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Pre-Conference Workshop: Innovation by Design July 7-8, 2014 (9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
Innovation is elusive because it challenges us to go beyond what exists. Innovation comes from fresh insight and the ability to piece together new value propositions. It is grounded in customer insight, nurtured by divergent teams and thinking, and unfolds through focused experimentation. Innovation also requires overcoming organizational resistance, the forces that want to resist risk and keep things the same. Mindfulness can help to make this process smooth and effective by engaging others and listening to their perspective.
In this 2-day hands-on workshop, we will learn and apply the methods that are used by top innovation practitioners to see and shape new opportunities. We will also explore some of the individual, team and organizational leadership elements that are essential to support innovation and break through organizational barriers. One major benefit of this approach is it develops empathy and emotional resilience through human centered design.
Participants are encouraged to join in teams (2 from each organization) to build the capacity they can take back and put to work in their organizations.
Facilitators
Lyndon Rego is Global Director of Leadership Beyond Boundaries (LBB), Centre for Creative Leadership (CCL). He is also Director of the Innovation Incubator at CCL. His work focuses on key leadership challenges, extending leadership development to new populations and through new platforms, tools, business models, and partnerships.
In his faculty role, Lyndon has delivered leadership development, innovation, and train the trainer programmes in the US, Africa, and Asia for audiences ranging from corporate and social sector leaders to rural communities and underserved youth.
Prior to joining the Center in 2002, Lyndon was Director of Marketing for Lipman Hearne, a marketing/communications consulting firm serving education and nonprofit institutions, Assistant Director of Marketplace: Handwork of India, a social enterprise that supports marginalized populations in India, and a public relations professional for a Charleston-based marketing firm.
Lyndon has an MBA, from UNC-Chapel Hill, an MA in Communication from the University of North Dakota, and a certificate in strategic planning for nonprofit institutions from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He writes and speaks internationally on issues at the intersection of social innovation, complexity, and leadership.
Kate Hanisian is a co-founder of Design Impact, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to embed design within nonprofit organizations to create innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs, such as better access to water, safe environments and access to the necessities of life. Hanisian’s diverse experiences as an international educator and nonprofit developer include capacity building and community development work in Jamaica, New Zealand, India and the United States. She is currently Executive Director at Design Impact, Facilitator at Artworks Springboard and Instructor at University of Cincinnati Honors College. Kate has served in a previous capacity as Development Director at Ohio Justice & Policy Center
Post Conference Workshop
Friday July 11, 2014 – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Workshop Theme is: Powerful Relationships, the Foundation for our Accomplishments.
To effect change or have an impact in our organizations, we typically go to work on altering the circumstances, or the people around us. Change is essentially a comparison to something that previously existed. Transformation is an act of bringing forth, creating and inventing. In this workshop we will engage with the distinction of transformation versus change and participants will take on being the architects of the culture. You will participate in an interactive session which will help you to determine:
- How can you influence organizational culture?
- How can you access effectiveness in relating to others?
- How do you find confidence or provide it for others?
- How do you make choices to pursue what is really important to you and to the organization?
- How do you live life fully?
Ginette Morel is a management consultant and professional coach who works with the top managers of many Fortune 500 corporations. Ginette has been a key player in advising, coaching and leading senior public sector executives in major transitional projects internationally. Her role in the last twenty years has impacted Government agencies, Crown Corporations and global corporations. Ginette’s work is designed to inspire leadership and challenge people to achieve excellence. Ginette is also an executive coach with the Caribbean Leadership Project.
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