Un-Management: Confronting the Inconvenient Truth About Innovation
Your organization is probably talking about innovation. You may even be investing in programs and initiatives with the aim to create more innovation. There is no doubt regarding its importance. Innovation is survival. But, is it actually happening? In this provocative keynote, you will gain a deeper understanding of innovation and discover many common misconceptions about how it works. You will confront the inconvenient truth that much of modern management practice is anti-innovation and that innovation begins with culture. You will learn that leading successfully in an environment of constant change that demands innovation requires new thinking and a different approach.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Gain a more complete understanding of innovation, how it happens and what obstacles commonly prevent it.
- Discover why the true opportunity for unleashing innovation lies within your culture, not in more management process.
- Learn how to foster innovation as a leader by cultivating connection, inclusion and liberation within your organization.
Joe Gerstandt
Joe Gerstandt brings greater clarity, action, and impact to organizational diversity and inclusion efforts.
Joe has worked with Fortune 100 corporations, small non-profits, and everything in between. He speaks at numerous conferences and summits, and blogs at joegerstandt.com. He is a featured contributor for the Workforce Diversity Network Expert Forum and his insights have been published in Diversity Executive, HR Executive, and numerous other print and on-line journals.
A strong advocate for resetting the diversity and inclusion conversation, Joe sees these issues as poorly understood and often misunderstood.