Programs include:

-BizTech: Managing the Collision of Business and Technology

-The Uncertainty Principle: Building a Sense and Respond Organization

-Managing Knowledge: The Myth and the Reality of Managing Knowledge and Those Who Own It

-The Future of Globalization: Coping With and Profiiting From the Effects of Globalization

-FutureTech: A Look at the Evolution of Technology and Organization in the Next Decade

CUSTOM HALF AND FULL DAY PROGRAMS

Sometimes a one hour keynote is just the tip of the iceberg; tantalizing and intriguing attendees to ask for more. Tom can deliver more, much more. In a half or full-day custom program you can deliver incredible value to your attendees in a fun and rock-solid interactive session that will make them masters in the art and science of innovation.

In an intensive half or full-day workshop you will learn about the most recent trends in innovation at organizations such as 3M, Apple, NASA, Sony, Bank of America, iRobot, Innocentive, Marriott, Lego, Toyota, OnStar, Oracle and MIcrosoft. You'll also learn multiple collaborative techniques and methods to take you well beyond brainstorming, and learn how to leverage your innovative capabilities. Participants will receive a crisp and focused education on innovation, tools and methods for team-based creative problem solving, and a self- assessment of their organization's innovative capability. You will increase your ability to create fresh new possibilities and put them to work immediately in your own personal life and your business, profession, or organization.

What You Will Learn
• Best Practices in Innovation from a range of companies
• How to measure Innovation
• How to document Innovation
• How to create rewards and behaviors that will encourage a culture of Innovation
• How to determine and rank your organization's capability for Innovation
• The core skills needed to become a master at Innovation
• How to become adept at twelve distinct methods of fostering Innovation

Sample Agenda: (Customized for each client)

Defining Innovation in Today's Enterprise
• Innovation on a Global Stage
• Innovation vs. Invention
• Innovation vs. Problem Solving
• Reactive vs Proactive Innovation
• The components of Innovation
• Why Innovation is rarely taught in the classroom
• Building a core competency in Innovation
• Seven new rules for the next Generation of Innovators

Why Brainstorming is Not Enough
• The Importance of Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace
• Metrics and Business Drivers
• Assessing Your Innovation Skills and Approaches.
• Self-Assessment
• Building an Effective & Balanced Innovation Team

How To Build Innovation as a Organizational Competency
• Defining an Innovation Architecture
• The Role of process and culture
• Assessing and balancing Innovation styles to develop balanced and effective team-based Innovation
• Using ROT (Return on Time) as a benchmark and ROI metric
• Measuring Partnership value for Innovation in sourcing relationships
• Effective Tools and Approaches to Valuing Innovation
• Measuring partnership value for Innovation in sourcing relationships
• Case studies of benchmark innovators