FastForward Radio Podcast

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

Thought leadership can be such an overloaded concept, so I wanted to share my perspective on it as a former Forrester analyst and a current CEO of a fast-growing startup. In this episode I share 3 actions you can take to establish yourself as a thought leader: making calls, knowing your audience, and developing your authentic voice. Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com if you're interested in our 5-Day Innovation Challenge or the Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program.

Visualizing your destination postcard is a great way to get clarity about your personal innovation mission for 2021. In this episode, I walk you through how to write your destination postcard and why it's important. I challenge you to share your destination postcard with me – one sentence that represents what you will have done as an innovation leader in 2021 and the impact it will have. I’d love to hear where your destination would be, too. If you did everything you needed to accomplish your big goals as an innovation leader, where would you go? What would you write on your postcard, and who would you send it to? Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com if you're interested in our 5-Day Innovation Challenge or the Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program.

Recently, one of the innovation leaders going through our Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program asked me “How do you get it all done? How do you find time to focus on innovation and creativity when you have all this other stuff going on?” As an innovation leader, you’ve probably asked yourself the same question. In this episode, I talk about the innovation productivity hacks I use and recommend for innovation leaders, including: 1. Getting clear on your mission 2. Separating needle-moving from non-needle-moving activities 3. Making time for "deep work" 4. Using a daily/weekly planner I hope you enjoy the episode, and good luck with accelerating! Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com if you're interested in our 5-Day Innovation Challenge or the Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program.

In this episode, I talk about blueprint and blue-sky innovation mindsets, and how to assess your own mindset to achieve the best results. When the pandemic was forcing businesses to change, some of our clients took a blueprint innovation mindset. They were hurrying to fix things according to the way they already did them – just adapting a little bit to survive. On the opposite end of the spectrum were those with a blue-sky innovation mindset. They were saying “This is an opportunity to blow everything up and re-imagine it.” They’d decided the blueprint they had wasn’t going to work going forward. They were going to rethink everything. If you’re an innovation leader or an aspiring innovation leader, I recommend assessing your team or even your personal life to see if you’re taking a blueprint or a blue-sky approach. This episode is all about getting your head in the right place to generate breakthrough innovation and work with your team to get them there too. Subscribe to FastForward Radio for more innovation and design thinking tips and best practices, and find us at digitalfastforward.com if you're interested in our 5-Day Innovation Challenge or the Innovation eXcelerator Coaching Program!

In this episode, I interview Reshma Block, Principal at Compass Consulting Group, a woman-owned IT consulting firm specializing in business continuity and recovery strategies. One of the youngest disaster recovery managers at Intel Corporation in the late 90’s, it was the historic September 11 attacks that positioned her as the leading voice in disaster recovery and business continuity. Remember that infamous ‘Jerry McGuire moment, the memo?,’ well Reshma shares how her 10-page paper changed the trajectory of her career, and the vulnerability of one of the largest technology companies in America.

In this very special episode, I interview Cindy Praeger, Co-Founder & Managing Partner with Rhythm Systems. Rhythm Systems helps mid-market firms develop their growth strategies and provides software that helps get everyone aligned to execute on an organization’s gameplan for growth.

On this episode, we interviewed Baruch Sachs, Vice President of Client Innovation at Pegasystems. His company is a leading provider of cloud software for customer engagement and operational excellence. Enjoy the conversation.

In this episode, we interview Shane Bray, Head of Customer Experience (CX) at Willis Towers Watson. His company is one of the leading health care providers in the country. Enjoy the conversation. 

This is part 2 of our interview with Greg Warman, Principal at Experience Point. His company has developed a breakthrough approach for quickly ramping up enterprises on design thinking. Enjoy the conversation. 

On this episode, we interview Greg Warman, Principal at Experience Point. His company has developed a breakthrough approach for quickly ramping up enterprises on design thinking. Enjoy the conversation.

What are the five key distinctions I see that separate the best from the rest? The most effective innovators are partnering and co-innovating with stakeholders. The key to effective innovation leadership is acquiring the skills necessary to partner very closely with the stakeholders in your organization and co-own getting to those outcomes you wish to achieve. After reading CEO Excellence, written by senior partners at McKinsey, it made me think about the key capabilities that differentiate mediocre innovation leaders from those innovation leaders who are knocking it out of the ballpark.