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Employees are seeking more meaning and purpose in their work. This is an opportunity for us as innovators to embed employee experience in our innovation initiatives, connecting meaning and purpose to the day-to-day work employees do. And not just because doing so is likely to help engage and retain valuable team members. Putting employee experience at the center of innovation initiatives can produce better design ideas, improve the outcome of your projects, and increase efficiencies in your development. Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/ Innovation Nation Online Community: innovationnation.group

The habits of clarity, courage, and influence are essential for your success as an innovation leader. You can master facilitating design sprints and leading digital transformations without these habits, but you’ll see inconsistent results. These three habits are the bedrock you need to deliver high performance innovation. Innovation influence worksheet: https://digitalfastforward.hubspotpagebuilder.com/en/innovation-influence-worksheet High-performance innovation worksheet: http://9288358.hs-sites.com/high-performance-innovation-worksheet Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/ Innovation Nation Online Community: innovationnation.group

Over the years I’ve experimented with different ways to manage and shift my own energy when I need to get my mind into a creative state. My favorite is to listen to a specially curated playlist designed to get me loose and into the right mindset for thinking creatively. Today I'm sharing some of the songs from my playlist FastForward Life with you. Listen to FastForward Life on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/584Mv7ls9AB84VY5i6SxpN?si=b3113b961ee44fd8 Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/ Innovation Nation Online Community: innovationnation.group

Collaboration tools are essential for remote design thinking sessions. But they can be just as much of an obstacle as they can help. The most important tool in your design thinking toolbox is you! Here are some tips for how to upgrade your facilitator operating system. Get the worksheet here: http://digitalfastforward-9288358.hs-sites.com/en/innovation-facilitator-self-assessment Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/ Innovation Nation Online Community: innovationnation.group

This week I'm talking about my top three tech trends and predictions for 2022 and how you can quickly translate them into real business impact for your team. Shift From Digital Transformation To Human Transformation Adoption Of Low-Code As A Management Discipline Automating Intelligent Processes In The Metaverse Watch the Pegasystems 2022 Next in Tech replay: https://www.pega.com/insights/resources/next-tech-2022-forecast Download the predictions and trends worksheet: http://digitalfastforward-9288358.hs-sites.com/en/en/predictions-trends-worksheet Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/ Innovation Nation Online Community: innovationnation.group

In this episode, I talk about how innovation leaders can become better influencers within their organizations. Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/

In this episode, I talk about my morning routine, and how innovation leaders can build a morning routine to help them be their best, most creative selves. Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/

In this episode, I tell you about my move to California...in order to explain why the combination of design thinking and systems thinking is so powerful. Combining systems thinking with design thinking will help you tackle tough challenges. Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/

In this episode, I go over the 5 C's of Work Redesign -- the five things you should focus on to increase your pace of acceleration as the pandemic dies down. Assess yourself on the 5 C's here: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/assessments/2147494570 Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/

In this episode, I go over the four steps to create an innovation rhythm that ties together grassroots ideation and support from executive leadership. If you struggle to maintain energy long enough to execute on all those new ideas, you need an innovation rhythm. Innovation Sprint Playbook: https://digitalfastforward.mykajabi.com/opt-in-fd0f4aa7-609b-4b24-bd86-31fe5e028807 Innovation Rhythm Worksheet: https://digitalfastforward.hubspotpagebuilder.com/en/innovation-rhythm-worksheet Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. Complementary strategy session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/clay59/innovationstrategy 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching/

In this episode, I talk about how to transform from a process-thinker into a design-thinker. Making the commitment to design thinking is a fundamental shift in how you solve problems and look at the world. Taking the three steps I recommend will help you feel more confident to abandon the traditional process thinking mindset that underpins how you’ve operated in the past. Our previous episode about low-code and design thinking: https://fastforwardradio.libsyn.com/achieving-innovation-nirvana Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching

In this episode, I want to talk to you about low-code, and how you can combine low-code and design thinking to triple your ideation efficiency. Low-code is a powerful tool for creating simple digital prototypes to share with users to get feedback while your idea is still fresh. Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com. 5-Day Innovation Challenge: https://programs.digitalfastforward.com/5-day-innovation-challenge Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program: https://digitalfastforward.com/innovation-coaching