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ECONOMIC STRATEGIST · EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
THE INSIDER'S READ ON THE ECONOMY
For 23 years, Dan Varroney worked in the rooms where industry strategy is made. Now he serves the leaders carrying those decisions through a volatile economy.
ECONOMIC STRATEGIST · EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
THE INSIDER'S READ ON THE ECONOMY
For 23 years, Dan Varroney worked in the rooms where industry strategy is made. Now he serves the leaders carrying those decisions through a volatile economy.
"The defining leadership challenge of the next decade is building organizations capable of thriving amid permanent disruption."
Helping Leaders Understand What Will Define Competitive Advantage in the Next Decade
Dan Varroney is a nationally recognized economic strategist, keynote speaker, and author. As Founder and CEO of Potomac Core, he has advised Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, and executive leadership teams for over two decades, including 23 years at the National Association of Manufacturers, where he rose to Senior Vice President.
He is a two-time Amazon #1 bestselling author and appears on Fox Business, SiriusXM, RealClearPolitics, MarketWatch, and Fortune, averaging 15 to 20 media appearances per month.
"The defining leadership challenge of the next decade is building organizations capable of thriving amid permanent disruption."
Helping Leaders Understand What Will Define Competitive Advantage in the Next Decade
Dan Varroney is a nationally recognized economic strategist, keynote speaker, and author. As Founder and CEO of Potomac Core, he has advised Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, and executive leadership teams for over two decades, including 23 years at the National Association of Manufacturers, where he rose to Senior Vice President.
He is a two-time Amazon #1 bestselling author and appears on Fox Business, SiriusXM, RealClearPolitics, MarketWatch, and Fortune, averaging 15 to 20 media appearances per month.
What Will Separate the Organizations That Thrive?
What Will Separate the Organizations That Thrive?
Executives today are operating in an environment where traditional assumptions about growth, competitiveness, and strategic planning are increasingly breaking down.
Dan helps leaders answer the question at the center of it all:
"What will separate organizations that thrive from those that struggle in an economy defined by accelerating disruption, rising complexity, and strategic uncertainty?"
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The New Architecture of Competitive Advantage
Why your advantage now lives outside your four walls
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Why Industry Coordination Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage
Why Traditional Strategic Planning Is Breaking Down
Why Execution Speed Is Becoming a Leadership Discipline
Why Industry Coordination Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage
Why Traditional Strategic Planning Is Breaking Down
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From the Desk of Dan Varroney
Why Execution Speed Is Becoming a Leadership Discipline
Why Industry Coordination Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage
Why Traditional Strategic Planning Is Breaking Down
Why Execution Speed Is Becoming a Leadership Discipline
Why Industry Coordination Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage
Why Traditional Strategic Planning Is Breaking Down
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Join leaders who rely on Dan's strategic analysis to better understand the forces reshaping industries and organizations in an age of acceleration.
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Planning an Executive Event?
Dan delivers fully customized keynotes for leadership conferences, CEO forums, board retreats, and annual meetings. Every engagement is tailored around your audience, your industry, and your strategic objectives.
Download the Speaker Sheet or reach out directly to check availability.
What Leaders Say
"Dan delivered one of the most strategically relevant conversations at our conference. His insights on leadership, competitiveness, and economic growth challenged our audience to think differently about the future operating environment facing our industry"
“Dan Varroney understands the power of small business and its specific role in American history, culture, and creativity. He’s brilliant at reading the economic tea leaves, and his book Rethinking Economic Growth offers concrete and accessible solutions, cutting through the noise and providing a blueprint for realistic and resourceful action.”
“I’ve watched Dan Varroney build his consulting business and thought leadership platform over the past decade. He has a rare ability to see what others miss about small business potential. His book proves why he’s become such a trusted voice in the entrepreneurial community.”
Alliance for Automotive Innovation represents the entire auto industry – manufacturers, suppliers, semiconductor and battery producers, and technology providers. The auto industry is the country’s largest manufacturing sector – supporting 10 million jobs coast-to-coast and five percent of GDP. It’s also a sector undergoing a 100-year transformation – grappling with the mega trends of electrification, automation and connectivity – unfolding in a high stakes policy environment.
As a new CEO, it was a great opportunity to meet Dan as soon as I took over at HAI. It helped a lot to get engaged in the Strategic Guidance Lab CEO group that he moderates. Once I evaluated the challenges of the Industry we serve, I wanted a meaningful Strategic Planning Process to help us more closely align with our members and a rapidly changing landscape. Dan and the Potomac Core team captured the key elements of his book “Remaining Industry Growth” and help us build even stronger Strategic Partnership with Vertical Aviation.
“Small business is crucial to long term, consistent economic growth — and America’s survival. Dan Varroney has very effectively outlined the policies that must be put in place to help small businesses thrive. His book is a road map to get to a favorable business and policy environment. Every small business owner and policy maker should read it.”