Innovation Intensive 

Thursday, September 13, 2018, The Keith House, Chicago

Master Innovation Trainer: Gregg Fraley

Register Now: gregg@greggfraley.com

Course Description:

Innovation Intensive is a one day, deep dive, into fundamental and advanced concepts in innovation. It immerses participants in the relevant theory and systematic practices critical to organizational growth. It examines culture assessment, strategy, and on-going project management. It includes an overview of key frameworks (Design Thinking, Agile, Lean, TRIZ, Synectics, Stage-Gate, CPS) and their essential tools. Participants learn classic pitfalls and how to avoid them using best practices and emerging advanced practices. In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations. Innovation team leaders and project managers learn what it takes to keep cycles spinning from year to year. Gregg also presents information about his proprietary tools, IdeaKeg and Digital Technology MoshPit. This course covers a great deal of ground — even experienced innovation professionals will learn new methods, tools, and concepts.

The Instructor: Gregg Fraley is a master trainer and facilitator who has worked with: Sanofi, Abbvie, Coca-Cola, P&G, US Cellular, YUM, Georgia Pacific, and the University of Chicago, to name a few. Gregg has presented at Berkeley, Notre Dame, and Cambridge. He’s not just a theorist, he’s an inventor and innovator in his own right, having built companies from start-up to IPO. Gregg is an entertaining teller of real-world innovation stories. This is a compelling and informative training course.

Who this is for: Leaders responsible for innovation efforts in corporate or non-profit organizations, C-suite executives, project leaders and members of innovation teams, R&D team members, incubator or accelerator managers, and economic developers.

Location: It takes place at the historic Keith House in the Prairie Avenue district, close to the Chicago Loop and walking distance from McCormick Place. Discounts at area hotels are available.

Benefits of the Innovation Intensive course:

• Deliberate innovation that enables organizational survival and sustained growth
• Proactive addressing of emerging challenges, turning them into opportunities
• More efficient management of innovation projects, including smarter team formation
• Measurable processes and results, the data for on-going improvement
• More ideas, better ideas, and tools for amping and refining ideas
• Cost savings by not paying outside consultants to facilitate innovation process
• Hands-on practice of advanced innovation tools and techniques
• How to plan and execute training, ideation, strategy, and brainstorming sessions

Registration: Seats are held for registered participants only. There are a limited number of slots for this course in order to permit hands-on and interactive exercises. Pricing and more details are available through direct inquiry. Contact to Register: gregg@greggfraley.com or call, 773-251-8567.