Of course innovation occurs, but what sticks and the effects of innovation are always unpredictable. Creating innovation that sticks is hard work! 'The path of least resistance' most often prevails. Despite the popular view that we live in a complex, high-technology world where innovation is accepted, the facts are that behavioral patterns run deep and most innovation fails.
In this interactive session we will explore three important questions about innovation:
1) What stimulates innovation to occur?
2) What is necessary for innovation to stick?
3) Why does innovation often not stick?
Bring your laptops to this session. We will use web-based software to interactively explore these questions through the collective intelligence of all participants. Ken Ketch has studied these questions and has worked with many clients to improve their planning and innovation processes. Ken will lead us through a process based on collaborative intelligence to identify answers to these questions.
Ken Ketch is a serial entrepreneur and innovator and serial entrepreneur who has founded, managed and sold several manufacturing and retail companies and has also served as CEO of two publicly traded companies.
He founded the Sound Room, a high-end audio chain in 1968 and a retail computer chain in 1977. The Sound Room was named Dealer of the Year many times because of the innovation in retailing his team created. The computer stores were an early Apple Dealer and the first IBM PC dealer. Ken sold his audio and computer stores in 1983 and then served as CEO of O’Neill until 1991, where he assembled and led a team in dramatic growth and innovation.
He also founded MontBell sports-wear in 1990 and sold it to Lands’ End in 1996. He joined Catalyst Consulting as a partner and led a team to createGroupMind Express, a decision-support software application, which was launched as an ASP service in 1997. Ken is currently founding partner in GroupMind Solutions, CEO of Elements Manufacturing, on the board of the Association for Strategic Planning and lives with his wife in Corralitos, CA.
Program Schedule
6:00 Arrival and networking
6:45 Community buffet dinner
7:15 SVII Business Howard Richard Lieberman Chairman
7:30 Feature Presentation - Improvising Inventors
8:30 Followup discussion, showing up as an Innovation Advocate
9:30 Closing
$35 drop ins and $25 members includes dinner. Drinks are available on a no-host basis.
