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By Janice Francisco, CEO, Principal Innovation Consultant, Facilitator and Coach, BridgePoint Effect
Read MoreIndex of Blog Posts
- Innovation Articles (28)
- Janice Francisco (23)
- Blog (21)
- Skills Required for Innovation (15)
- Creativity (12)
- Intrapreneurship (11)
- Leadership (11)
- Building Capacity for Innovation (9)
- FourSight (9)
- innovation capability (9)
- Conference Board of Canada (8)
- intrapreneurs (8)
- Creative Problem Solving (6)
- innovation at work (6)
- innovation capabilities (6)
- innovation in Canada (6)
- innovation skills (6)
- innovation strategy (6)
- meeting facilitation (6)
- Canada (5)
- Innovation Management (5)
- Innovation in the Workplace (5)
- Risking and Learning from Failure in Innovation (5)
- creative thinking (5)
- culture of innovation (5)
- facilitation (5)
- innovation process (5)
- innovation strategies (5)
- workplace skills for innovation (5)
- FourSight Thinking System (4)
- Innovative thinker (4)
- Learning (4)
- Organizational Growth Indicator (4)
- capacity for innovation (4)
- collaboration (4)
- incremental innovation (4)
- innovation theatre (4)
- innovative thinking (4)
- measuring innovation (4)
- outcome-driven innovation (4)
- Goran Ekvall (3)
- Innovation Skills Profile (3)
- Small Business (3)
- Stormz (3)
- change leadership (3)
- decision making (3)
- facilitating meetings (3)
- how to facilitate effective meetings (3)
- innovation leadership (3)
- innovation measurement (3)
- innovation training (3)
- innovators (3)
- meeting facilitator (3)
- meetings (3)
- observation skills (3)
- radical innovation (3)
- risk (3)
- risking and learning from failure (3)
- strategic planning (3)
- team building (3)
- team skills (3)
- technology (3)
- virtual meetings (3)
- Brett Richards (2)
- BridgePoint Effect (2)
- Case Studies (2)
- Dimensions of a Creative Climate (2)
- Facilitation Toronto (2)
- FourSight Creative Thinking System (2)
- Innovation in Government (2)
- Intrapreneurship Conference (2)
- Learning Circles (2)
- Learning Cycle (2)
- Marci Segal (2)
- OGI (2)
- Suggested Readings for Innovation and Creativity (2)
- ThinkUp Innovation Framework (2)
- Toronto Facilitator (2)
- UN Ambassador I. Rhonda King (2)
- World Creativity and Innovation Day (2)
- culture of innnovation (2)
- divergent thinking (2)
- effective meetings (2)
- enterprise innovation (2)
- failure (2)
- how to conduct effective meetings (2)
- how to facilitate a community meeting (2)
- innovation framework (2)
- innovation investments (2)
- innovation systems (2)
- leadership development (2)
- meeting agenda (2)
- mindfulness (2)
- mindset for innovation (2)
- pourquoi innover dans une enterprise (2)
- remote team (2)
- role of the meeting facilitator (2)
- teams (2)
- thinking preferences (2)
- thinking skills (2)
- training (2)
- value (2)
- A Christmas Carol (1)
- April 21 (1)
- Australia (1)
- COVID-19 (1)
- Canadian innovations (1)
- Case Study (1)
- Centre for Business Innovation (1)
- Collaborative problem solving (1)
- Conference Board USA (1)
- Connective Intelligence (1)
- Creative Operating System (1)
- Dali Museum (1)
- David Johnson (1)
- David Johnston (1)
- Dragon's Den (1)
- Engage4Insights Podcast (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- FourSight Forum (1)
- Funding Innovation (1)
- GISAT (1)
- Gerard Puccio (1)
- Gifford Pinchot (1)
- Ginny Santos (1)
- Ginny Snatos (1)
- Global Innovation Index (1)
- Helen Cahen (1)
- Helene Cahen (1)
- How to gather input from multiple stakeholders (1)
- IT (1)
- Innov8rs (1)
- Innovation Pulse (1)
- Kanban (1)
- Labyrinths (1)
- Le leadership d’innovation (1)
- New Zealand (1)
- Paul Preston (1)
- Problem solving training materials (1)
- Productivity (1)
- Roger Firestien (1)
- Sarah Thurber (1)
- Scrooge (1)
- Shark Tank (1)
- Sylvain Matte (1)
- Tech for Good (1)
- Think Tank (1)
- Théâtre d’innovation (1)
- Tom Jenkins (1)
- UN World Creativity and Innovation Day (1)
- World Creativity and Innovation Week (1)
- adaptability (1)
- agile (1)
- all staff meeting (1)
- big three skills (1)
- blue ocean opportunitiies (1)
- blue oceans (1)
- business response pandemic (1)
- challenge (1)
- change management (1)
- community consultation meeting (1)
- connection (1)
- consensus (1)
- convergent thinking (1)
- customers successful growth companies (1)
- defining innovation (1)
- digital facilitation (1)
- digital transformation (1)
- economy (1)
- events (1)
- fintech (1)
- funding (1)
- gestion d'innovation (1)
- growth (1)
- guidelines for creative thinking (1)
- how to be a good meeting facilitator (1)
- how to develop innovative ideas (1)
- how to organize a meeting (1)
- ideation (1)
- innovation funding (1)
- innovation learnscape (1)
- innovation policy (1)
- innovation strategy workshop (1)
- leadership skills development (1)
- matrices d'affaires (1)
- measuring innovaiton (1)
- measuring skills (1)
- meetings that matter (1)
- opportunity (1)
- organizational culture (1)
- pandemic (1)
- productivité (1)
- reflective thinking (1)
- remote meetings (1)
- rewarding innovation (1)
- risk mitigation (1)
- risk-averse organizations (1)
- social innovation (1)
- strategic planning facilitator (1)
- suggested reading (1)
- team effectiveness (1)
- tech (1)
- value creation (1)
- weekly action review meeting (1)
- who is the facilitator (1)
- work from home (1)
Topics
- Innovation Articles (28)
- Janice Francisco (23)
- Blog (21)
- Skills Required for Innovation (15)
- Creativity (12)
- Intrapreneurship (11)
- Leadership (11)
- Building Capacity for Innovation (9)
- FourSight (9)
- innovation capability (9)
- Conference Board of Canada (8)
- intrapreneurs (8)
- Creative Problem Solving (6)
- innovation at work (6)
- innovation capabilities (6)
- innovation in Canada (6)
- innovation skills (6)
- innovation strategy (6)
- meeting facilitation (6)
- Canada (5)
- Innovation Management (5)
- Innovation in the Workplace (5)
- Risking and Learning from Failure in Innovation (5)
- creative thinking (5)
- culture of innovation (5)
- facilitation (5)
- innovation process (5)
- innovation strategies (5)
- workplace skills for innovation (5)
- FourSight Thinking System (4)
- Innovative thinker (4)
- Learning (4)
- Organizational Growth Indicator (4)
- capacity for innovation (4)
- collaboration (4)
- incremental innovation (4)
- innovation theatre (4)
- innovative thinking (4)
- measuring innovation (4)
- outcome-driven innovation (4)
- Goran Ekvall (3)
- Innovation Skills Profile (3)
- Small Business (3)
- Stormz (3)
- change leadership (3)
- decision making (3)
- facilitating meetings (3)
- how to facilitate effective meetings (3)
- innovation leadership (3)
- innovation measurement (3)
- innovation training (3)
- innovators (3)
- meeting facilitator (3)
- meetings (3)
- observation skills (3)
- radical innovation (3)
- risk (3)
- risking and learning from failure (3)
- strategic planning (3)
- team building (3)
- team skills (3)
- technology (3)
- virtual meetings (3)
- Brett Richards (2)
- BridgePoint Effect (2)
- Case Studies (2)
- Dimensions of a Creative Climate (2)
- Facilitation Toronto (2)
- FourSight Creative Thinking System (2)
- Innovation in Government (2)
- Intrapreneurship Conference (2)
- Learning Circles (2)
- Learning Cycle (2)
- Marci Segal (2)
- OGI (2)
- Suggested Readings for Innovation and Creativity (2)
- ThinkUp Innovation Framework (2)
- Toronto Facilitator (2)
- UN Ambassador I. Rhonda King (2)
- World Creativity and Innovation Day (2)
- culture of innnovation (2)
- divergent thinking (2)
- effective meetings (2)
- enterprise innovation (2)
- failure (2)
- how to conduct effective meetings (2)
- how to facilitate a community meeting (2)
- innovation framework (2)
- innovation investments (2)
- innovation systems (2)
- leadership development (2)
- meeting agenda (2)
- mindfulness (2)
- mindset for innovation (2)
- pourquoi innover dans une enterprise (2)
- remote team (2)
- role of the meeting facilitator (2)
- teams (2)
- thinking preferences (2)
- thinking skills (2)
- training (2)
- value (2)
- A Christmas Carol (1)
- April 21 (1)
- Australia (1)
- COVID-19 (1)
- Canadian innovations (1)
- Case Study (1)
- Centre for Business Innovation (1)
- Collaborative problem solving (1)
- Conference Board USA (1)
- Connective Intelligence (1)
- Creative Operating System (1)
- Dali Museum (1)
- David Johnson (1)
- David Johnston (1)
- Dragon's Den (1)
- Engage4Insights Podcast (1)
- Forest Bathing (1)
- FourSight Forum (1)
- Funding Innovation (1)
- GISAT (1)
- Gerard Puccio (1)
- Gifford Pinchot (1)
- Ginny Santos (1)
- Ginny Snatos (1)
- Global Innovation Index (1)
- Helen Cahen (1)
- Helene Cahen (1)
- How to gather input from multiple stakeholders (1)
- IT (1)
- Innov8rs (1)
- Innovation Pulse (1)
- Kanban (1)
- Labyrinths (1)
- Le leadership d’innovation (1)
- New Zealand (1)
- Paul Preston (1)
- Problem solving training materials (1)
- Productivity (1)
- Roger Firestien (1)
- Sarah Thurber (1)
- Scrooge (1)
- Shark Tank (1)
- Sylvain Matte (1)
- Tech for Good (1)
- Think Tank (1)
- Théâtre d’innovation (1)
- Tom Jenkins (1)
- UN World Creativity and Innovation Day (1)
- World Creativity and Innovation Week (1)
- adaptability (1)
- agile (1)
- all staff meeting (1)
- big three skills (1)
- blue ocean opportunitiies (1)
- blue oceans (1)
- business response pandemic (1)
- challenge (1)
- change management (1)
- community consultation meeting (1)
- connection (1)
- consensus (1)
- convergent thinking (1)
- customers successful growth companies (1)
- defining innovation (1)
- digital facilitation (1)
- digital transformation (1)
- economy (1)
- events (1)
- fintech (1)
- funding (1)
- gestion d'innovation (1)
- growth (1)
- guidelines for creative thinking (1)
- how to be a good meeting facilitator (1)
- how to develop innovative ideas (1)
- how to organize a meeting (1)
- ideation (1)
- innovation funding (1)
- innovation learnscape (1)
- innovation policy (1)
- innovation strategy workshop (1)
- leadership skills development (1)
- matrices d'affaires (1)
- measuring innovaiton (1)
- measuring skills (1)
- meetings that matter (1)
- opportunity (1)
- organizational culture (1)
- pandemic (1)
- productivité (1)
- reflective thinking (1)
- remote meetings (1)
- rewarding innovation (1)
- risk mitigation (1)
- risk-averse organizations (1)
- social innovation (1)
- strategic planning facilitator (1)
- suggested reading (1)
- team effectiveness (1)
- tech (1)
- value creation (1)
- weekly action review meeting (1)
- who is the facilitator (1)
- work from home (1)