Newswise — Babson Executive Education---a top-ranked global executive education provider—will hold its Innovation 2.0 Summit on March 17-18, 2009. The two-day intensive experience is designed to take innovative thinking to the next level by smashing the barriers that get in the way of how business must be done today.
Participants will learn how to rethink, experience, and apply innovation to produce new, better, and more profitable results for their business organizations.
They will also have the opportunity to become part of the research used in engaging workshops, where they will diagnose their unique situations and learn the tools necessary to improve their innovation performance.
Innovation 2.0 has gathered some of the world's leading "innovation" theorists to help participants deconstruct traditional thought and enhance the quality of their ideas.
Highlights include:
Practically Radical: Unleashing Big Change in Tough Times " Bill Taylor, Author of Mavericks at Work. Taylor will talk about his new book, Practically Radical, and the radical shifts transforming business.
Making Innovation Decisions that Work " Andrew Marshall, Chief Innovation Officer, Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. Marshall will discuss how changing the decision-making process can impact innovation performance.
Thinking as a Barrier to Innovation " Pat Carlisle, President, The de Bono Group, LLC. Carlisle will discuss how using new thinking tools can increase innovation productivity and effectiveness.
Entrepreneurial Thought and Action " Leonard Schlesinger, President, Babson College. Schlesinger will speak of the need to create entrepreneurial thought and action to restructure the economy.
Next Practices in Value Creation - Francis Gouillart, President, Experience Co-Creation Partnership. Gouillart will address the importance of customer interaction and why it is the new locus of value creation.
Discipline of Managing Innovation " Ed Barrows, VP of Palladium/Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. Barrows will look at the management discipline and measurements required to manage and sustain innovation.
The Innovation 2.0 Summit will be held at the Babson Executive Conference Center at Babson College, Wellesley, MA on March 17th and 18th, 2009. Register online at www.babson.edu/bee/innovationsummit. Register before Jan. 31 to receive a $500 discount.
Additional discounts are available to companies that participate in Babson's research initiatives: Increasing Innovation Effectiveness and Productivity or Making Innovation Decisions that Work. To participate, contact Susan Foley, Executive Director, Research Centers at [email protected].
Listen to the Innovation 2.0 Summit podcast: Susan Foley, Executive Director, Research Centers, Babson Executive Education: http://www.babson.edu/podcast/2009-01-27SusanFoley.mp3
About Babson Executive EducationBabson Executive Education is ranked among the world's best executive education providers. Organizations across the globe and from key industries choose Babson for progressive and flexible solutions that leverage the global business and teaching expertise of faculty, industry experts, and partners. Babson Executive Education's client-centric solutions include a strategic blend of education, consulting, coaching, and research to enable Clients to analyze challenges, develop solutions, and implement strategies to meet their goals. For more information, visit: http://www.babson.edu/bee
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