“I witnessed a transformation from serious skepticism to excitement, enthusiasm, and engagement... The staff was bubbling with innovative ideas in all areas, and following the summit, the participants maintained that momentum”
Trudi Haemmerli, VP, Head Global Research Operations, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.
The Innovation Summit enables organizations to achieve the breakthroughs necessary to crack tough problems and challenges in just a few days. The structured process facilitates intense collaboration, dialogue, creativity, and innovation - in very different ways than traditional strategy, process improvement, or problem solving meetings.
Issues ranging from culture change and employee engagement to cost reduction and bringing new products to market are a few of the situations the Innovation Summit has effectively addressed. New ideas, actionable plans, and participant ownership are typical outcomes of the process.
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The Innovation Summit uses positive and generative activities that combine innovation tools, design thinking, and Appreciative Inquiry in a way that speeds up the development of solutions and implementation plans. The Innovation Summit supports breakthrough thinking because it:
- Brings together groups, no matter how large, to create shared understanding and support of strategic initiatives.
- Generates significant and measurable cost reduction in core work processes across departmental and organizational boundaries
- Includes diverse stakeholders to generate innovative solutions and agreements
- Transforms organizational knowledge and wisdom into transformative action.
- Builds productive relationships across organizational boundaries.