Leading Innovation

In a knowledge economy, ideas are the very lifeblood of business and the greatest contributor to organizational value. Innovation, at heart, is the ability to bring new ideas into productive use. In truly innovative environments, there is the opportunity, safety, and discipline for people to consider and reconsider what they do, how they do it, for whom they do it, and with whom they do it-and there are practices in place to generate and test rich alternatives to "business as usual." In this workshop, learn how to analyze and implement the structures, policies, practices, and tools that can best help innovation flourish in work environments.

Who Should Attend

Individuals or teams from HR, OD, or the line who want to help lead innovation within their organization.

What You Will Learn

• How to assess your personal and cultural barriers to innovation
• How to develop an organizational mindset where the status quo is relentlessly questioned
• How to organize for frequent and rapid experimentation
• How to target practices that improve innovation capability in the areas of product, service, relationship, and process innovation
• How to leverage the five most critical disciplines of innovation

How You Will Benefit

• Apply methods for increasing individual and group creativity
• Leverage systems approaches to translate ideas into action
• Focus your innovation efforts on the innovation arena of greatest strategic importance to your organization
• Become the organizational change agent for the development of innovative products, services, and strategies
• Develop and deliver an Innovation Proclamation that clarifies your specific approach to leading innovation in your business