This Innovation QuickWin is called “Problem Swap.” How many times do we find ourselves trying to solve a problem in our own silos? Why not get another...
Within, Adjacent, and Beyond is about partnering: something that’s very critical to success with innovation today, to mitigate your risk and to share the reward....
This Innovation QuickWin is designed to help teams reverse the assumptions that they have around existing products or services and get them out of the mindset of what...
How innovative is your team? Find out how well you and your colleagues have mastered these four key innovation capabilities:
StrategyIdeasProcessClimate
Client Quotes
“Innovation is deliberate, if done well. There is a science and process to it. futurethink has done their homework to provide a wealth of practical knowledge to their customers.”
Senior Vice President of Innovation, Wells Fargo
“futurethink made the topic of innovation, which means different things to different people, real, meaningful, and actionable.”
Steven Rubinow, Chief Information Officer, NYSE Euronext
“The futurethink team did an outstanding job in designing and facilitating an innovation event for our senior leaders, many of who regarded this as the best innovation workshop that they had ever been a part of. I would recommend futurethink to any organization that is looking for clear and actionable pathways to Innovation.”
Wayne Pethrick, Director, Marketing and Consumer Insights, Pitney Bowes
“If you don't innovate, be creative and look to the future and the possibilities of what will evolve over time, you will cease to be relevant.”
Randy Voss, Senior Manager, Global Strategy & Business Development, Whirlpool
“futurethink is always thinking ahead about learning and 'innovate' it before we ask! Their programs have been a huge success with our teams.”
Director of Learning & Development, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals
“The futurethink workshop not only provided an incredible jolt of energy to our collective innovation efforts and established the common understanding of innovation concepts, but it was also a wonderful team-building event. I don’t think it could have been organized and conducted any better.”
Michael Ripa, Manager, FRI Infomatics
“futurethink's proven methodology, research, and tools help ensure we're always ready to meet the evolving public service challenges of tomorrow.”
Sandy Stosz, Rear Admiral, United States Coast Guard
“futurethink made my leadership team think in new ways and helped us develop winning business ideas right in the room. My team now embraces innovation rather than fearing it.”
Mary Fennoglio, Managing Director, Citigroup Corporate Investment Bank
“futurethink's sessions included excellent examples and energizing exercises that brought innovation to life. They got us to look at our business with new eyes.”
Joan P. Lawrence-Ross, Chief Learning Officer, AXA
“We need to look beyond our organization's walls to innovate.”
Mehmoon Khan, Global Leader, Innovation Process Development, Unilever
“Any innovative company must develop processes for understanding and responding to consumer needs in a very focused way. Otherwise, they're just inventors, they're not necessarily innovators.”
Tony Tomazic, Director of Consumer Innovations, Humana
“futurethink's research and 'how-to' tools have been essential to building our innovation program.”
Cindy Morgan, Innovation Manager, New England Federal Credit Union
“If you don't make innovation a strategic part of your business plan and you don't drive that into the culture, I don't think you'll have a strong innovation pipeline.”
Mark Hausfeld, Innovation Manager, Global Business Services, Procter & Gamble
“Working with futurethink was a very rewarding experience for our team. They brought a great combination of provocative outside ideas, market perspective and a program design that challenged us to think of our own business in more innovative ways.”
Jim Daly, Vice President of Human Resources, Standard & Poor's
“futurethink is the innovation expert. They fine-tune their training to our clients' needs. I'm constantly looking for new opportunities to engage them in our work.”
Brian Weberg, Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
“futurethink is enabling us to build critical innovation skills and share best practices across our global organization.”
Jeff Honious, Vice President of Innovation, Reed Elsevier