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Fire Up Innovation: Sparking and Sustaining Innovation Teams
An essential innovation guidebook for leaders, managers, marketers, engineers -anyone who needs to develop creative solutions to tough challenges. Today's innovation challenges are complex. Solving them requires diverse teams and a common understanding of thinking frameworks, process and tools. In Fire Up Innovation , you'll discover a proven gameplan to ignite your team's innovation engine. You learn how to collaborate successfully by embracing all diversity and building support to sustain a team through the innovation process. You will learn by doing with plenty of examples and exercises to develop your own innovation process within the context of virtual and hybrid group and rise of Artificial Intelligence.
- A simple formula for creating your high-performance innovation team - Why diversity is critical to innovation - How to limit conflict from your group's process - The role of AI in innovation - A new understanding of your own creativity - How to innovate in a virtual or hybrid world Author and Innovation Expert Helene Cahen is passionate about helping others access their creative potential and solve meaningful challenges in a team. In Fire Up Innovation , she shares all the tools you need to develop your own innovation process to use in your business, non-profit, education, or even your personal life. You'll find that your work becomes easier, more effective, more collaborative, and, ultimately, more fulfilling and joyful. ABOUT THE Helene Cahen, M.S., is an innovation consultant, trainer, facilitator, and speaker with over 20 years of experience helping companies navigate innovation challenges. She is a successful speaker whose recent TEDx talk on high performance collaboration for teams was highly received. She is the founder and principal consultant at Fire Up Innovation Consulting (previously Strategic Insights), where she guides Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and non-profits to understand innovation, create innovative new products/services, build effective teams, and support a user-centered culture. She is also a coach for the Berkeley Haas School of Business Executive Program.
- A simple formula for creating your high-performance innovation team - Why diversity is critical to innovation - How to limit conflict from your group's process - The role of AI in innovation - A new understanding of your own creativity - How to innovate in a virtual or hybrid world Author and Innovation Expert Helene Cahen is passionate about helping others access their creative potential and solve meaningful challenges in a team. In Fire Up Innovation , she shares all the tools you need to develop your own innovation process to use in your business, non-profit, education, or even your personal life. You'll find that your work becomes easier, more effective, more collaborative, and, ultimately, more fulfilling and joyful. ABOUT THE Helene Cahen, M.S., is an innovation consultant, trainer, facilitator, and speaker with over 20 years of experience helping companies navigate innovation challenges. She is a successful speaker whose recent TEDx talk on high performance collaboration for teams was highly received. She is the founder and principal consultant at Fire Up Innovation Consulting (previously Strategic Insights), where she guides Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and non-profits to understand innovation, create innovative new products/services, build effective teams, and support a user-centered culture. She is also a coach for the Berkeley Haas School of Business Executive Program.
172 pages, Paperback
Published October 25, 2023
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July 9, 2024
Helene Cahen's "Fire Up Innovation – Sparking and Sustaining Innovation Teams" is a must-read for any business leader aiming to thrive in today's competitive landscape. Cahen expertly emphasizes the necessity of fostering high-performing innovation teams from within an organization to drive success. This book stands out with its practical approach, offering tangible strategies and tools to support and sustain innovation efforts. Her insights into the role of diversity in driving innovation are particularly compelling, highlighting how varied perspectives can lead to more creative and effective solutions.
What sets this book apart is its interactive nature. Cahen's belief that the essence of innovation cannot be fully captured through passive reading is evident in the 5-week challenge included in the book. This hands-on approach ensures that readers can directly apply the concepts and techniques to their teams, making the learning process both engaging and impactful. Additionally, Cahen explores the role of AI in modern innovation, providing a forward-thinking perspective on how technology can enhance creative processes. Overall, "Fire Up Innovation" is a highly practical guide that goes beyond theory, equipping readers with the skills and knowledge to ignite and sustain innovation within their teams.
What sets this book apart is its interactive nature. Cahen's belief that the essence of innovation cannot be fully captured through passive reading is evident in the 5-week challenge included in the book. This hands-on approach ensures that readers can directly apply the concepts and techniques to their teams, making the learning process both engaging and impactful. Additionally, Cahen explores the role of AI in modern innovation, providing a forward-thinking perspective on how technology can enhance creative processes. Overall, "Fire Up Innovation" is a highly practical guide that goes beyond theory, equipping readers with the skills and knowledge to ignite and sustain innovation within their teams.
December 8, 2023
Fire Up Innovation: Sparking and Sustaining Innovation Teams" by Helene Cahen is an essential resource for anyone looking to foster creativity and innovation within a team setting. Cahen expertly blends storytelling with practical exercises, making complex concepts both engaging and applicable. Her 5-week challenge and accompanying journal are particularly effective for teams striving to enhance their innovative capabilities, including those navigating the dynamics of virtual or hybrid environments. The book's unique approach to combining divergent and convergent thinking patterns is enlightening, offering valuable insights not just for professional teams, but for individual creative processes as well. Packed with actionable tools and frameworks, this book is a treasure trove for organizations seeking to revitalize their approach to innovation and problem-solving.
January 20, 2024
Great advice for stimulating creative thinking for all
I really enjoyed this reminder of frameworks and tools for innovating with your teams to create better solutions to whatever problem you are trying to solve. Includes great thinking on how to innovate with diverse teams in hybrid or remote work environments and how and when to include AI as a co-creator.
Definitely worthwhile read!
I really enjoyed this reminder of frameworks and tools for innovating with your teams to create better solutions to whatever problem you are trying to solve. Includes great thinking on how to innovate with diverse teams in hybrid or remote work environments and how and when to include AI as a co-creator.
Definitely worthwhile read!
December 21, 2023
The insightful wisdom in Fire Up Innovation offers a new paradigm in creative thinking. At the same time the book’s layout itself is a beautifully designed model of innovation at its best.
June 30, 2024
Helene is on the cutting edge of innovation.
I've met her several times at TED conferences.
She's thought provoking and so is her book.
We don't know what we don't know - and staying the same course is no longer the answer.
Thank you Helene!
Cheering you on,
Lisa
I've met her several times at TED conferences.
She's thought provoking and so is her book.
We don't know what we don't know - and staying the same course is no longer the answer.
Thank you Helene!
Cheering you on,
Lisa
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