Leading Innovation: Thinking Creatively for Positive Change

Date
September 13 – 16, 2011

Location
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

100 Darden Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA,  +1-434-924-3900

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Faculty











James G. Clawson
Johnson & Higgins Professor of

Business Administration
Michael J. Gelb
Internationally renowned author,

speaker, and consultant





Details

"All organizations require one core competency: Innovation."
– Peter Drucker

As Peter Drucker emphasized, innovation is the core competency for dealing with the aggressive pace of change. More than ever, businesses need people who can think creatively and work together to promote a culture that supports innovation. Through dynamic, interactive learning experiences, participants in Leading Innovation: Thinking Creatively for Positive Change will measurably improve their creative thinking skills and leverage those skills for positive change. Executives and managers will learn how to lead innovation, and return to the workplace with an innovation plan for their organizations. The program features Michael Gelb, internationally renowned author, speaker, and consultant. Discover why the Process of Systematic Innovation is considered to be Thomas Edison's greatest invention, and explore the components of the Five Competencies of Innovation.

Audience
Executives, managers, and directors who want to:


Strengthen their abilities to think creatively and to implement innovation in their organizations.
Use innovative strategies to lead positive change and increase opportunities for growth.
Overcome organizational inertia and resistance to innovation.

Participant Profile

Direct Marketing Manager
Director, Business Analysis and Strategy
General Manager
Manager, Business Strategy
Research Manager, R&Dd
Strategy and Innovation Advisor
Vice President, Engineer Manager
Vice President of Marketing


Benefits
Participants will identify their critical innovation challenges and discover how to generate solutions. They will learn how to:


Think outside of habitual patterns.
Understand the common barriers to innovation and how to overcome them.
Develop strategies that create more value for all stakeholders.
Leverage collaboration to "get out of silos" and create team synergy.
Apply the communication skills necessary to overcome resistance to innovation.

This program counts as one week toward earning a  Certificate of Specialization .

Topics

Challenges to Innovation
Developing a Solution-Centered Mindset
Collaborating for Innovation
Creating Super Value
Full-Spectrum Engagement
Innovation and World-Class Performance
Innovative Action Planning


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Participants will receive two books: Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor by Michael Gelb and Sarah Miller Caldicott, a descendant of Thomas Edison, and Level Three Leadership by James G. Clawson.
Innovation Plan: Applying the learning and thinking from each day to their own work environments, attendees will return to the workplace with an actionable 90-day innovation plan.


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Fee
$6,500

The fee covers all program materials, program-related meals, and housing in a private room at Sponsors Executive Residence Center for the specified program dates.

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