Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

As you plan your next conference or leadership program, understanding the value of these speakers is crucial. These speakers cover a range of topics, from the innovation process to the creation of a culture that nurtures creativity and collaboration. Utilizing customer feedback loops to stay aligned with market needs.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

That doesn’t mean leadership should spell out everything. Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. 6 Stays Agile. 4 Encourages Change.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence profiled a Bloomberg Businessweek story on Fanatics , the sports apparel manufacturer and marketer, in its Inside the Executive Suite. Fanatics introduced disruptive innovation to its marketplace with an agile strategy. Developing an Agile Strategy. via Shutterstock.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

This synergy is particularly crucial when navigating the challenges presented by disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, and shifting market demands. Managers and leaders are recognizing that fostering team collaboration practices can yield a more agile and responsive organization.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

To do it for real requires ideation, of course, but then incubation (going from an idea to something you could get customer feedback from) to acceleration (bringing the new thing to market). One of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Fabienne Jacquet.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Hiring a professional facilitator can be a big help, but facilitative leadership is something that needs to be around 100% of the time. But none of those factors, or all of them together, are enough to overcome untrained thinking, poor session facilitation, and an un-anchored or non-existent innovation approach.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. There is no innovation without creativity.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This could be in a new plant, in where production should be situated, so it can be allowed to scale at a later date, in resources able to achieve scale or more importantly you scale according to the type of goods or demand so they can be readily available, closer to the market they are needed. It needs to be more agile and flexible.

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The Human Factor

MARCH 1, 2019

With the rate of change in today’s world, learning how to counteract these brain foibles has become a very important leadership skill. When we get stuck in “what is” or “what was” we shut the door on tomorrow – not a good strategy when markets and entire industries can change in the blink of an eye.

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Cris Beswick

MARCH 14, 2024

With many companies launching one-off initiatives, products, and propositions, it’s become a marketing department’s dream to profess that the company is now innovative. This starts with tying performance management and rewards to Innovation-specific metrics, agility, learning, and creative behaviours.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Gregg instructs ways to blend frameworks and use the best tools within frameworks such as Lean, Agile, CPS, or Design Thinking. The Innovation Intensive course outline: Approaches to innovation (Design Thinking, Lean, Agile, TRIZ, CPS, and blended systems). Importance of thinking diversity. Why innovation?

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The Human Factor

APRIL 1, 2015

Be clear on what market forces are shifting and what individuals and teams can do to counter those forces or take advantage of them. . Provide clear guidance for innovative thought to encourage creative thinking – don’t outright demand it. . Be concise and careful with words. “The Customer Is Always Right” .

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Ecosystems4Innovating

JANUARY 23, 2024

It enables agile responses to internal and external changes, ensuring the organization can navigate uncertainties effectively. Innovation and Agility: Single Organization: Within an organization, the hierarchy fosters a culture of innovation. It builds those dynamic capabilities required in today’s uncertain environment.

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Values Centered Innovation

APRIL 6, 2017

57% of surveyed customers report results of those programs to the executive leadership. Increasing speed and agility – optimizing response to the market, including streamlining innovation across business units. Creativity is highly correlated with self-knowledge, specially about one’s own biases.

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