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Move innovation from theory to practice

What?

futurethink's thought-provoking courses build capabilities through a core curriculum of experiential Classroom Workshops, topical Webinars, and challenge-specific eLearning Programs. We layer these delivery methods to create comprehensive blended learning curricula that tackle critical issues organizations face when trying to innovate, complete with tools and techniques for overcoming them. Our engagements often start with an innovation assessment, which serves as a springboard for action as well as a benchmark to measure results and plan a program with specific goals in mind.

Our programs and courses address the four key capabilities that make innovation tangible and achievable:

STRATEGY IDEAS PROCESS CLIMATE

Why?

Our training offerings build creative problem-solving capabilities and help you reap tangible results from innovation:

  • Ignite innovation immediately with accelerated courses that teach valuable skills—not just theory
  • Learn whenever and wherever with blended learning delivery methods
  • Engage your team through interactive, real-life examples and exercises
  • Drive collaboration by connecting global and cross-functional teams around innovation
  • Generate measurable results 

Where?

Blended learning is our method for success:

  • On-site: Core curriculum of workshops is delivered at a location of your choice. Our expert facilitators create a learning environment in which individuals apply and activate innovation.
  • Online: Topical and supplemental programs are delivered via self-paced eLearning and instructor-led webinars. These programs support the core curriculum to extend the learning and offer flexibility and convenience, connecting global teams and enabling individuals to make their own schedules. 

Who?

Our training is suited to learners of all levels and industries. Determine which programs best fit various innovation roles with our simple system: 

Organizational Leaders:

  • Do you set strategic goals and direct your organization in achieving these goals? 
  • Do you need to motivate teams to develop a pipeline of ideas for tomorrow? 

High Performers:

  • Are you a top performer who is being groomed for a more senior role?
  • Is upper management looking to you for fresh ideas to help drive new processes and change?

Individual Contributor:

  • Are you responsible for the execution of day-to-day functions within your organization?
  • Are you beginning to develop leadership, analytical, and collaboration skills? 

How?

We deliver genuine results through our proven innovation methodology, which is built upon our framework and client-tested tools. 

Client Quotes

  • “futurethink made the topic of innovation, which means different things to different people, real, meaningful, and actionable.”
    Steven Rubinow, Chief Information Officer, NYSE Euronext NYSE Euronext Logo
  • “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 Whirlpool
  • “We need to look beyond our organization's walls to innovate.”
    Mehmoon Khan, Global Leader, Innovation Process Development, Unilever 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 Humana
  • “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
  • “futurethink's research and 'how-to' tools have been essential to building our innovation program.”
    Cindy Morgan, Innovation Manager, New England Federal Credit Union New England Federal Credit Union
  • “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 Sonovian Pharmaceuticals
  • “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 Procter & Gamble
  • “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'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 United States Coast Guard
  • “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 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 Citigroup
  • “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 Wells Fargo
  • “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 Reed Elsevier
  • “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 Pitney Bowes
  • “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 Standard & Poor's