Is innovation in your organization dependent on spontaneous breakthroughs…or is it systematic, planned and dependably ensuring your future success?
Why innovate?
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently said, “Everything now is going to have to be much more compressed in terms of both cycle times and response times…”
Innovation is the key to adjusting to changing resources, tools, expectations, and outcomes.
How do you innovate in your organization?
Innovation takes a blending of leadership, culture, skills, and organizational structure. And, innovation can be learned and ingrained in your organization’s culture. You can adapt the processes to develop and deploy new products and solutions for your organization that are practical to execute and that deliver end-to-end success.
Innovation is doing new things. — Theodore Levitt Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) has been teaching leading organizations to systematically innovate new solutions for more than 20 years. SIT’s organizational innovation model consists of 3 Innovation Pillars, which, when combined, provide the framework for impactful innovation.
Generate RESULTS – provide SKILLS – establish STRUCTURE
Achieve Self-Sustaining Innovation
In a special 1.5 day seminar, SIT will train you in the five patterns of the SIT Innovation Map, with a special focus on how to problem solve using only the resources available to taxpayer funded organizations. For the 4th time in two years, PEN is partnering with SIT to offer this time-tested and proven approach to innovation. SIT’s “templates of innovation” have emerged from historical analysis of product development trends, which in turn grew out of research by the Russian engineer Genrich Altschuller. These patterns can help predict the emergence of new products before the appearance of signals indicating market demand. The patterns, or templates, are therefore useful not just for categorizing new product ideas but also for generating them.
WHEN: August 13-14, 2014 Where: Hennepin County Government Center 300 South 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487
- Wednesday, August 13 – A-2350 (23rd Floor, Administration Tower)
- Thursday, August 14 – C-2350 (23rd Floor, Courts Tower)
These conference rooms can be accessed from either tower as there is a bridge on the 23rd floor that connects the two towers.
Cost (per organization attending)
| 1 Person | 2-3 People | 4 or More People |
|---|---|---|
| $900 | $750 per person | $600 per person |
Meals and seminar materials are included in the price. Register now (space is limited!)
To register, email [email protected] with your name, organization name, number of attendees and contact information, or fill out the following form.
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