Workshop

Monday, September 20 – 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Open Innovation Workshop: Leveraging Innovation to Drive Profitability

(Separate fee required.)

Instructor:
Karl-Michael Schumann, Innovation Advisor& Coach, Former Director of Research & Development, The Procter & Gamble Co.
After leading P&G’s R&D department through a time of unprecedented success, Schumann now serves the nonwoven industry as a leading consultant to educate firms on how to manage their innovation efforts at both the technical and managerial levels to produce profitable results. Pragmatic operational decisions characterize his style of innovation; case studies illustrate his points and profits support his method! Schumann will lead workshop attendees through an intense four-hour innovation “boot camp” to help companies realign their innovation efforts. Companies are invited to submit a specific innovation problem or question to Schumann in advance of the workshop for a confidential solution. Companies are urged to send a mix of management and R&D staff; companies sending more than four attendees will receive complimentary registrations to the workshop for those people beyond the fourth person.

RISE BOOT CAMP PROMISES TO BE QUITE A DAY

Okay, you won’t have to do pushups or run five miles in full business attire before breakfast, but the innovative RISE Boot Camp will give you the strength and knowledge to prepare your company for the business battles ahead.

That’s because every organization needs people at every level throughout the corporate structure who are focused on innovation and assume accountability for the implementation of what many call “The Plan.” If you attend – and survive – the RISE Boot Camp, you can be that person at your company.

The “drill sergeant” at this particular Boot Camp will be Karl-Michael Schumann, Ph.D., former Director of Corporate R&D at Procter & Gamble and now an independent Innovation Advisor and Coach. He is a Champion of Innovation with the expertise and credibility to guide and coach others into taking innovation to new levels

What's it all about?

• Boot Camp attendees will join Dr. Schumann in a half-day innovation immersion for a realistic and meaningful session designed for unit managers and their teams to learn how to identify and develop the skills and courage to drive innovation as well as how to support and build a climate to increase innovation in an organization.
• Dr. Schumann will share insights, best practices and stories of success and failure as attendees learn how to build and sustain innovation activities. You will learn how business value is achieved and how to cascade innovation through all levels of the organization.
• The boot camp will conclude with the creation of a 90-day action plan where each group designs and assumes/assigns accountability for the innovation implementation plan created specifically for their business unit. Action plans will include measures and milestones, putting structures and processes in place to support the ingraining of innovation in day-to-day activities.
  
• In order to promote manager and team attendance, there is a special fee for companies interested in sending four or more attendees. A flat $1000 company-wide registration fee for unlimited number of attendees to the Innovation Boot Camp is being offered as an incentive to attend.
  
• In addition to the special company registration fee, Dr. Schumann is offering interested parties the opportunity to work on a specific innovation problem/question as part of the 90-day action plan. A pre-workshop consultation with Dr. Schumann to discuss a specific concern in confidence will allow for the creation of a customized 90-day plan. Individuals interested in working with Dr. Schumann in advance of the Boot Camp should request a pre-workshop consultation at the time of registration.