An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

Victor Hugo

Game Changers, Mavericks, and Iconoclasts

Putting Innovation to Work in Your Organization to get Awesome Results

and Unbelievable Impact

Your team, your product and your efforts go in and out come innovation and creative ideas and GamePlans that will move you into unique places, and markets where the competition just can’t follow.  This is not for the faint hearted.  Can you say OUT OF THE BOX . . . on steroids.

Objectives:

• 1.      Put your people, products, program, places and promotions into a blender and learn how to develop fresh, new ideas that set you apart, breathe energy into your team, and inspire.

• 2.      Learn the tools for innovation and how to apply them.

• 3.      Develop game plans for implementing and capitalizing on the ideas and momentum from the workshop.

Outcomes:

Understand the culture changes that creativity brings to your environment.   How to you teach those in your organization to be more innovative.   What are the tools used by the Pro’s to creative, innovate, life and inspire.  You will understand how to leverage the abilities of your team and drive your organization to high performance.  You will develop an action plan with next steps and measurable (based on your interest)

The Culture of Creativity and Innovation

            Scotomas and Reality

            What is Creativity and How IT can be learned, and leveraged

            The Four Levels of Learning

            Down with achievers & visionaries. . . . in with Artists, Leaders and Eclectics

            The 5 Elements of High Execution

The Place for People

Understanding Power versus Authority

Using the hidden influence and power in your organization (STPs)

Group Wisdom – How to pull insights from your team

Developing High Performance Teams

(a discussion in coaching/team dynamics for executives)

Drexler-Sibbet Team Building Model

Brainstorming

            The 11 & ½ Rules  

            Brainstorming Enhancement Tools

                        Benefit Bounces

                        DRASTIC

                        5 Sensing

                        Hitch Hiking

                        BassAkwards

                        Nicole Factor

                        Down the Drain

                        ‘)’

                        Hardware Store

                        C.A.S.E.

and more. . . . .

Tools for Innovation & Creativity

            Story Boarding

Tool Mechanics

PICO

            Graphic Recording

Web Tools

            Google, Bing, Twitter, Headline Analyzer, aWordLike, Crowdspring, and . . . .

Now What?

            Expansion and Contraction Thinking

            Small Wins – The Power of a Duck bite. 

            Decision Trees

            Creating a GamePlan for Action