Innovation Leadership Training Virtual Workshop
Session Length Options: Variable depending upon the challenge and number of participants
Overview:
This program leverages not one, but two state-of-the-art creative problem-solving approaches to accelerate innovation within your organization. FourSight® outlines the stage of a universal creative process to stimulate new and novel thinking. LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® utilizes the power of 3D models, thinking with your hands, and impactful storytelling. When used together, these methodologies yield new high-potential ideas that can be crafted into innovative business solutions. Each in-person or virtual engagement is bespoke because it addresses your specific challenges and opportunities.
Target Audience:
Executive teams, Divisional leadership, and team leaders.
The Problem:
Strategic planning happens annually. A recent McKinsey Global Innovation Survey discovered that 84% of executives agree that innovation is essential for their business strategy. Yet, very few leaders (6%) are satisfied with their organization’s innovation performance. Most leaders are unclear as to where their innovation efforts are falling short.
Our Solution:
To Learn to…
• Identify the new strategic vision
• Craft an effective business challenge statement
• Apply tools that stretch the realm of what’s possible
• Explore new ideas and build on the ideas of others
• Evaluate various high-potential solutions, and identify any blind spots
• Refine ideas in well-rounded solutions
• Develop a plan of action to test the real-world potential of the solution
Course Outline:
Work Session 1
• Overview of the series of sessions
• Clarification of the desired future state
• Finalize the challenge statement that innovative thinking must address
Work Session 2
• Divergent Brainstorming – seeking new ideas (3 rounds of brainstorming)
• Converging upon high-potential ideas that have both a high impact and the likelihood of succeeding
Work Session 3
• Evaluating draft solutions for their immediate impact and potential for additional opportunities in the future
• Refine solutions and gauge resources needed to implement
Work Session 4
• Create a plan of action and measures of success
• Clarify roles and accountability
• Determine crucial pivot or preserve timing
Work Session 5 (Optional)
• Celebrate the work of the team
• Update the impact of the solution