HOW TO BUILD A STRATEGIC INNOVATION CAPABILITY
Inovo will provide recommendations for the creation of a strategic innovation capability, including organization and team structure and people skills and proficiencies. Case examples will be provided. The case for functional and behavioral diversity will be made.
BRIAN CHRISTIAN, THE INOVO GROUP
Brian Christian is a co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Inovo Group, a strategic innovation consulting firm. Previously, Brian was Vice President of Global Product Development at Whirlpool Corporation. Brian also spent five years in general management consulting at Booz & Company (PwC) and eight years in the petrochemical industry. Brian holds a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Unlock your teams’ innovation potential by harnessing the power of each members’ Creative Problem Journey Style
How do you capitalize on diversity of thought? Understanding the makeup of your creative problem solving patterns can help you adjust and grow to suit your challenges. Your Journey Style describes your approach to brainstorming and your perspective on how to accomplish the impossible. It consists of four sliding scales with extremes on either end to express the ways you participate in the innovation process, the way you approach change, and how you ideate. Knowing where you usually land on these scales can help you uplevel your team’s ability to collaborate and boost your own ability to solve creative problems. Learn to assess yourself and your crew to better utilize your diversity of strengths and tackle the unique challenges of today and tomorrow with confidence.
Connyre Corbett, corvos
Connyre is the founder and creator of several user research and empathy initiatives. Connyre is driven by the desire to understand people, and she specializes in communication design. She has a keen ability to identify unmet and unvoiced user needs. Connyre works in user experience and design for complex systems, and she employs a storytelling technique influenced by several years in the film industry. You can find her prototyping and creating just about anything she can find the materials for when she's not behind a computer.
Chelsie Hall, corvos
Chelsie works with organizations to build up their innovation and future-casting capabilities. She teaches innovation and design thinking bootcamps and specializes in helping cross functional teams to realize their creative potential. She works as a strategic advisor for Fortune 500 companies and the Federal Government, holds patents, has launched technology products, holds a masters degree in Innovation from Carnegie Mellon University, and has taught innovation and design thinking courses around the world.