“The workshop provided a tremendous boost to our business. It was the perfect mix of strategy, teamwork and hands-on innovation practices.”
—Pat Younge, President and General Manager of Travel Channel Media
Innovation Workshops
The Innovation Advantage
FOCUS Workshop
Innovation Champions
The Innovation Advantage
If you want to learn breakthrough innovation practices to improve your organization’s potential for growth, The Innovation Advantage is the place to begin. This highly interactive program provides an important first step in creating a culture of innovation. Tap into EDG's extensive experience working with some of the most inventive companies in the world—BBC, IDEO, SRI International, Toyota and William McDonough + Partners. You'll walk away with a portfolio of insights, tools and innovation best practices that put your organization on the fast track to innovation leadership.
The Innovation Advantage program content and length can be customized to the precise needs of your organization. See the program brochure for more detail. Then give us a call so we can design a program that gives you The Innovation Advantage.
FOCUS Workshop
EDG’s FOCUS Workshop is a total immersion in the business or organization challenge at hand. This collaborative investigation and brainstorming session engages key stakeholders and subject experts from across the enterprise. FOCUS sessions are most helpful when your company needs rapid answers to specific questions, such as how to meet new market needs, improve customers’ experience with a particular product or service, align a challenging operations process, design an element of the organization or address other targeted business priorities. A FOCUS session is designed to unleash unprecedented levels of creativity while harnessing participants’ collective momentum for fast and thorough implementation.
In addition to the breakthrough solutions developed from a FOCUS Workshop, organizations enjoy a powerful set of secondary benefits as well:
- Reconnecting with customers in new and meaningful ways
- Fostering cross-department collaboration and building a broader sense of team
- Leveraging people’s time and energy
- Sharing learning about critical elements of the business
- Creating a sense of urgency and ownership for positive change
See the FOCUS Toolkit to learn more.
Innovation Champions
To accelerate widespread adoption of innovation tools and practices, EDG offers a two-day “train-the-coach” session. This program equips participants with the basic knowledge and skills they need to act as innovation coaches, trainers and advocates for enhancing innovation across their enterprise. Participants, staff or line personnel who attend this workshop are signing up to be local change agents and trusted resources for individuals and teams in their innovation efforts. Attendees are selected because they want to make a difference, enjoy sharing their knowledge and have the respect of their colleagues.
The primary goals of the workshop are to:
- Establish mastery of core innovation tools and practices
- Provide tips and techniques for facilitating groups and coaching individuals
- Enhance teamwork and collaboration (create support network among participants)
- Clarify roles and establish plans for going forward
