Design Sprint Training
The “Design Sprint” is one of the fastest trending innovation and design thinking approaches I’ve seen in the past decade. It is now a part of our language to describe a specific kind of innovation session. This design sprint training article shares an overview of the process and resources you can use throughout. The design…
Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky’s Sprint Talk at Google
Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky deliver this helpful Talk at Google about their book SPRINT: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days. Give it a watch to get more familiar about this approach to innovation that is one of my favorites because it blends the best of Agile and Design…
6 reasons to host a design thinking or innovation event within your organization
There are more benefits to hosting design thinking sessions or innovation events than just the innovation work output that is produced at the event. When done well they can have a uniquely positive impact for the organization’s culture of innovation and for your people. Go beyond “innovation theatre” and design an invent that can have…
The 7 Things Every Innovation Center Should Have
Many of the companies and organizations we work with on a culture of innovation focus want to set up an innovation center or lab. This can actually be done in just a day with basic materials. Use a design thinking innovative mindset to get into action quickly with a prototype for your innovation center that…
Design Thinking & Innovation Development through Training
Have you been asked to help your organization and your employees to innovate? Do you need to demystify innovation for yourself and others? Would you like to learn innovation in a simple way, what that means, how to do it, and how to get started? Do you need to have a culture of innovation, design…
Five Reasons Why Your “Old School Industry” Needs to Care About a Culture of Innovation
Innovation isn’t just about the latest technology trends. It doesn’t happen just because you have a ping pong table, exposed brick walls, and a keg of the latest craft beer in the breakroom. It happens because you have the right culture in your organization. Culture is about the people. Let me explain. Today was…
Training Quotes
Training Quotes for Learners and Leaders Take a look at 30 of my favorite training quotes I use for educating and training on topics of creativity, innovation, action-taking, growth mindset, innovative thinking, motivation, adapting to change, future visioning, leadership, design thinking, applying new technologies, etc. Click through the slideshow to see the quote visuals or…
Reflection Quotes for Growth, Mindset, & Motivation
Reflection Quotes to Reflect on for a Growth Mindset & Perspective Here are 50 of my top reflection quotes to ponder, think about, and gain inspiration from. I hope these quotes provide motivation, perspective, and a mindset for growth for you apply. Just click through the visual quote slides or scroll down for the reflection…
From peer-to-peer technology to the blurring boundaries of lifestyle
The notion of technological convergence between media, consumer electronics and IT, saw its first light in the mid of 90s: both the dot-com accelerated growth and the internet bubble, at the turn of the new millennium, were rapid catalysts for technologies to come together. But it’s in the new millennium where the industries merged, and…
7 Trends for Organizational Innovation and Learning
In the report on 15 Practices of Innovation Leaders for Creating Cultures of Innovation, we identified the most common themes in organizational innovation and learning from my interviews with over 100 innovation leaders at larger organizations. I wanted to identify the key techniques these individuals use within their organizations and share that for others to…
Design Thinking “Train the Trainer” Program
Online Design Thinking Workshops & Innovation Courses
