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Andrea Belk Olson

Make Change
that sticks.

Behavioral Scientist,  HBR Contributor, 3x Book Author. Helping companies operationalize corporate strategy and have customers (and employees) love you for it.





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Featured in Other's Works

Andrea's writing and research has been referenced in multiple major magazines, articles, and books including:

USA Today Best-Selling Author C.K. Bray's Book
Your First 90 Days Managing People

Forbes

The Myth of the Productivity Crisis

Fast Company

5 Red Flags You're Not Operating at Peak Performance


Author Kate Towsey's Book
The Research Operations Handbook

Co-Founder of the Changemakers Initiative Kathleen McShane's Book

Leadership After Empire

SHORT Bio

Translating and Operationalizing Strategy for Sustainable Change.

Trained as a behavioral scientist and customer-centricity expert, she teaches and applies the art and science of operationalizing and translating corporate strategy into differentiating behaviors and actions through a unique analysis of customer perceptions, cultural mindsets, and organizational capabilities.

Andrea is the author of What to Ask: How to Learn What Customers Need but Don’t Tell You and an ongoing contributor to multiple major publications including Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur Magazine, INC Magazine, and Rotman Business Magazine (University of Toronto). She is also a world traveler, having worked in over 12 different countries throughout her early career. Andrea also serves as an instructor for the University of Iowa Venture School and a Business Coach for their Tippie College of Business Entrepreneurial Programs.

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THE PODCAST

Subscribe and listen to The Customer Mission Podcast Hosted by Andrea Belk Olson

SPEAKING

Masterclasses, Keynotes & Workshops

Whether in breakouts or ballrooms, Andrea knows how to change perceptions so people change their behaviors, and mixes in a lot of humor at the same time. A genuine, brutally-honest, dynamic, and action-driven public speaker, she delivers 25+ keynote speeches a year and lectures at the University of Iowa. Delivering candid practicality, Andrea believes it's all about giving a presentation that people connect with and can utilize immediately. The high-level topics Andrea consistently covers includes:

  • Differentiation + Strategy
  • Customer Centricity
  • Competitive Positioning
  • Organizational Change + Employee Buy-In
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Books + published articles

Actionable Insights That Are Truly Useful.

Sick of fluffy, theoretical ideas? Seeking insights that you can take and immediately apply to your company and team? Andrea delivers the unfettered candor you're seeking.

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What To Ask
A cognitive driven method for discovering hidden customer needs.
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No Disruptions
The critical factors to “future-proof” mid-market manufacturing.
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