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SMART Innovation Management Program Data trends indicate that around 40% of the companies thriving today will be gone within the next 10 years. In this new world, innovation is a basic survival skill. SMART Innovation Exchange (SIE) in your region can help communities, enterprises and organizations establish an adaptable innovation process and foster a culture of innovation in your community, enterprise, or organization. Our data-driven action plans are based on analytics from thousands of innovative projects over many years. In today’s intricately connected global marketplace, with new competitors appearing daily even from other industries, disruption is the status quo. How to Assess Innovation Management & Culture In order to know where you are going, you must first know where you are and what you have to work with. This ancient law of navigation applies the most advanced projects in innovation. In our SMART analysis, we collect and analyze your project comprehensively, both externally and internally. Our evaluation and diagnosis is data driven, incorporating key drivers, organizational resources, macro drivers at the global scale, industrial trends, market logic and disruptive technology on the horizon. SMART Innovation Assessment Survey (SIAS) The assessment survey generates a comprehensive 40-page customized report on innovation SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats), along with tangible recommendations on how to sharpen your Innovation Strategy, Leadership, Culture and Capabilities. Give managers the informational resources they need to lead the SMART transformation of your organization to a culture of SMART innovation. Benchmark against the best, assess and measure your Innovation SWOT, take action on tangible measurable actions. SCE in partnership with Licensed Practitioners, can help you create SIAS for your SMART city, community, enterprise or organization. The assessment survey includes interviews, collection and assessing organizational and market information, kick-off, one workshop and final presentation with tangible recommendations. How to Change Innovation Management & Culture Knowing where you need to go is very different from knowing how to get there. Change management is a specialized skill, incorporating elements of motivation, psychology, project management, structural engineering, presentation, marketing and negotiation. Beyond that, changing from a traditional organizational structure to one designed around a culture of innovation brings unique challenges. Many communities, enterprises and organizations have succeeded and have come out on top of their verticals, while others have lost their way. From the C-level to customer-facing operatives, everyone in your organizations must be brought on board with aligned goals and a clear understanding of what’s expected from them. Based on initial SMART assessment, we assign your organization with a customized InnovationIQ score, along with a data-dense report detailing optimal recommendations on best practices, to redirect your efforts for greater achievement and establishing lasting change at every level. Organizational Design and Establishment of SMART Innovation Exchange (SIE)  What could your community, enterprise or organization accomplish if you were operating inside a SMART innovation incubator, with support and expert guidance for all your creative concepts? It can happen and you can create that atmosphere for yourself. All it takes is the right application of research, market data and best practices in innovation. Don’t go it alone. Build on the successes from 30 years of innovation research and thousands of companies from around the world. Every community, enterprise, or or organization can construct its own SMART innovation Exchange (SIE) from existing internal teams, alongside specialized skills you may need to bring in to complete the mission. Our international team of experts can help you construct the framework using details on your prevailing governance and reporting structures, links to the growth strategy of your top level business leaders, the most profitable business models across all industries, and the extent of formal/informal involvement by C-level executives. SMART Innovation Management Training & Workshops Nothing is as instructive as doing it yourself. A session of hands-on training with personal attention and guided instruction is the most efficient and indelible method of transferring knowledge. To maximize the effectiveness of your innovation training, bring in experts that have helped countless professionals from every walk of life. Learn functional, tactical innovation techniques like SMART innovation jams, structures for a productive Hackathon, LSP for design, fundamentals of practical ideation, and many more conceptual frameworks on the forefront of hypothesis-based invention. Great ideas are easy to come by. Great innovations are rare. The gulf between the two exists due to inadequate development and selection of the innovative projects that meet the skills, goals and market position of the innovators. Keynotes and Conference Leads Innovation is the key to economic growth & business continuity, penetration into new markets, international expansion, rebranding, disruption and everything else that keeps your community, enterprise or organization relevant as the world changes around it. Make innovation your superpower. At your next event, off-site or conference, bring in our team of world-class innovation leaders who can electrify the audience with interactive demonstrations and motivational storytelling. Contact: [email protected] Website: www.SMARTCommunityExchange.com