1. Unleashing Creativity and Innovation Through Collaboration L e a d i n g C h a n g e T h r o u g h C o l l a b o r a t i o n

2. Pollyanna Pixton President, Evolutionary Systems Director Institute of Collaborative Leadership L e a d i n g C h a n g e T h r o u g h C o l l a b o r a t i o n

3. Agenda  Individuals  Collaboration  Open Environment  The 3 C’s  Collaboration  Leadership Tips  Summary

4. Unleash Creativity and Innovation

5. Leadership Challenges “The way you will thrive in this environment is by innovating – innovating in technologies, innovating strategies, innovating business models.” - IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano [ BusinessWeek, April 24, 2006 ]

6. Leadership Challenges “ It ’ s no longer enough to respond to change; today organizations must lead change or be left behind. ” - Pollyanna Pixton

7. Project Management  Dependency Management The answers are in your organization.

8. Individuals: The Ultimate Source Of Value

9. Individuals The Right People

10. The Right People Hire and promote:  First on the basis of integrity  Second, motivation  Third, capacity  Fourth, understanding  Fifth, knowledge  Last and least, experience - Dee Hock, CEO Emeritus VISA International

11. The Right People  Authenticity  Attitude  Intelligence  Talent

12. The Right People Passionate About Best At Organizational Fit All team members operate within the intersection

13. Get the right people on the bus in the right seats.

14. Get the wrong people off the bus.

15. Project Management  Quality Management Create An Environment Where Individuals Can Make A Difference

16. Unleashing Innovation Collaboration Model Open Environment

17.  What kind of environment do we need to:  Foster creativity and innovation?  Encourage ideas?  Create team ownership and commitment?  Implement mission critical and differentiation ideas? What is an Open Environment?

18. Open Environment Trust First!

19.  Make sure everyone has what they need to succeed. Great Environments

20. Authentic Motivation The 3 C’s:  Collaboration  Choice  Content - Alfie Kohn “Punished By Rewards”

21. Collaboration

22. Project Management How Do We Deliver? None of us are as smart as all of us. - Japanese Proverb

23. Collaboration Model Convene People From The Entire Enterprise! Customers Marketing Sales Finance Technology Manufacturing Stakeholders

24. Collaboration Model Foster Creativity & Innovation via Collaboration Process

25. Collaborative Leadership Step Aside, Let Them Work!

26. Unleashing Innovation Collaboration Process Collaboration Process

27. 1. Agree to:  Goals  Objectives  Purpose

28. Collaboration Process 2. Brainstorm 3. Group 4. Prioritize Based on ???

29. Collaboration Process 5. Individuals Volunteer For What And By When

30. Choice

31. Let Individuals Choose ‘How’ Let Teams Decide  On success measurements  How to hold each other accountable  Self-evaluations and what to share with leadership

32. Choice They tell you what needs to happen for success and results.

33.  Create a place where people want to be not have to be. Great Leadership

34. Content

35. Definitions Create Meaningful Work

36. Project Management  Focus, Communication, and Expectation Management What Kind of Leader Leads Collaboration

37. Project Management  Remove Obstacles Keep the Focus Remove Obstacles Leadership Tips

38. Leadership Ricardo Semler, CEO of Semco, believes that all people desire to achieve excellence and that autocracy dampens people’s creativity and motivation. - The Seven-Day Weekend

39. Leadership Influence Not Authority

40. Leadership Keep the Purpose Alive

41. Leadership Everyone Sees the Big Picture

42. Leadership Fix Processes Not People

43. Leadership No Such Thing As ‘Constructive Criticism’

44. Leadership Feedback That Honors the Relationship

45. Leadership Fail Early – Fail Fast!

46. Leadership “ Organizations change in the direction in which they inquire. ” Inquire. Question. Listen.

47. Leadership Free Team to Question, Analyze and Investigate

48. Leadership The Opposite of Control is Discovery

49. People Need Leaders

50. Project Management How Do We Deliver? To Unleash Creativity and Innovation …

51. Project Management  Planning, Tracking, and Correcting  Create an Open Environment  Bring the Right People Together  Authentically Motivate: The 3 C’s  Stand Back and Deliver

52. Leadership Tips  Push Decisions to the Edge of the Organization  Ask, Don’t Tell  Communicate: Total Transparency  Remove Boulders: Carry Water  Stand Back  Guide Through Questions  Take the Fun Out of Being Dysfunctional

53. Summary Leadership ‘Tipping Point’:  When to lead?  When to step back?  Where is your ‘Tipping Point’?  How can you step up and still be collaborative?

54. Your Questions? Unleashing Innovation

55. References  Stand Back and Deliver, co-author, published by Addison Wesley, due out in November 2008  The Seven-Day Weekend, Ricardo Semler  Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace, Gordon MacKenzie  Organizing Genius, The Secrets of Creative Collaboration, Warren Bennis

56. Contact Pollyanna Pixton:  www.evolutionarysystems.net  www.accelinnova.com  www.collaborativeleadership.com  +1. 801. 209. 0195  p2@ppixton.com