1. WELCOME! LDR-152: “Business Innovation and Creativity”

2. Introductions: - Name - Where are you from?
Where are you in your educational Journey?
What is your “Thing”? (What makes you tick?)
What is you WHY statement?

3. The Innovative Organization1
Chapter
The Innovative Organization

4. Learning Objectives
Explain how today’s business workforce and the nature of work itself is changing.
Identify the skills and attributes needed for the 21st century manager.
Outline the characteristics that make a company admired .
The Three Arenas of Innovative Competence
Innovative Leadership from the Top
Categories of Innovation 1 5 2 6 3 7 4

5. Three Arenas of Innovation Competence
Education
Application
Leadership

6. Understand How to Implement Innovation in Challenging Times
Understanding the Application of Innovation Competence
Understand the Categories of Innovation: Finance, Process, Offerings, and Delivery

7. 2
Chapter
Innovation 101

8. Learning Objectives The Right Process for the Problem
Recognize the elements of innovative problem solving
Explain the pitfalls that hinder innovation 1 2 3

9. Innovative Problem Solving
The Problem begins with a problem, a need, or an opportunity.

10. Divergent Thinking:
People create new ideas and build on ideas to enrich the number of choices.

11. Convergent Thinking:
People use his or her experience and exercise their judgment to select the best ideas and implement them to deliver a bottom-line result

12. Pitfalls the Hinder Innovation:
Working on the wrong problem
Judging Ideas too quickly
Stopping with the first good idea
Obeying Rules that don’t exist
Failing to get Sponsorship and build coalitions

13. New Product Team Leaders:
Objective Decision Making
Communication on the Run
Leadership
Concept Development
Innovation Skills Beyond Creativity

14. The End