Everyone is talking about innovation today. But are you taking full advantage of what it can offer? Do your innovation plans move beyond developing new products to include…
- recession-proofing your business?
- reducing costs?
- increasing service levels to customers?
- increasing talent performance, retention and engagement?
- de-commoditizing a commodity business?
If you are like most organizations, your innovation plans do not address these important opportunities. In these volatile times, innovation is a must for helping your organization adapt, evolve and grow so that you don’t become irrelevant. When the pace of change outside your organization is greater than the pace of change within, you will be out of business.
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Over the years, I have seen companies progress through three levels of innovation.
Most organizations are at the “innovation as an event” level. They have brainstorming sessions to generate new ideas.
At a more sophisticated level, innovation can be part of a “process.” That is, the organization has a structure in place to define problems, generate/evaluate ideas, and develop action plans to implement those ideas. The result is a realistic deliverable based on an organizational problem. However, the problem with both of these levels is that innovation is reactionary and discrete. It occurs only when someone decides it is time to innovate.
“Innovation as a capability,” however, creates exponential value. In this world, people innovate not only on the “problems” that are presented to them, but in everything they do.
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Stephen Shapiro has inspired hundreds of thousands of people in over 30 countries with his speeches on creativity and innovation. His career is based on the core belief that every individual and organization has yet to realize its full, extraordinary potential. Guided by this principle, he teaches clients how to identify and leverage their strengths, root out and overcome their weaknesses, and ultimately capitalize on opportunities they never knew existed.
During his 15-year tenure with the international consulting firm Accenture, Shapiro established and led a 20,000 person innovation practice. In 2001 he left Accenture and published his first book, 24/7 Innovation (McGraw-Hill). Other books include Goal-Free Living (Wiley) and The Little Book of BIG Innovation Ideas. He is also the creator of the Innovation Personality Poker system. His work has been featured in Newsweek, The New York Times, Entrepreneur Magazine, O - The Oprah Magazine, and on CNBC.
Shapiro quickly captures the attention of his audience in a style that is equally as innovative as his subject matter. His clients include Dell, Staples, GE, Fidelity Investments, BP, The Financial Times, Pearson Education, BMW, Frito Lay, UPS, Xerox, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He is the immediate past-President of the National Speakers Association New England.
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