Experience first-hand the power that comes from the intersection of collaboration based on content and friendly competition! Throughout the event, the dynamic group of attendees comes together to produce real solutions to real challenges – including Creating an Innovation Culture, Creating a Sustainable Innovation System, The Balance of Time, and Design Thinking. Attendees will form teams on the subject area that is the greatest personal challenge for themselves, and work together through a four part process where the teams will DEFINE (identify the top 3 challenges your team wants to address), DESIGN (create a guide outlining each of the 3 challenges), DEVELOP (prepare your final output), and DELIVER (present your challenges and solutions to your peers). The final two winning teams (as voted by your conference peers) will face off on stage and present in front of the entire group.

It sounds easy enough- but creating an
innovative culture is one of the most
difficult tasks in business today. This challenge area covers “people” and topics within are risk taking, buy-in, empowerment, co-creation, and the
overall ecosystem for innovation.

Innovation should not be a one-off
endeavor. This challenge area will tackle
topics around process and invites diversity of methodology and technology to make innovation
sustainable in your organization.

Everyone’s. This challenge area explores
topics like incorporating design into the front end process, curating an environment that supports and encourages innovation.

Who doesn’t feel there are
too few hours in the day? This challenge
area will look at topics like doing more with less, prioritization, idea management, portfolio management, and balancing short and long
term initiatives.