To increase the power of your own organization’s innovation engine, here are some questions to ask:
While going through this assessment by yourself can provide you with new insights, discussing these questions with other stakeholders can yield surprising and valuable perspectives. For example, when we interviewed groups of employees across a company, the CEO learned that they weren’t inclined to act on ideas from innovation sessions because it would interfere with objectives on their performance reviews.
Taking an active role in shaping and reinforcing enterprise-wide innovation is more than ever a critical ingredient for how CEOs can consistently enable their companies to create new value, and gain and maintain competitive leadership in their markets.
The key is to recognize how many ways top leadership commitment to innovation is conveyed and perceived, and to actively shape these forces so that all of the messages are congruent. Monitoring and adjusting messages and actions on a frequent basis is especially critical as business conditions rapidly change.
When your organization and its stakeholders perceive that innovation is more than a program, defying innovation inertia is no longer an impossible dream and your company can soar to new heights of success.
Pamela S. Harper is founding partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc (BAI) (https://www.businessadvance.com), a consultancy established in 1991 to help companies accelerate innovation. D. Scott Harper is a senior partner with BAI, and is experienced in moving products to market from concept generation through development and release.
Read: https://thoughtleading.com/why-innovation-programs-are-a-total-waste-of-time/
Read: https://creativeemergence.typepad.com/the_fertile_unknown/innovation/
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Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:
Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns. They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning. Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process. This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented. If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form. The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations.
Limited space available.
10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS
General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.
The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.
