UWSP Business and Society Lecture Series: Ken Favaro

Join the UW-Stevens Point Sentry School of Business and Economics for a Business and 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.

Stevens Point In-Person Location

• UW-Stevens Point: Laird Room - Dreyfus University Center
• Continental breakfast provided??
• Parking Options:

1. Campus Lot R Meters, Lot Y and Lot T Meters (courtesy of UWSP School of Business and Economics)
2. City streets (visitor pays at street kiosk)

Virtual Option

• Registration on Eventbrite is required by noon on Oct. 27. 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.”

Read more about Ken Favaro and Real Strategy.

Access the Harvard Business Review article, Precedents Thinking.