Our Innovation Practices

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Innovation Aptitude Audit

The Innovation Aptitude Audit is a proprietary, web-based survey that provides you with a scorecard of your organization's "innovation health," deep-dive diagnostics and specific recommendations for improving your success. Specifically tailored to your company and built on years of research, the audit provides an in-depth understanding of what works in your organization and what needs improvement. Download a PDF containing more information.

Big Picture Strategy Development

The perfect starting point, this strategic planning session was designed for senior executives that need to jump-start their organization and integrate innovation throughout the company. The leadership works closely with innovation professionals to crystallize and articulate long-term goals and a plan for growth, specific to your company. Learn how to grow an orchard of success over the years through breakthrough innovation and goal-oriented management.

Human Asset Inventory®

When a company needs to quickly understand the strengths and vulnerabilities of their staff, the Human Asset Inventory can help. Focusing on leadership traits, it generates a Leadership Pipeline Report™ that breaks down who can lead, who can support and who will obstruct change. Gain the knowledge you need to accelerate positive growth.

Creative Problem Solving Training

Enhance your employees' toolbox for solving problems more effectively and creatively. This training session is a great way to start creating a culture of innovation at your organization, while building teamwork, productivity and, God forbid, maybe a little bit of fun.

Innovation Training Workshops

Our innovation training workshops teach people how to think more innovatively. This foundational workshop instills skills and thought processes that have been proven to produce innovation. It is based on academic research and practical knowledge gleaned from thousands of workshops with leading organizations worldwide. Download a PDF with more detailed information.

Consumer Insight

Get a more authentic look into people's needs, wants, values and beliefs. Our new approaches to qualitative research help you make more effective brand, marketing and product decisions based on deeper, more emotional perspectives into the people you do business with. We even have techniques that allow you to remove the mirrored wall and dialogue directly with the people who make decisions about your products and services.

Ideation

A great idea is invaluable. This flexible process can be a gold mind, generating new ideas for a variety of challenges. Whether you need to develop product and service concepts, streamline internal work processes, or just build an arsenal of ideas, we can help.

Straight On Product/Service Development

Perfectly complementing our other services, this hands-on process takes a new product or service from start to finish with concept and technical development. If you need a great new product or service, and you need it quickly, this is ideal.

Meeting Facilitation

When your organization hits roadblocks on complex problems, sometimes the only answer is a fresh, outside perspective. Our facilitated sessions can help your team work through challenges and develop a new, creative action plan.