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Call to Action: Innovating in a Reinvented World
Insights for innovating and thriving in the new reality. Join author Dee McCrorey and guests for Call to Action episodes--practical business and career advice--for implementing the 10 essential elements highlighted in her book Innovation in a Reinvented World (John Wiley & Sons).
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Essential Element #1: Vision & Values
"Rethinks and reinvents strategic vision for the new world of business. Core values model
consistent messaging, measurements, and accountability that set the tone of trust
for the company."
consistent messaging, measurements, and accountability that set the tone of trust
for the company."
Own Your Vision in 2012
Are You Reinvention Ready?
Vision and Values: Tackling the Organizational Challenge
Guest podcast: Dr. David Seregow, president and founder, Attaine Performance
Guest podcast: Dr. David Seregow, president and founder, Attaine Performance
Essential Element #2: Entrepreneurship
"Design and deployment of entrepreneurial capabilities throughout an organization that extends
its influence to the intricate ecosystem of customers, partners, suppliers, and community supporters.
Creates new growth opportunities and sustains the business while evolving the culture."
its influence to the intricate ecosystem of customers, partners, suppliers, and community supporters.
Creates new growth opportunities and sustains the business while evolving the culture."
Peripheral Vision: Widening Your View to Change Lanes
Finding Your Organization's Reinvention Sweet Spot
- Catching the Innovation Wave
Essential Element #3: Navigation
"Entrepreneurial leaders bridging marketplace inflection points, organizational transition, and talent
transformation; helping the workforce shift into role of value creators and innovators. HR transitions from
administrative role to that of innovation catalysts."
transformation; helping the workforce shift into role of value creators and innovators. HR transitions from
administrative role to that of innovation catalysts."
Navigation: Keeping Your Organization on Track in an Ever-changing World
Guest podcast: Brad Palmer, CEO and co-founder of Jostle Corporation
Guest podcast: Brad Palmer, CEO and co-founder of Jostle Corporation
- Succession Strategies that Build Your Brand Reputation
Essential Element #4: Responsible Risktaking
"Accountable leadership and responsible workforce decision making that incorporate the longer-view
impact of decisions when moving the organization and business forward. Personal risktaking is valued,
rewarded, and an integral part of the culture."
impact of decisions when moving the organization and business forward. Personal risktaking is valued,
rewarded, and an integral part of the culture."
Essential Element #5: Disruption & Discontinuity
Leadership capable of connecting the dots in new ways. Leverages innovative technology
and disruptive-style collaborations that move the organization forward.
and disruptive-style collaborations that move the organization forward.
Essential Element #6: Experimental & Exploration
Research and development is an integral part of the organization’s innovation engine. Leaders
represent new-world-of-business thinking: agile, flexible, and tied to business results.
represent new-world-of-business thinking: agile, flexible, and tied to business results.
Essential Element #7: Innovation & Invention
R&D is seen as an investment strategy versus short-term business response. Leaders successfully
leverage the inventiveness of their ecosystem—workforce, customers, partners, suppliers, and
communities—as a means of continuous innovation and new business growth.
leverage the inventiveness of their ecosystem—workforce, customers, partners, suppliers, and
communities—as a means of continuous innovation and new business growth.
Essential Element #8: Transition & Training
Designs organizational capability for reinventing in front of the curve and for longer-term business
sustainability. Delivers ongoing training for new market innovations and emerging areas of expertise.
sustainability. Delivers ongoing training for new market innovations and emerging areas of expertise.
Essential Element #9: Networking & Collaboration
Innovative means of engaging workplace talent. Leaders extend influence throughout their ecosystem
of relationships, build bridges, and inspire others to do the same. Leverage traditional and digital
collaborations for a new reality.
of relationships, build bridges, and inspire others to do the same. Leverage traditional and digital
collaborations for a new reality.
Essential Element #10: Execution
Organization successfully deploys innovative products and services amid market shifts and workplace
disruptions. Leaders reinvigorate operations to repurpose programs and reinvent processes. Transforms
the business through end of cycle management of products and services in preparation for new growth
disruptions. Leaders reinvigorate operations to repurpose programs and reinvent processes. Transforms
the business through end of cycle management of products and services in preparation for new growth
