INNOVATING TEAMS
We are a community of research and practice.
We work on building creative collaborative teams and ways of working to realize new possibilities.
Our Purpose
We believe that innovation does not always happen naturally, and that a foundational set of capabilities are required to enable and engage teams on the innovation journey. Building these capabilities is necessary to realize new possibilities and creating the space to unleash human creativity and the joy of discovery.
We want to help teams develop the aptitude to solve problems that require creative thinking and capacity building. We want to help organizations strengthen their capability to innovate and realize ambitious new visions.
We want to learn what it takes to innovate in teams and we want to share those learnings.
Our WOrk
Visioning
"We have different stakeholders with competing interests.
How do we bring them together to creatively imagine and align on a future direction?"
Experimental Teams
"We have some tough problems to solve. How do we select and guide teams through the ideation, exploratory, and development process? What are leading practices to power creative teams?"
"We would like to create diverse inter-generational teams to work on strategic initiatives. Different generations at our firm are comfortable with different ways of communication. What are the team norms that would work and how would we establish them?"
Innovation Pathways
"We do not have a clear governance process to guide us from ideation to pilots.
How would we design a pathway to select breakthrough ideas? What are the criteria for stage-gates?" How do we balance rigor and speed through the process?
Innovation Culture
"What does a Culture of Innovation look like?
How do we create new ways of working within our organization, with our clients and partners?
How do we measure our gaps, and what we need to do to close them?"
Operating Model
"We need to rethink our capabilities and ways of working so that we can innovate for growth.
How do we frame and categorize our initiatives?
Innovation Strategy and Measures
"What are the components of an innovation strategy? How does it fit into our overall strategy?
What are the different ways we can measure progress in our innovation programs?"
Our APPROACH
We use a portfolio of innovation techniques, customized to the client's goals and challenges, but rooted in a systematic approach that continues to grow and evolve with experience. We look at innovation as an experimental and exploratory process. We've developed tools and disciplines that radically expand the number of ideas generated while lowering the cost of evaluating each idea. We know that real innovation requires real organizational change. So communication and change management are also critical components of our methodology. In the end, innovation is a balance of art, science, and social change. And that’s what we do
