Join the UWSP Sentry School of Business and Economics for a Business and Society Lecture Series event as author Ken Favaro presents “Real Strategy and Innovation” on Wednesday, March 11 at 7-9 a.m. in the Dreyfus University Center Laird Room.

Strategy is a powerful tool for driving business results but too often, leaders achieve sub-par outcomes because they carry misconceptions of what strategy is, what makes it great and how to keep it great.

Based on his decades of experience working with CEOs, executive teams and boards, Ken Favaro has written Real Strategy; published in 2024, the book is a no-nonsense guide to the most difficult questions about strategy. Favaro has also co-developed a new approach to innovation known as “Precedents Thinking” which was featured in the Harvard Business Review in 2025.

Favaro’s presentation will include examples of how entrepreneurs and corporate leaders have applied “Precedents Thinking” to generate bigger, better ideas and breakthrough innovations.

Free Registration

The event is free, but pre-registration is required: uwspbusinessevent.eventbrite.com

Recording

A link to a recording of the event will be emailed to all who register.

Stevens Point In-Person Location

• UW-Stevens Point: Laird Room – Dreyfus University Center
• Continental breakfast provided
• Parking Map: Complimentary parking is available in Lot R, across the street from the Dreyfus University Center. Guests should print this parking permit and place on your dash for the event. If you don’t use an event permit, please follow city and campus parking regulations.

Virtual Option

• Registration on Eventbrite is required by noon on March 10. You will receive an email with Zoom link the day before the event.

About Ken Favaro

After graduating from Stanford University with Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Master of Business Administration degrees, Favaro worked at Bain & Company. Favaro spent the bulk of his consulting career (25 years) at Marakon Associates, during which he served as CEO for six years. After Marakon, Favaro joined Booz & Company (now Strategy& PwC) to lead its global strategy practice for six years.

Favaro has co-taught “Precedents Thinking” and related topics to MBAs and Executive MBAs as a guest instructor, at both the Columbia Business School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

The first 150 in-person attendees will receive copies of both Favaro’s book, Real Strategy and his co-authored Harvard Business Review article, “Precedents Thinking.”