IEEE Meeting - 5 Keys to Engaged & Innovative Culture Slides - Sept 23 2015

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Five Keys to an

Engaged &

Innovative Culture

Carrie VanstonVP of Communications

Culture Coach, Workshop Director, Facilitator

[email protected]

Technology Futures, Inc.

MiniTrends Project

(512) 258-8898

www.MiniTrends.com www.TFI.com

Images: TFI and IEEE

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Foresight

&

Engagement

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Five Keys To

An Engaged &

Innovative

Culture

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Key 1:

Connect

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Encourage interaction, connection, and personal support between and at all levels


Value us as individuals

Interaction

Work Space

Work / Home

Listen

Respect

Humor6

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Greenling: Locally Grown, Organic

Food Delivery

Cookie Monster

The Bear

Mango Maven

Rusty Pies

Keeper of the Peas

Señor Spinach

Sage Advisor

Candied Yams

Curry Courier

Greenskeeper

Sargent Pepper

Bringer of Good Thyme

Deuce Bigalow

Carrot-top

The Penguin

Krispy Kreme

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The Staff


Care About Our Opinions

and Ideas

Interesting Work

Challenge

Praise

Responsibility /

Autonomy / Trust

Sharing through Writing and Speaking

Public Recognition

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Connected to Something Larger

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The GoodService to others

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“To democratize the skies”


The TrueDiscovery and advancing human knowledge

“Empowering the innovators of the world to do more.”

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The BeautifulExcellence and creation of beauty

“To enable people to experience the joy of driving”

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The HeroicChange/improve the world standing by your beliefs

“Enabling Americans to perform extraordinary acts in the face of

emergencies”

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Engaged Companies

Value us as individuals

Care about our opinions and ideas

Have a purpose connecting us to something larger

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Organizing the world’s information and making it universally accessible and useful.

Guiding Principles: - Make money without doing evil- Work challenging and challenge fun- Flat organization with collaborative environment.

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Laughter, Caring,

Fun!

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Time off for Innovation

20% for individual projects

Half of all new products including:

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Key 2:

Discover

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Discovering and capturing minitrendsand new ideas


MiniTrends Search Strategies

Follow the Money

Analyze Frustrations

Take Note of Demographics

Search for Convergence

Examine Limits

Follow the Leaders

Consider Human Nature19


MiniTrends Process:

Representative

Regular, OngoingSchedule

Recorded and Shared

Inclusionary Tactics

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Neste Oil Company (Finland)

Innovation Committees

• Innovation Search Committee

• Innovation Assessment Committee

• Innovation Implementation Committee


Key 3:

Develop

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Advocate for development, education, and growth


Personal Development

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Professional Development

Ideas! Insight!

Inspiration!

Conferences

Presentations

Workshops

Professional Groups

Degrees / Certifications

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Organizational Development

In-House Workshops

Conferences

Programs

Community

Partnerships

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Fortune’s

“100 Best Companies to Work For”

Average training in 2014:

Managers = 78 hours

Professionals = 94 hours

Nearly 80% higher than 1998

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Key 4:

Collaborate

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Maximum involvement analyzing best minitrendsand ideas


Techniques

Opportunity

Wheels

Nominal Groups

Delphi Studies

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Key 5:

Incorporate

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Integrate best ideas into business strategy &plans.

Continue feeding new minitrends and ideas into the funnel


Integrate Best Ideas

New Products, Processes, or Ventures

Improvements in Products or Processes

Acquisition

Partnering

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Sustain

The most successful ideas pave the

wave for the next round of minitrends

and ideas just around the curve!

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Five Keys To

An Engaged &

Innovative

Culture

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PAYOFF!!

Lower turnover rates

Better Recruits

Happier Customers

Higher Productivity

Higher Profits

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Fortune’s

“100 Best Companies to

Work For”

Since 1998 outperformed the

S&P 500 Index by a ratio of 2 to 1!

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Five Keys

To An Engaged

& Innovative

Culture


Five Keys to an

Engaged &

Innovative Culture

Carrie VanstonVP of Communications

Culture Coach, Workshop Director, Facilitator

[email protected]

Technology Futures, Inc.

MiniTrends Project

(512) 258-8898

www.MiniTrends.com www.TFI.com

Images: TFI and IEEE

Central Texas

Consultants

Network

Sept. 23, 2015

Ausitn, Texas


Resources:

MINITRENDS: How Innovators & Entrepreneurs Discover & Profit

From Business & Technology Trends by Dr. John Vanston, Carrie

Vanston

The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind

Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan

Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by

John Mackey, Raj Sisodia

Technology’s Promise: Expert Knowledge on the Transformation

of Business and Society by William E. Halal

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Leadership & Management

IEEE Meeting - 5 Keys to Engaged & Innovative Culture Slides - Sept 23 2015