Leading Innovation: From Imagination to Impact
January 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM (ET)
Chris TrimbleOver a century ago, Thomas Edison said, "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." Nobody listened.
When companies launch innovation initiatives, they focus almost all of their time and energy on that initial one percent - the thrilling hunt for the breakthrough idea. They draw guidance from countless books and articles that treat innovation as though it is synonymous with creativity. The reality is that an idea is only a beginning. Innovation is a long, hard journey, from imagination to impact. And that presents a major challenge because, simply put, organizations are not designed for innovation, they are designed for ongoing operations.
Join us for this exclusive Executive Seminar Series program, presented by TrainingIndustry.com and International Thought Leader Network, your direct connection to today’s leading thinkers, best-selling authors, and most-valued content on key topics such as innovation, change and leadership.
In this seminar, you’ll hear from management and innovation expert Chris Trimble, who has spent the past decade studying this fundamental conflict of innovation versus operations, and how to overcome it. For his presentation Chris will also draw on some of the thought leadership from one of the books he co-authored, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators - from Idea to Execution.
In this interactive seminar, based on a 10-year study conducted by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, you will learn:
- Why innovation is so difficult to execute successfully.
- How to go beyond the “Big Idea” and actually innovate.
- The steps required to transform any team, organization, or culture into a successful innovation organization.
- How you gather the internal support and resources.
- How world class companies compete for the future, today.
Register today for this free, one-hour seminar.
About the Speaker
Chris Trimble has dedicated the past 10 years to studying a single challenge that vexes even the best-managed corporations: how to execute an innovation initiative. His work came to fruition with the publication of his book, The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge, with Vijay Govindarajan, which was released in September 2010 and reviewed by The Economist.Chris first broke into the forefront of executive consciousness with his December 2005 book Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators – from Idea to Execution. His work has been featured in Business Week, the Financial Times, the Economist, and The New York Times, and he has appeared on NPR’s Marketplace and The World.
Chris is currently on the faculty at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He has also published in the MIT Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, BusinessWeek, Fast Company and The Financial Times. Chris holds an MBA degree with distinction from the Tuck School, and a Bachelor of Science degree with highest distinction from the University of Virginia.
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