Why would a CEO spend the time and money to have his Managers attend this course?

• Understand how to create a Culture of Innovation.
• Looking for a major change in his business.
• Has a good handle on Innovation but need some structure to manage it.
• Old ways of handling Innovation don't work any more.
• Personally need everyone in Management to get re-grounded & re-focused before moving forward with the next phase of his business.
• Learn how to engage other employees in the process of Innovation.
• Learn how to honestly look at his capabilities relative to the competition.

What will Management get from this course?

• A lively forum of interaction that activate a lot of discussion after the class.
• Highly participative & interactive 2 days where they can speak and be heard multiple times and receive feedback from other managers on this very important subject.
• The Management Team will have ample opportunity to share their ideas and expertise with other managers who want and need feedback.
• Opportunity to focus on the future of their company and determine how to get from where they currently are to where they want to be.
• Learn powerful techniques for organizing their Innovation Ideas.
• At least three Incremental Innovation ideas ($100,000 benefit/$2,000 cost to implement) will be identified, analyzed, solutions proposed, and metrics defined to solve the proposed problem before the course is completed. A very practical problem solving experience.

What are the benefits of this course?

• 2 days to work "on" the business not "in" it.
• Create a clear plan on how to more effectively organize the company’s Innovation Portfolio.
• Leave with 3 identified incremental innovations ($100,000 benefit/$2,000 cost to implement) and how these may be resolved in the next 2 months.
• Thoroughly explore current threats from competition in the Innovation arena.
• Will have reviewed what's working and not working in your business and crafted a game plan for further improvement and changes in Innovation Management.

Format of Course

• Short introduction to each section ie: sparker sessions, no lectures
• Brainstorming
• Group Sharing
• Facilitated Group Feedback
• Facilitated Discussions

The Outcome

Three HVLC Opportunities will have been addressed with a plan:

• Learn a process to identify HVLC opportunities, analyze the quickly, put a plan in place to address the opportunity and learn a few measurement techniques to monitor progress on the implementation.
• Identify and eliminate bothersome problems.
• Learn how to get all employees involved in the Innovation process.
• Evaluate what's working in your company and how to do more of it.
• Review HVLC Opportunities in products/services, strategies, people, assets, and systems and prioritize plans to address them.

Learn how to develop and manage a Portfolio of Innovation:

• Learn the Strategy to create the Culture of Innovation
• Learn the “4 Types” of Innovation
• Understand the “5 Steps” to take to create the Portfolio of Innovation
• Learn the “6 Stages” of the Innovation Process
• Understand the rationalization of Innovation in your business
• Learn how your company compares to the competition in your industry

The Tools

• Teaming up with peers and managers in the organization
• Highly interactive exercises geared to facilitate brainstorming
• Focused exercises geared towards creating the key words and short phrases that powerfully, yet simply communicate the plan
• HVLC Innovation process
• An experienced consultant with over 30 years of business experience who moderates each session