Understanding innovation
• The core theory of innovation
• Great innovators share an ability to see “Fourth Option®” strategies
• The eight dimensions along which great organizations seek breakthrough strategies
• The IDEAS framework
Imagine
• Mental time travel
• Why great innovations start with discontent
• Thinking backward from the future
• Asking the right strategic questions
Dissect
• The 8 dimensions along which to look for new ideas (the 8P framework)
• Identifying leverage points
Expand - Strengthen your core business and generate new growth
1. Lock up resources
2. Increase customer captivity
3. Build economies of scale
4. Move early to the next battleground
5. Coordinate the uncoordinated
6. Force a two-front battle
7. Be good
8. Create something out of nothing
Analyzing - Reaching strategic clarity
• Four types of strategic ideas
• Overcoming an organization’s natural tendency to ignore innovative ideas
• From “crazy” ideas to “winning moves”
Sell
• Four steps to wrap your strategy into a compelling communication
• How to build buy-in from the right stakeholders
Recap and Q&A
Senior Leaders |
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Mid-Level-Leaders |
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Emerging Leaders and Functional Experts |
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