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Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith

Thinkers 50 #1 leadership thinker in the world and author of MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

Leapfrogging delivers new principles and tools that anyone can apply to their business, whether they’re just starting out or leading an established organization.

Glenn Allen, Co-Founder of OpenTable


Soren Kaplan is the author of the bestselling book, Leapfrogging, and the Founder of InnovationPoint LLC.  Leapfrogging shows how any organization or business function can “change the game” – by creating or doing something radically new or different that produces a significant leap forward.

  • Gain new insights from Gatorade, Intuit, OpenTable, Philips, Four Seasons, Colgate-Palmolive, Kimberly-Clark, Etsy, Apple, Google, and many others
  • Learn how breakthroughs apply to any organization or business function
  • Obtain practical tools for game-changing innovation

Leapfrogging shows how to use the power of surprise to leap over the limits holding back your thinking — and your business.

Learn more…

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2013 Keynote Presentations

 

January 28, 2013:  Disruptive Innovation & Change, TiasNimbas Business School, The Netherlands

February 6, 2013:  Keynote Presentation, Human Capital Institute Workforce Analytics & Planning Conference, Atlanta, GA

February 12, 2013:  Keynote Presentation, PSDA CEO Summit, Sarasota, FL

March 1, 2013: Thought Leader Webinar, Best Practices Institute

March 4, 2013:  Keynote Presentation, International Association for Corporate & Professional Recruitment, Philadelphia, PA

March 11, 2013:  Keynote Presentation, International Boston Seafood Show, Boston, MA

March 20-22, 2013:  Keynote Presentation and Workshops on Service Innovation and Business Models, Danish Technology Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

May 6-8, 2013:  Front End of Innovation Conference, Boston, MA

May 21, 2013:  American Society of Training & Development National Conference, Dallas, TX

June 13, 2013:  Keynote Presentation, ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership CEO Symposium, Quebec, Canada

June 20, 2013: Keynote Presentation, International Floriculture Expo, Miami, FL

August 27, 2013:  Executive Education Workshop, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

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This week is the Front End of Innovation conference in Boston, which is arguably the most renown event for corporate innovation professionals.

Here’s my presentation on Strategies and Tools for Creating a Culture of Innovation.

In this presentation I introduce the concept of the Culture of Innovation Canvas, a simple tool (download PDF or download PowerPoint) for defining the following dimensions of an organization’s innovation culture:

  • Leadership – How leaders influence innovation through explicit decisions and subtle behaviors
  • Processes – How growth strategies and innovation are executed internally and externally including functional and cross-functional processes, customer engagement, information sharing, product and service development, and other activities
  • Structure – The formal and informal organizing principles and functional designs that enable (or inhibit) collaboration and guide mindsets & behavior
  • People – The mindsets and skillsets of employees, leaders, external partners and even customers tied to creative thinking, prototyping, and execution of new ideas and opportunities
  • Metrics, Rewards & Recognition – The mindsets and skillsets of employees, leaders, external partners and even customers tied to creative thinking, prototyping, and execution of new ideas and opportunities
  • Technology – Capabilities and tools that allow employees, external partners and customers to connect, share knowledge, and innovate

And here are some of the resources and tools that I reference on creating a culture of innovation:

Intuit’s Innovation Catalyst Toolkit

Building Blocks of Innovation (MIT)

KEY Creativity Climate (Harvard)

LEAPS Innovation Leadership Competencies

All companies, whether they are successful with innovation or not, have one thing in common: they have their own “personalities.”  These personalities are their unique organizational cultures – the shared experiences, values, norms, assumptions and beliefs that shape individual and group behavior, and that (for better or for worse) ultimately impact their business success.

The most innovative companies pull the right levers to create a culture that leads to exploration, experimentation, rapid prototyping, and the innovations that surprise the market, create competitive differentiation, and drive growth.  That’s where real “leapfrogging” comes from.

 

 

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