti and Ravel's String Quartet. They then contributed their own ideas for further discussion.

GEMPLUS, MARSEILLES - In 2005, Dominic conducted a morning session on teamwork, leadership and creativity for Gemplus, the world's leading provider of secured platforms based on smart cards. This was his second visit to Marseilles to provide training for Gemplus. The visit was arranged by the Paris-based management training company, AC3 Formation.

INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS Breakfast Club
In 2005, Dominic gave a 45-minute keynote speech about his work with music and training to 100 members of the Institute of Directors. The event was organised by City Speakers International.

 - In 2005, Dominic as invited to give a presentation for executives at Young & Rubicam brands, a WPP company. He brought together five jazz musicians to discuss creativity within change environments, responding to chaos, sharing responsibility and improvisation. The presentation was recreated in Shanghai later in the year.

ACADEMY FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVES
The Academy for Chief Executives has asked Dominic on several occasions to introduce the world of music to chief executives of small businesses in 4-hour morning sessions. Using the metaphor of music has opened up many interesting areas of discussion, as well as expanding the vocabulary commonly used to address business issues to include new concepts: harmony, melody, rhythm, practice, technique, soloist, accompanist, rehearsal and performance.

In 2005, Dominic was in Manchester to address the Institute of Management Studies - he was asked to talk about a range of issues: musical creativity, leadership and the orchestral conductor, teamwork and the jazz musician. The full-day session included two leading jazz musicians from the Manchester, with a combination of discussion and an interactive workshop using percussion instruments. IMS is a worldwide organisation that arranges speakers to give presentations to business leaders).

DIAGEO PLC - Diageo asked Dominic to create a series of interactive percussion workshops for senior managers from around the world. They were introduced to the music metaphor by forming small "bands" and given an hour to produce a one-minute piece of music. This was an exercise in teambuilding and highlighted the following issues: rapid skill acquisition, risk and creativity, maintaining energy and synergy, negotiating ideas in a constructive way, memory, time management, presentation skills, rehearsal and performance.

BARCLAYS BANK PLC - As part of a programme for senior managers entitled "Leadership Forum", Dominic introduced two parallel musical worlds - classical music and jazz. He emphasized the combined benefits of discipline, precision and inspired leadership from the podium, with the freedom offered by jazz - flexibility within minimal structures, alternating of roles and rotational leadership responsibilities.