Ivibe Innovation Capability Offerings1. It’s not the strongest nor the
innovate or evaporate most intelligent that survive,
but the ones most
responsive to change.”
-Charles Darwin
A ONE DAY
HIGH POWERED
EXECUTIVE
PROGRAM ON
ADAPTATION
AND
INNOVATION
Illustration by Gerard Dubois
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change”
have developed a highly
Overview
interactive (and customizable)
With the pace of competition one day program that will help
Outcomes
and change in today’s world, senior leaders stimulate fresh • Explore innovation as a value, skill and
innovation and change isn’t a behavior - what it is and why it is
thinking and shape and build a
luxury, it’s an essential survival skill. important
more sustainable platform for • Review a framework for initiatives to
But as the pace of change innovation and adaptation. conceive, build and launch innovation
accelerates across industries, and as efforts as well as building a more robust
firms scramble to just keep up, it’s pipeline
In this one day program your
obvious that innovation and leaders will learn what it means • Build an innovation platform for
adaptation is no longer optional. It generating concepts around key
to be innovative and set clear
must become a habit. Your growth opportunity areas
and compelling innovation • Prioritize and launch key growth
challenges are real, complex and strategies that will pave the way initiatives !
there are no quick fixes. for new and very focused ways
The good news is we’re all to conceive and launch new
getting smarter about how to innovations and adaptations into the
respond to change and generate marketplace.
new ideas. At ivibe Global, we
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
or call 704.408.1734 © 2010
2. Program Design
Energy Insight Impact
Segment Topics Details
Looking for • Defining Innovation - what that means and The purpose of this section is to make innovation
Innovation why it is important to your organization real for your leaders through the use of
• Looking for Innovation - types, illustrations presentation, video and interactive discussion and
and best practices (multiple industries, reflection. We will share examples and our
people etc.) research findings on what makes a leader and
organization more innovative
Innovation as a • Linking Innovation with strategy The purpose of this section is to show how
Disciplined • The ivibe innovation process for conceiving, innovation is a key driver of your growth and is
Process building and launching innovations into the critical to the commercialization of ideas. This
marketplace section will include presentation, reflection and
• Examples and illustrations activity around launching innovation initiatives
Innovative • The art and science behind creative thinking The purpose of this section is to share the key
Behaviors and and action - including neuroscience behaviors and habits of innovators and the power
Culture • Innovation habits and behaviors of creative thinking and action. How making
• Assessment and mini experience of one of the innovative behavior a habit is key to your
behaviors successful adaptation and long term growth
Shaping a • Explore the forces of change that impact your The purpose of this section is to help your leaders
Compelling enterprise and where opportunities lie to discover what is next, build a strategy for
Innovation • Set an innovation and adaptation strategy sustainable breakthroughs and energize your
Strategy and and intent that your organization is willing to people to seize the opportunities
Platform pursue
• Diagnose the modes of behavior and process
that either enable or inhibit your success
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
or call 704.408.1734
© 2010
3. “Those who mind don’t
matter and those who
matter don’t mind.”
Make The Leap
-Dr. Seuss
A TWO DAY
HIGH POWERED
INITIATIVE TEAM
JUMP START
Illustration by Gerard Dubois
“Far better to debate a question without settling it, than to settle on a question without debate ”
have developed a highly
Overview
interactive (and customizable)
With the pace of competition two day program that will jump
Outcomes
and change in today’s world, start an initiative team that faces • Explore innovation as a value, skill and
innovation and change isn’t a behavior - what it is and why it is
either a significant challenge or
luxury, it’s an essential survival skill. important
opportunity and need fresh, • Review a framework for initiatives to
But as the pace of change innovative thinking and action. conceive, build and launch innovation
accelerates across industries, and as efforts as well as building a more robust
firms scramble to just keep up, it’s pipeline
In this two day program your
obvious that innovation and leaders and team will learn what • Develop an imperative brief that will
adaptation is no longer optional. It launch the appropriate discovery,
it means to be innovative and
must become a habit. Your growth development and design activity
set a clear and compelling • Increase your own awareness, which is
challenges are real, complex and imperative brief that will pave the fundamental innovation behavior
there are no quick fixes. the way for new and very that enables fresh thinking !
The good news is we’re all focused ways to conceive and
getting smarter about how to launch new innovations and
respond to change and generate adaptations into the marketplace.
new ideas. At ivibe Global, we
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
or call 704.408.1734 © 2010
4. Program Design
Focus Process Skill
Day One Topics
Looking for Innovation • Defining Innovation - what that means and why it is important to your organization
‣ Examples, types and illustrations
• Looking for Innovation - types, illustrations and best practices
‣ Looking across multiple industries, people and places and how you can learn
from expected, experts and edge innovative practices
Innovation as a Disciplined • Linking Innovation with strategy, driving your growth engine
Process • The ivibe innovation process for conceiving, building and launching innovations into
the marketplace
• Examples and illustrations across geographies and business sectors, including specific
application activity
Scoping the Imperative • Identifying the key questions for which innovation is the answer
• Identifying the underlying beliefs which may positively or negatively influence the
creative process
• Series of experiential and focused activities to help scope the imperative
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
or call 704.408.1734
© 2010
5. Program Design
Focus Process Skill
Day Two Topics
Innovation Behaviors and • Brief overview of the Habits of Successful Innovators
Habits ‣ Cultivating - how to shape and nurture the right environment to inspire creativity
‣ Scouting - ways to make discoveries about end user needs and gather insights
‣ Playing - generating and experimenting with concepts in a fun way
‣ Venturing - taking thoughtful risks based on criteria
‣ Harvesting - making things real, concrete and directed toward a purpose
Discover Expedition • Identify key insights from multiple sources, using a variety of ethnographic techniques
that can help shape opportunities for innovation
• Pre-planned discovery activity where the team has to actually begin making
observations in relationship to the key questions that surfaced in their scoping
activities
Finalizing Innovation • Develop a first set of headlines to frame the opportunities for innovation
Imperative • Develop an imperative brief that summarizes the business context, key challenges and
the focus of the innovation imperative
Chartering the Innovation • A work plan, complete with goals, roles and timeline to advance the innovation
Team process
• Presentation, tools and templates
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
or call 704.408.1734
© 2010
6. “A leader leads by example
not by force”
innovation masters
-Sun Tzu, Art of War
A THREE DAY
HIGH POWERED
INNOVATION
CHAMPION
PROGRAM
Illustration by Gerard Dubois
“The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking new lands but in having new eyes”
have developed a highly
Overview
interactive, hands-on (and
With the pace of competition customizable) 3 day program
Outcomes
and change in today’s world, that will help build innovation • Explore innovation as a value, skill and
innovation and change isn’t a behavior - what it is and why it is
champions who will shape, build
luxury, it’s an essential survival skill. important
and drive a more sustainable • Review a framework for initiatives to
But as the pace of change platform for innovation and conceive, build and launch innovation
accelerates across industries, and as adaptation. efforts as well as building a more robust
firms scramble to just keep up, it’s pipeline
obvious that innovation and In this three day program the • Immersion training into the key
adaptation is no longer optional. It adaptation and innovation behaviors
select group of champions will
must become a habit. Your growth • Strategies for shaping and building
learn what it means to be more adaptive and innovative
challenges are real, complex and innovative and will obtain organizations !
there are no quick fixes. counsel and gain practice in the
The good news is we’re all fundamental process, tools and
getting smarter about how to behaviors of leading change and
respond to change and generate cultivating a more growth and
new ideas. At ivibe Global, we innovative oriented culture.
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
© 2010
or call 704.408.1734
7. Program Design
Knowledge Skill Motivation
Day One Topics
Looking for Innovation • Defining Innovation - what that means and why it is important to your organization
• Looking for Innovation - types, illustrations and best practices (multiple industries,
people etc.)
Homo Innovatus • Understanding change and why some societies and organizations succeed and others
do not
• The impact of technology and what living in the digital world means for how we think,
relate and connect to one another
• Examples, stories and activities
Innovation as a Whole Brain • Brain Basics and how to increase your focus, have more energy and generate big
Process ideas more often using both your creative right brain and your analytical left brain
• Examples, illustrations and exercises
Innovation Behaviors and • The Habits of Successful Innovators
Habits • Presentation and illustration
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
or call 704.408.1734
© 2010
8. Program Design
Knowledge Skill Motivation
Day Two Topics
Habit One: Cultivating • Understanding your inner vibe and how environment and the spaces and places you
access, dwell and nurture influence your creative state
• Understanding the use of personal, pack and public spaces
• Strategies, tools and practice for maintaining flow, including such things as passion
filled work, meditation, exercise and healthy eating
Habit Two: Scouting • Understanding the power of direct observation and empathic research
• Strategies, tools and practice for making discoveries about people and making sense
of things through design led thinking
Habit Three: Playing • Understanding the power of experimentation, games and having fun to spur one’s
imagination and develop fresh concepts
• Strategies, tools and practices for generating concepts through visualization, role
playing, games and more
Habit Four: Venturing • Understanding the power of evaluating concepts and taking thoughtful risks
• Strategies, tools and practices for concept evaluation including triage, simulation and
prototyping
Habit Five: Harvesting • Understanding the power of collaborative and social networks to validate and
advance ideas
• Strategies, tools and practices for building a coalition of support and pull (attraction)
for your new ideas and celebrating success along the way
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
or call 704.408.1734
© 2010
9. Program Design
Knowledge Skill Motivation
Day Three Topics
Innovation as a Disciplined • Linking Innovation with strategy
Process • The ivibe innovation process for conceiving, building and launching innovations into
the marketplace
• Examples and illustrations
Innovation Rules: Principles for • Understanding the best practices for designing and developing process that support
Shaping, Building & Sustaining effective customer, partner and organization engagement
an Adaptive and Innovative • Strategies for creating a more nimble and responsive organization
Culture • Strategies, tools and principles for effective stimulating customer attraction, brand
loyalty and fostering strong public and NGO relationships
• Strategies, tools and principles for effective portfolio management, innovation
performance management, rewards, culture etc.
Innovate or Evaporate: Tool • Access to an on-line ivibe resource center and community to help nurture and support
Kit and On-Line Support to the on-going growth and development of “master innovators”
Help One Thrive as an
Innovator
For more information contact
Meghan@ivibeglobal.com
or call 704.408.1734
© 2010