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Leading a Culture of Innovation with Design Thinking Facilitation

InnovationTraining.org

We have collaborated with over 100 organizations for a variety of in-person and virtual innovation, design thinking, and leadership workshops and events. Most of the times our events are private within a single organization. Connecting and engaging with the audience.

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Building A Culture of Innovation – What are you waiting for? – with Owen James Events

Wazoku

Recently, Strategic Advisor for Innovation Cris Beswick spoke with Owen James events about building a culture of innovation. Here’s what he had to say: Let’s talk about building a culture of EveryDay innovation. It’s one of our favourite topics, not just because I’ve written a book on it but because it really matters. Perhaps the reason why you have yet to build a culture of innovation is simply down to inertia.

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Building A Culture of Innovation – What are you waiting for? – with Owen James Events

Wazoku

Let’s talk about building a culture of EveryDay innovation. It’s one of our favourite topics, not just because I’ve written a book on it but because it really matters. As leaders, we have to be thinking about innovation at a cultural level as we seek to evolve our organisations to become next generation businesses. Or how about the BPI innovation report in which 79% revealed that their commitment to innovation was either already very high or growing.

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Engaging with Our Client Community at Our Anaqua User Conference

Anaqua

By Aileen Buchanan, VP of Client Success at Anaqua. It’s been a pivotal year for Anaqua, and the Anaqua User Conference (AUC) was no exception! Our most valuable aspects of the conference were product training, user led sessions and a forum for our clients to come together and network, sharing IP strategies, best practices and insight on how working with Anaqua helps them accomplish their IP objectives. Clients Unite at Conference Festivities.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Measuring innovation performance Our innovation campaigns prove that there is a way to. measure innovation performance. nding new and better ways to serve customers well, which can confer a. Innovation-active ?rms Along with balancing the innovation.

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Engaging with Our Client Community at Our Anaqua User Conference 2018

Anaqua

By Aileen Buchanan, VP of Client Success at Anaqua. It’s been a pivotal year for Anaqua, and the Anaqua User Conference (AUC) was no exception! Our most valuable aspects of the conference were product training, user led sessions and a forum for our clients to come together and network, sharing IP strategies, best practices and insight on how working with Anaqua helps them accomplish their IP objectives. Clients Unite at Conference Festivities.

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Top 10 Takeaways from Spigit’s 2017 Ignite Conference

Planview

Last week was Spigit’s 2017 Ignite conference. From a scientist who led the innovation team that developed the Ebola vaccine, to a world renown innovation author, to the VP of Watson Strategic Partnerships at IBM Watson, Ignite 2017 was one for the record books. Throughout the conference, which included exclusive innovation strategy workshops for Spigit customers, there was no shortage of useful insights attendees walked away with.

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The Courage to Be an Innovator

Innovation in Practice

Dear Mr. Boyd, My Wharton interview was conducted in a group format in which we were asked to conceive a new conference to host at the business school. We went around the table, each candidate offering a different idea on which topic would most effectively engage students and faculty. Culture of Innovation Innovation Inside the Box Practitioner Training courage culture innovation paul carey wharton

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How a Case of Laryngitis Helped Me Find My Voice and Grow as a Leader

Innovation in Practice

I get in a room full of people, position myself directly in the center, and hold court. At a leadership conference featuring 10-hour days of training and intense strategy sessions for 1500 member leaders and staffers of a global organization of chief executives of private companies, I lost my voice…and at the same time found it. About two days into the conference, I conceded defeat to a case of laryngitis that rendered me mute.

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SNEAK PREVIEW: A Bold, New Way to Do Corporate Conferences

Idea Champions

Idea Champions is thrilled to announce it will soon be launching a bold new service to transform the way it's clients plan for, design, facilitate, and follow-up their company's conferences. And real change is not a function of pep talks, carrots, and sticks. It's a function of intention, intrinsic motivation, and the willingness to do something different -- real time. We've been designing innovative conferences since 1987 (see below for testimonials).

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Reinvention: Accelerating Results in the Age of Disruption

Innovation in Practice

A SIMPLE FORMULA AND SET OF TOOLS FOR FACING AND EMBRACING DISRUPTION AND RADICAL CHANGE. Technology, globalization, economic shifts, geopolitical shocks, and, yes, management thought leaders over the past 30 years have set in motion a continuous onslaught of radical, discontinuous change in the global business environment that will not abate anytime soon. When they don’t, they will no doubt begin down the path of irrelevance that ultimately leads to failure.

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How to Ensure that Your Next Conference Will Be a Big Success

Idea Champions

If you have a big conference coming up and want to make sure it is has major impact, Idea Champions can help. We design and facilitate conferences that make a big difference -- memorable events that are totally engaging, enjoyable, and radically increase the odds of your conference outcomes sustaining over time. Which is why our conference services begin with an in-depth conversation with you. LEARNING PLANS: Will there be chicken at your conference?

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Workplace Environments that Inspire Innovation

IdeaScale

A great deal of thought has been given to office design. To add fuel to that fire, in a recent survey of over 2,500 U.S. professionals , “Eighty-two percent of participants said that a workplace must exhibit innovative design in order to truly foster a culture of innovation where they can do their best thinking.” So what are some examples of workplaces that are delivering on a great workplace environment?

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Sustainability Workshops and Programs

InnovationTraining.org

We’ve helped with small groups and special conferences for hundreds of people. Here’s an example description of what a sustainability workshop utilizing design thinking could look like for organizations. Innovation

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The Goal: Ignite Innovative Culture

eZassi

This year is full of potential for innovative growth in your organization. Ezassi is your partner in measurable and achievable business goals with the help of our innovation software and services. We propose you ask these twelve strategic planning questions and read through the suggested resolutions for energizing your organization’s innovative culture. 12 Resolutions to Ignite a Culture of Innovation. Assess the Innovation Pipeline.

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Ezassi to Attend FEI Boston 2018: What to Expect

eZassi

While there, we’ll be showcasing our innovative platform and processes that have helped our client base increase user engagement, time-to-innovate, number of ideas and, most importantly, quantifying how it affects their bottom line. We’ll be networking on location and attending social events to answer questions and ask some of our own. Many companies are trying their best to create innovation within their companies but still struggle.

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Innovation Roundtable Discussion: Agile organisation, Culture & Leadership for Innovation

Wazoku

At this year's Innovation Roundtable Summit in Copenhagen, I moderated a roundtable discussion on some of the challenges businesses face when trying to build a more agile organisation, grow a culture of innovation and navigate leadership and mindset. Here are some of the biggest takeaways from the Q&A – all answers are anonymised and summarised. What have you found most interesting from your time at the conference so far?

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The Winning Formula for Financial Process Improvement – How TSYS is Defining the Future of Fintech

Qmarkets

There has never been a more critical time for financial firms to prioritize innovation. Rapidly changing customer behaviours, disruptive digital technologies, and the emergence of agile fintech start-ups means that disruption is an ever-present danger. To counter these challenges, companies are increasingly focused on creating a culture of innovation to achieve financial process improvement. Employee engagement presented the second major challenge.

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6 Key Takeaways from the 2016 Chief Innovation Officer Summit

Planview

Last week was Innovation Enterprise’s Chief Innovation Officer Summit (CINO) held in San Francisco. Hundreds of innovation practitioners from different industries and with varied levels of experience came together for two-days of learning and sharing. The likes of Google, Qualcomm, Boeing, and Wells Fargo were among the diverse set of brands in attendance – and of course Spigit was there as Gold Sponsor. Innovation

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Ignite Spotlight: An Interview with Southern Company’s Julie Pigott

Planview

As one of the top 10 utility companies in the world , Southern Company is a shining example of how to leverage an employee-base to transform the way a business operates. To dig deeper into the how, we’re excited to have Julie Pigott, Southern Company’s Director Innovation Support, join us at Spigit’s upcoming Ignite conference to talk about the company’s approach to innovation and how they’ve leveraged ideation over the past four years.

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Ignite Spotlight: An Interview with Campbell Soup Company’s Jeff George

Planview

How does a 150 year old consumer packaged good company reinvent itself in an industry that’s seeing an influx of new disruptive startups emerging? We had the opportunity to chat with Jeff George, VP, Americas R&D at Campbell Soup Company, who leads the company’s innovation program. In preparation for Ignite, we wanted to explore some of the lessons George has learned running Campbell’s innovation efforts as well as give you a sneak peek at what he’ll present on stage.

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6 Key Takeaways from the 2016 Chief Innovation Officer Summit

Planview

Last week was Innovation Enterprise’s Chief Innovation Officer Summit (CINO) held in San Francisco. Hundreds of innovation practitioners from different industries and with varied levels of experience came together for two-days of learning and sharing. The likes of Google, Qualcomm, Boeing, and Wells Fargo were among the diverse set of brands in attendance – and of course Spigit was there as Gold Sponsor. Innovation

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Spigit Client Awards: And the Winner Is…

Planview

Every year at Spigit’s annual conference , Ignite, we recognize clients in our innovation community whose programs have achieved remarkable feats. This year, we celebrated our client’s success in several categories, including: Best Employee Engagement. Launch of the Year. New Program of the Year. Best Employee Engagement. The award for Best Employee Engagement went to Pfizer! Launch of the Year. New Program of the Year.

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Spigit Client Awards: And the Winner Is…

Planview

Every year at Spigit’s annual conference , Ignite, we recognize clients in our innovation community whose programs have achieved remarkable feats. This year, we celebrated our client’s success in several categories, including: Best Employee Engagement. Launch of the Year. New Program of the Year. Best Employee Engagement. The award for Best Employee Engagement went to Pfizer! Launch of the Year. New Program of the Year.

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Innovation Budget Planning: 10 Key Components

eZassi

As a follow-up to our recent blog on “ What to Include in Your Innovation Budget ” we have created an innovation budget planning components list with 10 key items you should include in your innovation budget. These are items certain to include in an innovation budget and items we’ve recognized, after finalizing our corporate innovation budget, realizing months later that we needed to plan for an expense not included, and then had to find funding.

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Innovation Budget Planning: 10 Key Components

eZassi

As a follow-up to our recent blog on “ What to Include in Your Innovation Budget ” we have created an innovation budget planning list with 10 key components you should include in your innovation budget. These are items certain to include in an innovation budget and items we’ve recognized, after finalizing our corporate innovation budget, realizing months later that we needed to plan for an expense not included, and then had to find funding.

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How to enable inclusive innovation

hackerearth

The innovation system would meet the needs of every person. Inadequacy or inaccessibility should not constrain people’s innovative ability. Considering how difficult it is to achieve this perfection, we strive for an equally worthy goal of continuous improvement—to generate economic growth that is socially inclusive. What is inclusive innovation? Here, the excluded groups are both producers and customers of innovations. Innovation Management

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We Don’t Ask Very Good Questions, Do We?

Planview

This group was focused internally on how they might pursue collaborative innovation in order to serve their brand clients with more compelling insights. Our engagement was at the time when companies began taking big data seriously. The group consisted of smart, experienced people. Over time and through many subsequent client engagements, I explored the question of, “Why?”. Innovation

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Register for Innovators Exchange 2018

Innovators Alliance

Be part of a select group of CEOs, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and business leaders and join us for a day of leading edge learning. Hear speakers, learn from industry experts, and network with innovative business leaders. Mr. Hall will provide an economic outlook and address concerns over international trade mayhem and the role of innovation for SMEs. Martin Boucher, Vice President of Sales with the Canadian Professional Sales Association.

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