Training programs that develop creative people, innovative teams, effective organizations and profitable revenue streams.
Why Bother?
Staying competitive in an evolving world requires an understanding of the art and science of innovation at multiple levels. Our training programs focus on the full range of skills, techniques, systems and leadership behaviors that unleash the creative potential of your organization’s people. The critical element for sustaining innovation in organizations is the “people” side of the equation. No system will net you steady new revenue growth if your people are running on average and starting their day on a cup of business as usual. It’s empowered, creative people that make a culture of innovation. In order to utilize the tools, techniques, and methods, you need your people’s creative brains functioning at their full innovation capacity. To help develop the innovation energizing attitudes and behaviors of your people, we’ve developed innovation training and coaching programs that start with the basics (innovation methods and creativity techniques) and extend into high-level leadership skills to radically transform the way innovation leaders think and act.
Our training programs focus in the following areas:
- Creative thinking and creative process
- Innovation methods, techniques and tools
- Idea-generation facilitation skills
- Mastering relationships for innovation (the EQ or Emotional Intelligence of innovation teams)
- Leadership behaviors for innovation
- Organizational structure, process and governance for innovation
No two organizations are alike, so we usually customize our programs to meet our clients’ specific needs. We do, of course, have some stock programs as well, which we use as a starting point in our discussion of your needs.
Training That Pays For Itself*
*Read more about our research on the Return on Investment of innovation training
New & Improved innovation courses are designed to stand alone or in concert with other organizational development efforts, and work on real-world organizational challenges that usually yield greater value to the company than the actual cost of the programs (including the value of the employees’ “non-productive” time in the training!).
Sample Programs
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Developing Innovation Teams: Individuals Working Together To Create Value
Intense and impactful. Teaches participants the tools, techniques, attitudes and behaviors that are critical to the kind of teamwork that seeks innovative solutions. more…
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Leading Innovation Sessions: How To Guide Groups To Opportunities And Solutions
Establishes a cadre of expert facilitators who lead creativity in idea generation and problem solving. Participants leave with the individual skills necessary to create amazing results with a group. more…
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Innovation for Results: The Tools And Techniques Of Creative Problem Solving
Teaches participants a proven process for creating opportunities and solving problems with an innovation-oriented methodology. Great way to focus groups on solving problems on demand. more…
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How to Create and Sustain Enterprise Innovation
Guides those responsible for organizational design and development, and those with employees reporting to them, in the things to do, and things not to do, to create a system that supports ongoing innovation. more…
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Mastering Relationships For Innovation: For Individuals Throughout The Organization
An intense course designed to shift attitudes and enable everyone to take a leadership role by providing a model, tools, techniques, and the coaching necessary to make it happen. more…
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e-Learning: Ideas into Action Creativity & Innovation online Training Course
When travel and face to face training are not an option, e-learning programs fill the gap. A quick-bite program that improves Mindset, Skillset and Toolset in daily bites of 15 minutes or less. more…
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Want to attend another boring, useless, flavor of the month training? Well, we sure hope not! But if you’re interested in learning how to deliberately solve problems and create incredible innovative results, we’ve got some powerful creative thinking methods, tools and techniques for you. Whether we deliver the program in a meeting room, a kitchen, or on-board a 40-foot yacht, you’ll walk away with the ability to turn on your creativity on-demand, and apply it to problem solving. And all the while you’ll be working hard, laughing hard, playing hard, and wondering where the time went. We can’t guarantee that you’ll stay dry (especially if you’re on a boat), but we can assure you that you’ll leave with a different mind-set. Who knows, you might even learn something more than the name of another training firm to avoid!