Innovation

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Innovation

Help leaders think differently, creating the conditions for their teams to do the same.

Innovation in organisations is a leadership discipline. This session explores what it actually demands of leaders: the mindset to see familiar problems differently, the habits that open up new thinking, and the conditions that make teams more likely to generate and act on fresh ideas. Participants leave with new perspectives and practical approaches they can apply straight away.

Duration
90 minutes
Format
In-person or online
Group size
10 to 100
ideal
Best for
Leadership teams
The day

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The session runs for 90 minutes. These often work well over lunch, and this timing can be flexed to suit your schedule.

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09:30
Innovation Asks
What innovation actually requires from leaders.
20 minutes
Explainer
<p>A short input on what innovation actually requires from leaders: the mindset, the habits, and the role in creating conditions for a team to think differently.</p>
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09:30
Shifting the Frame
Examine a challenge through several different lenses.
20 minutes
Exercise
<p>A structured perspective-taking exercise where participants examine a real challenge or opportunity through several different lenses to surface thinking they wouldn't reach through normal analysis.</p>
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09:30
Conditions for Curiosity
What enables and blocks innovative thinking.
30 minutes
Discussion
<p>Facilitated conversation on what currently enables or blocks innovative thinking in participants' teams, and what leaders can do to shift the balance.</p>
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09:30
Eyes on Your Market
Look at your market from unfamiliar angles.
20 minutes
Framework
<p>A practical exercise where participants apply a structured approach to exploring their market or business from angles they wouldn't normally use.</p>
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What you leave with

Three things that change in the room.

one

Understand what innovation actually requires from leaders, beyond generating ideas

two

Explore practical approaches for seeing your business, your market, and your challenges from fresh angles

three

Identify what you can do to create the conditions for more innovative thinking in your team

Also available

Join an upcoming open workshop.

No full team to bring? Individuals and small groups can join a scheduled open session and learn alongside people from other organisations.

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Next step

Book it for your team.

Every engagement starts the same way: a 30-minute call to understand the team, the situation, and what good would look like. From there, we agree the shape of the workshop together.

TESTIMONIAL
“I attended with my team, and we all found it very useful to take time out of our busy diaries to think about the art of ideation.”
Angela Maurer
Head of Innovation, Tesco.com
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