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FastCompany Magazine calls the 7 Laws of Innovation - "..a guide to the ins-and-outs of innovation—how innovation works and how it thrives."

Over the years of being in the innovation space, I've discovered a set of laws by trial and error.  Needless to say, I have the scars from the school of hard knocks to validate that these are the set of laws that are critical for innovation success. If you violate any one of them, the consequences can be disastrous.  These laws apply to all sizes of organizations ranging from well-established multi-nationals, to early stage start-ups to governments.

This poster can become an innovation tool to help your team understand and grasp what it really takes to embrace a culture of innovation and transform the organization.

The original blog post was picked up by FastCompany, BusinessWeek and other leading publications. The result was the translation of the original manifesto into the poster.

Poster Size: 18" by 24"

Shipped in a tube and ready for framing.

Note: All profits for this product are donated to Hacking Autism (HackingAutism.org).

Innovation Guide - Advising, Guiding and Coaching. 

Our Innovation Guide Program is an advisory toolbox developed with the real needs of innovators in mind. This is what we would have wanted in our early days of driving innovation.

The program gives you a unique approach of hands on coaching and advising to build your innovation confidence more effectively and is unlike costly and lengthy consultancy engagements.

The program adjusts to where you are in your innovation lifecycle and is offered as a unique subscription model with a minimum of 3 months.

Monthly - Driving Innovation Session (with Award Winning Innovator Phil McKinney and Team)

Weekly - Innovation Huddle Up Call (with our Expert Innovation Team)

On Call Communication (with our Expert Practitioners and in touch with Phil McKinney our Chair, global innovator and host of the Killer Innovations Show)

NOTE: This offering is a 3 month price (our minimum time period, typical engagements are 6 months to a year) for organizations and innovation leaders. Coaching can be done with a team, individual leaders or a combination. Contact us for pricing on longer term coaching engagements.  For personal coaching, not affiliated with an organization, reach out to us for more details.

The Innovation Program Office (IPO) is a structure that when instituted effectively manages the innovation lifecycle from ideation to productization.  Our team works with your organization to establish, structure and customize the IPO. 

Length: 1 Month Engagement

Location: At your facility and virtual

Note: Fee includes travel for US and Canada. Other locations will have additional travel fee.

Description:  The “Innovation Program Office” (IPO) is an effective tool that applies to any organization looking to integrate innovation as a discriminator… a foundational element for success. See our recent show on the IPO.

The role takes on many forms but the role of the “IPO” is establishing the innovation framework, governance, metrics, idea generation, funnel management, securing the funding, project selection and tracking, and training and supporting the teams as they innovate.

Why is an Innovation Program Office (IPO) so vital. 1) It supports corporate/organization wide strategy setting & priorities.  2) Ensures you have a well-managed & functioning innovation lifecycle engine 3) Keeps enterprise plans living and focused  4) Promotes premium growth  5) Enables rapid alignment to take advantage of market forces

An IPO continually feeds ideas into planning, discovers adjustments that are needed to keep the execution of a plan relevant to market forces.  Using the IPO’s talent, idea sourcing capability/idea pipeline your enterprise strategy & tactics will always be challenged to exceed capacity and go beyond for success.

To learn more about the Innovation Program Office written about in the Harvard Business Review, contact us at info@TheInnovators.Network.