Richard Daley’s efforts to promote Chicago as both an international city of commerce and a "China friendly" city began while he was still Mayor of the Windy City. He discusses his initiatives, experiences, and the lessons learned in growing a mutually beneficial international partnership with China’s thriving business community.
During his 22-year tenure as the Mayor of the third-largest U.S. city, Daley helped transform Chicago into the business, financial, transportation, and cultural center of the Midwest. A strong believer that government must reinvent and restructure itself to do more with less to protect taxpayers, Daley initiated and achieved a variety of quality of life improvements for Chicago residents. He speaks authoritatively on virtually any urban policy issue, including business and job creation, public education, crime prevention, neighborhood and environmental revitalization, and more.
In 22 years as Chicago’s Mayor, Richard Daley was praised for restoring the urban core and reviving and rebuilding Chicago. Harvard’s Urban Economist, Ed Glaeser defines Daley’s economic success in real numbers – when Daley took over, the per capita income in Chicago was 11% below the national average. Today it’s well on the upside. Daley not only transformed Chicago’s landscape with initiatives like Millennium Park, he transformed the business environment. Chicago in the late 80’s was a place no one wanted to be. Today it’s a “global” city everyone wants to come to. Daley talks about what it took to transform Chicago, and the lessons that can be learned as we rebuild our economy today: Globalization is real and we need to compete; Environmental Sustainability is paramount to making us competitive; and Energy policies, not just the price of energy, but “green” initiatives are vital to controlling our costs and keeping us competitive.
Through the challenges of a rapidly changing global community and economy, Mayor Daley focused his innovative efforts to generate substantial growth in job creation, business development, and diversifying Chicago’s industry. With a proactive style that has been emulated around the world, Daley is able to relate his experiences on leadership, crisis management, turnaround stories, and change to businesses at the local, national, and global level.
Richard Daley is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as From China to Chi-town: Building American Business in China, Reinventing and Restructuring Urban Accountability, Three E’s to Economic Prosperity: Employment, Environmental Sustainability and Energy and City CEO: Rising to Challenges and Change. The estimated speaking fee range to book Richard Daley for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Richard Daley generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Peter Orszag, Ralph Nader, Yannos Papantoniou, Jeffrey Garten and George Osborne. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Richard Daley for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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