Customized Practical Innovation:
Develop Strong New Business Strategies

More than ever before employees are being asked to do more with less. It isn’t easy. Most companies are tackling this challenge with cost cutting initiatives. This is only part of the solution. If you are cost cutting you can be sure your competitors are doing the same. What’s the net gain? Not much in the way of unique added value for customers. The trick is to find practical innovative solutions everywhere in your organization and implement them. If you don’t have an easy to understand innovation process and simple tools that employees can put to use Lynda Curtin can help you achieve that. Your new reality—doing more with less will become much easier ... it's priceless.

Innovation Means Your Staff Needs to Think Bigger and Better Than They Think They Can

Innovation is a people process and is a key competency at most organizations. Doing more with less requires employees that understand innovation — what it is and where to hunt for it. Once they understand innovation, the next step is to ensure they are equipped with a process and tools that will enable productive idea generation, idea building and planning for implementation.

Practical Innovation will help your group develop strategies to

1. Profitably grow your business.

2. Out-think your competition.

3. Connect with consumers.

4. Identify areas of new growth.

5. Develop meaningful vendor relationships.

6. Leverage the talent of your workforce.

Two-Three-Day Hands-on Practical Innovation Workshop

A customized event that is very fast paced, intense and focused on your business challenge.

1. Setting the Stage

• What innovation is

• 3 types of innovation

• Where to hunt for innovation

• Complete an innovation audit

• Complete Innovation Instinct™ Personal Assessments

2. The Innovation Process with Tools

• Break the idea killer habit that shuts down the creative process

• How to focus

• Idea generating tools to break out of routine thinking

• Idea building

• Idea evaluation

• Action planning for implementation

3. Application with Coaching

• Put it altogether on your business challenge

• Action planning for back on the job

• Make commitments

Plan to have Lynda Curtin lead a customized Practical Innovation event at your organization. Call 818-507-6055 for details.

Favorite Practical Innovation Quotes

“What do I need to do to ensure I am part of the future?” — Terry Paulson, Ph.D.

“Innovation comes from the producer—not the customer.” — W. Edwards Deming

“To invent, you need a goal, imagination and a pile of junk.” — Thomas Edison

“Don’t ever take the fence down until you know why it was put up.” — Henry Ford

“Hope is not a method.” — Gordon Sullivan

“Creativity is not like the weather: You can do something about it. And you can measure it well enough to determine its effect on sales and profits.” — John Kao

“A fair idea put to use is better than a good idea kept on the polishing wheel.” — Alex F. Osborn

“Different isn’t always better, but better is always different.” — Marshall Thurber

Practical Innovation Materials: attendees always receive appropriate de Bono Thinking Systems, Inc. materials and Innovation Instinct materials.

Book Lynda to present or keynote at your conferences, team meetings and executive retreats.

Call 818-507-6055