Now is the time to challenge how we organise and deliver innovation!
We have secured dedicated time with three internationally renowned innovation thought leaders and authors.
How can we best organise innovation effort in a time of rapid change?
Can we rapidly develop a learning culture that can better enable ‘adaptive’ innovation delivery?
you move beyond the constraints of a dedicated innovation team?
What is ‘Generative Leadership’ and how can it help us to unleash innovation?
What tools can enable adaptive and accelerated innovation?
This session explores three different perspectives on innovation culture, new ways of organising for innovation and innovation leadership styles, and provides for an in-depth look at how to build, support, and empower innovation communities and ensure our staff are set up to succeed as they start to drive change within our organisations.
WHAT IS A MASTERCLASS?
Our online masterclass sessions are in-depth, practical and detailed learning events.
Each event is part of our ‘Innovation Evolved’ programme, which covers a series of specialist topics for corporate innovation effectiveness. Each one is joined by authors, industry leaders and experts in that topic; attendees will hear specialist talks, engage in interactive exercises and have the chance to get feedback or answers to questions from people who have a history of innovation success.
YOU WILL LEAVE THIS MASTERCLASS HAVING LEARNED:
1. The role of contemporary innovation culture
2. Impacts of Covid on innovation objectives, goals and strategies in different organisation….and their responses
3. How to catalyse your teams creativity to find the best ways of reaching your strategic goals in turbulent times.
4. How to develop champions of innovation to be able to collaborate with colleagues, including effectiveness while working remotely.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:
Cris Beswick
Cris is a serial entrepreneur turned strategic advisor, bestselling author & keynote speaker. Recognised globally as a thought leader on innovation strategy, leadership and culture, he’s helped some of the world’s most ambitious CEOs, companies and governments build innovation strategies, cultures and ecosystems.
Cris is also a pioneer in the field of measuring innovation maturity, a Visiting Professor of Innovation at several business schools around the world, co-founder of innovation consulting firm 'Outcome', co-founder of the global innovation thought leadership platform ‘The Future Shapers’ and co-author of the bestselling book ‘Building a Culture of Innovation’.
Cris works with CEOs and senior teams in a non-exec style capacity to help inform and steer the strategic development and implementation of innovation capability and culture programmes. Acting as an expert/critical friend in order to provide the expert lens and help challenge the norm through high level strategic advice, board-level facilitation and expert external perspective.
Professor Roy Sandbach OBE FRS
Roy is immediate Past-President of the Royal Society of Chemistry Industry & Technology Council. He chairs the Northern Accelerator, the North East England Universities research commercialisation program (involving Newcastle, Durham, Northumbria & Sunderland Universities)
Until September 2017, he was Director of the UK’s National Innovation Centre for Ageing. And was the 10th David Goldman Visiting Professor of Innovation & Enterprise at Newcastle University.
Previously, Roy led the development of the regional innovation strategy for North East England and was the founding Chair of the North East LEP Innovation Board. Before 2012, he spent 31 years with the Procter & Gamble Company, creating & managing innovation programs in Europe and the Far East including China. One of his patented inventions is a $150M business in the US.
Nationally, Roy sits on the Board of the National Centre for Universities & Business and is a non-executive director and finance committee chair with the Technology Services Association. He sits on the Advisory Board for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity and the UK Department of Business advisory group for Industrial Strategy. He is an Advisory Board member with both Newcastle & Northumbria University Business Schools.
Roy was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2017 for services to science, innovation & skills.
John Metselaar
John has turned his 30-year global Leadership responsibilities at Procter & Gamble - which has included on-the-ground working experience in Cincinnati-U.S.A., Kobe-Japan, as well as Site Leadership of P&G’s pivotal Brussels Innovation Center – into more general expertise in Leadership, Innovation, Strategy, and Organizational Culture. Through his company “J-Met CONNECT” he celebrates, teaches, and inspires broader audiences on Passion for Innovation, Fascination with Leadership, and Connecting across Dimensions.
To reach a wide target for maximum impact, John has become 1) Professor of Management Practice teaching at Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management, as well as 2) Academic Director of the School’s flagship EMBA program. Additionally, he is 3) Director of the Innovation Council at The Conference Board Europe, as well as 4) Senior Fellow for the Company in Innovation, Leadership, Digital, and Human Capital. He is also 5) Fellow at Oxford Leadership Academy, 6) Consultant on Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, and Culture, and 7) Key-Note Speaker on the subjects at companies as AB-InBev, Bayer, Ecolab, Deloitte, PPG, and more.
In between, John is writing his book to share the Innovation Leadership and Organizational-Cultural transformation philosophy he has developed inspired by his P&G experiences (and generated results with) with the world. His “Growth through Love-of-Learning” philosophy supported by a) Courageous Leadership, b) getting Individuals in FLOW, and c) Connecting the Humans in Teams behind Amazing Relationships sets up corporations to grow, thrive and win in today’s challenging, volatile world.
He has also joined the Advisory Board of CAPHRI, Maastricht University's Research Institute for Public Health and Primary Care, the Board of the American Club of Brussels, and the student-led, NGO-supporting 180Degrees Consulting team from Ghent University for mentoring and teaching.
Paul Sutherland FCIM
Having worked in strategic marketing and innovation for over 28 years, Paul applies agile and design-led innovation practice to practical projects and initiatives. Paul has held direct, non-exec and trustee roles in diverse invested companies, start ups, corporates and chartered, academic and third sector institutions. Highlights include strategy development, feasibility and assessment of a range of major public investments in innovation such as Sunderland Software City, Digitalcity, MAS and others; senior management positions such as Head of business growth at RTC North and leadership of the Centre for Technology Commercialisation, Innovation Director at NCFE, Assistant director (Strategic marketing) Northumbria University.
Paul has also helped regional and national organisation in roles including Trustee at Willow burn hospice, Director of Service Network, Fellow/ National advisory board member at the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Paul has been involved in successful innovation funding and PE / VC raises for a range of enterprise from tens of thousands to millions. In recent years his passion is building capacity and capability to accelerate innovation and to create more sustainable contemporary organisations. He is Managing Director of +ADD, and has in 4 short years the award winning team have successfully engaged with a myriad a major organisations creating specialist training, resources and support services to enable scaling of innovation within major and complex organisations and institutions.
Agenda:
1.30 Welcome & introduction
1.35. +ADD Strategy: a brief overview
1.40 Activity 1: Interactive Mural Session
2.00 Roy Sandbach: “Innovating in a crisis. Possible or impossible?”
2.20 Discussion on innovation management
2.30 Paul Sutherland: Developing innovation culture - thoughts from the front line
2.40 Break
2.50 Cris Beswick: Does culture really eat strategy for breakfast? (And other musings!)
3.10 Reflection session (Activity)
3.15 Interactive Activity 2. Methods to support focussed innovation growth
3.25 John Metselaar: Generative Leadership that creates a Learning Culture to unleash Innovation
3.45 Panel Questions
3.55 Next steps and final questions/ Moving forward and development
4.00 Close - concluding remarks
Join us for our Masterclass for cutting edge insights into how you can build a community of staff who are able to effectively work together on new initiatives!
Who should attend: This masterclass has been designed for People, Talent and Human Resources Leaders, as well as those leading on Innovation and Transformation to learn how you can engage staff, build and manage an effective, passionate and creative innovation champion community within your business.
Please note:
We will be providing a light workbook with a summary of exercises to assist you in developing organisational and culture and action plans.
You will also receive a 121 session with the team in support of embedding the learning from your session
‘Brilliant masterclass! Great ideas on how to better manage and measure innovation. Thank you +ADD Strategy team #innovation #continouslearning’
Participant: Gosia Szewczuk, Digital transformation & innovation officer, Ealing Council
A DISCRETE AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE:
Numbers of participants (not including speakers and +ADD team) will be 10 - 15). This is an interactive masterclass experience with plenty of opportunities to question the experts! The audience capped at 25 seats.
The event is hosted online via Zoom.
Format:
120 minutes with presentations and facilitated discussion between speakers; poll on current concerns/challenges; audience prompt – 3 key things to consider/action following masterclass – Follow up 1-2-1 Implementation coaching session
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This Masterclass has been designed for managers with responsibility for innovation and change programmes to build clarity in how you can continue to achieve your key deliverables. Project leads who are responsible for specific innovation programmes or projects will also find valuable insights into how to maintain momentum towards the right goals.
*NB - some sponsored (Free) tickets are available - please contact warren@addstrategy.co.uk for details
Book your seat:
Tickets are available in different formats
Single Masterclass seats - £200
+ADD insight full programme access (1 Year license/ All events) - £1200
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