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We've reached the end of incrementalism. Only those companies that are capable of creating industry revolutions will prosper in the new economy.
Gary Hamel

Thank you! I now have the most highly motivated, self-driven, creative team this division has seen.
Karen Buczek, General Mills
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Top 5 Speaker

Mitch Ditkoff, the Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions, has recently been voted a top 5 speaker in the field of innovation and creativity by Speakers Platform, a leading speaker's bureau.
Awake at the Wheel, Book about big ideas If you're looking for a powerful way to jump start innovation and get your creative juices flowing, Awake at the Wheel is for you. Written by Mitch Ditkoff, Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions.
See Mitch's keynote address Enjoy a 7-minute interview with Mitch at the Ethical Sourcing Forum in NYC: 3/28/11
Free the genie card deck A deck of 55 cards to spark new ideas, breakthroughs and extraordinary results. Buy now! Or brainstorm with our online genie.

"This is really, really good stuff." — Seth Godin

Featured in Alltop Guy Kawasaki's Alltop "online magazine rack" has recognized Idea Champions' blog as one of the leading innovation blogs on the web. Check out The Heart of Innovation, and subscribe!
Innovation Kits. Here's your one-stop shopping for everything you need (but forgot to ask for) in order to jump start innovation. Read More!
Face the Music Blues Band The world's first interactive business blues band. A great way to help your workforce go beyond complaint.

"In tune with corporate America." — CNN

Breakthrough Cafe.
A totally unique brainstorming salon. Great food. Great food for thought. Great people. Collaborate, have fun, get out of the box.

"Inno-waiters With Whine Lists" – The Breakthrough Cafe featured in January 2006 issue of
BrainTrust.
Idea Champions' "rent a brain" network of visionaries, wizards, and creative thinkers ready and able to conjure up breakthrough ideas, products and services on your behalf. Read More!
Team Innovation
Getting Your Team Turned On, Tuned In, and Tooled Up!

Let's cut to the chase: your team is under the gun and stressed to the max. You want it to accomplish great things, but finding the time to reflect, innovate or even plan seems like a pipe dream. Your team has all the talent and expertise to work smarter, but lacks the connectedness, vision, tools and time to make the necessary shift.

Team Innovation — a highly engaging 1-2 day workshop — helps teams get their act together. A lively hybrid of training and consulting, Team Innovation weaves together the very best of what Idea Champions does: visioning, creative thinking, and team building.

Team Innovation is not a magic pill, but it will work magic. How? By creating the kind of learning environment that allows real behavioral change to happen. If your team (or department) lacks an inspired vision, needs to tackle business challenges more creatively, or simply needs to step back and explore better ways of working together, Team Innovation is for you.

How It Works: Weeks before the session, we interview the team leader and a cross-section of the team to determine the real issues. We then distill these issues down to a manageable few that will become the key drivers of the session. The session itself is a blend of experiential problem solving challenges, group discussion, team workouts, and brainstorming. People connect. Fences are mended. Everyone gets on the same page. Inspired ideas are generated.. And all without participants feeling self-conscious, lectured to, or in the middle of some kind of "team training."

Team Innovation will:

  • Foster a safe and open team environment
  • Spark creative solutions to pressing business challenges
  • Enhance feedback, communication and meeting skills
  • Sharpen team problem solving skills
  • Increase synergy, trust, and commitment
  • Clarify agreements, standards, and next steps
  • Provide the positive momentum your team needs to succeed
"As the result of Idea Champions' session, I now have the most highly motivated, self-driven, creative and fun team this division has seen in recent history."
Karen Buczek, Marketing Manager, General Mills

Team Innovation will not:

  • Degenerate into group analysis or blame making
  • Force individuals into touchy-feely exercises
  • Resurface the same old tired ideas
  • Waste your valuable time and money.

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