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Innovation for Everyone

Breakthrough:
futurethink was founded on the idea that everyone has the power to innovate – they just need to know how.

Business:
futurethink, United States

The Story:
At Imaginatik’s recent Innovation Leader’s Forum in NYC, Rowan Gibson gave a talk on his approach to building an enterprise-wide innovation capability. He mentioned that innovation should be approached methodically. For example, organizations benefit from building innovation into financial compensation goals and annual performance reviews. Most importantly, he stressed that if you ask your employees to be innovative, it’s essential that you support them with the necessary training that enables and expedites innovation.

Often organizations mandate innovation without giving their teams the tools to innovate. If your team members are not clear on the definition of innovation or are not able to generate valuable ideas, you will not be able to sustain organic business growth for the long term.

futurethink was founded on the idea that everyone has the power to innovate-they just need to know how. We’ve spent years working with hundreds of leading innovators to create the largest offering of innovation research, tools, and training in the world. Our goal is to build capabilities and drive engagement around innovation. This includes making people aware of what innovation is (how it’s not just about ideas, it’s about action), helping them understand innovation, and giving them a framework and precise approach to delve into innovation.

Our unique blended learning curriculum, supported by our library of client-tested tools and research, helps practitioners apply science to the art of innovation and achieve measurable results from their efforts. Our accelerated learning modules, delivered via workshops, webinars, and eLearning, allow us to teach people however and whenever they prefer and to tailor courses to different learning styles – resulting in stronger mastery of innovation skills. By supporting teams with the right tools and training, organizations empower their employees to drive growth, manage risk, build a better pipeline of ideas, and effectively lead an innovative organization.

As Rowan Gibson mentioned at the conference, “We are all innovators”. futurethink is working hard to ensure that innovation becomes a natural part of everyone’s everyday.

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