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Innovation Inside-Out

An executive seminar focusing on you as an innovator and the influence you have on creating innovative organizations

 

Dr. Bettina von Stamm, Catalyst, Innovation Leadership Forum
Kristi Thorne, The Iron Skirt

 

July 10-11, 2008, London, UK

November 20-21, 2008, Chicago, USA

 

A new DMI seminar for 2008

 

Bettina von Stamm Kristi Thorne
Bettina von Stamm Kristi Thorne

Innovation is firmly on the agenda of organizations, large or small, public or private. A global survey of over 1,400 executives and senior managers conducted by management consultancy McKinsey in September 2007 found that “some 70% of corporate leaders say innovation is among their top three priorities for driving growth.” The survey also found that just over a quarter of executives felt that innovation had become part of “everything their organization does.” In your organization you are expected to play a fundamental role in creating and delivering innovation in the business world of today. This seminar focuses on you and your role as an innovation catalyst. It addresses the critical questions: Are you the innovator that you want to be, and are you effectively helping your own organization as well as your suppliers, customers, and clients to become innovative? 

 

What you will learn:

  • How to access and anchor your own high performance innovation state

  • Develop a deeper understanding of obstacles to innovation from the human perspective

  • Gain insights into the systemic nature of an innovation culture, and the elements that need to be aligned within yourself and within an organization

  • Identify conditions that are required for innovation to thrive

  • Experience leadership behaviors that encourage and support innovation and create awareness of your own impact

  • Develop a plan for action for your role as an innovator and innovation catalyst

Who should attend:

  • Those wanting to create innovative organizations

  • Those wanting to understand barriers to creating innovative organizations, and how to overcome them

  • Those having been tasked to make their organizations more innovative

  • Those leading innovation projects

  • Those wanting to sell innovative projects (internally or externally)

  • Those that recognize that their passion for design and innovation may have dimmed under the relentless pressures of work

How you will benefit:

 

Mohandas Ghandi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” This is an opportunity to spend a day and half focusing on your own ability to create and sustain an innovation culture within yourself and effectively influence the innovation culture of your own and your clients’ organizations.

 

Dates and locations:

July 10-11, 2008, London, UK

The seminar will be from 9:00 until 17:00 on Thursday, and from 9:00 until 12:00 on Friday. The venue for this seminar has not been announced.

 

November 20-21, 2008, Chicago, USA

The seminar will be from 9:00 until 5:00 on Thursday, and from 9:00 until 12:00 on Friday. This seminar will be held in Classroom 202 at IIT’s Institute of Design building, located at 350 North La Salle Street, Chicago, IL 60610, tel. 312-565-4900. Guest rooms are not available at this venue, and are not organized through The Design Management Institute. To make your reservation for this event please contact visit www.hotels.com, www.expedia.com, www.travelocity.com, or other discount websites.

 

We strongly encourage registering at least two weeks prior to the actual seminar date.

 

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