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“Many companies want to know how they can best emulate iconic companies like Amazon, Alibaba and Alphabet. But the real opportunity for organisation is to build on their own strengths to create a thriving culture of innovation” (Chris Yeh)

The formal definition of innovation has five simple words: ‘‘Something different that creates value’’ 

The greatest source of untapped energy is the innovation potential that exists inside organizations around the world. Leaders have tried countless ways to liberate and harness this energy - treks to Silicon Valley, global contests, corporate accelerators, huge investments in innovation capabilities. Yet most organisations would admit they have struggled to create truly innovative cultures. The course Eat.Sleep.Innovate lays out a system level way to encourage and enable people to think and act beyond the status quo. 

Success requires focusing on changing people’s daily habits - and then making sure they stick and scale 

Drawing on ground-breaking research into habit change and organisational culture, the trainers will share the tools, the language, and inspiration that every organization needs to overcome obstacles and empower individuals and teams to be their most curious and creative - every single day. In the first part of the seminar, participants will learn that the culture of innovation is one in which the behaviors that drive innovation success come naturally and this will be examined through a case study. In the second part, participants will be exposed to the challenges that organisations face when seeking to create such a culture; evidently, institutionalised inertia powered by the shadow strategy. Through another case study, it will be shown how organisations overcome this challenge. In the third part of the seminar, the idea of behaviour enablers, artifacts, and nudges to encourage desired behaviours and overcome identified blockers will be presented whilst in the final part, participants will get familiarised with concrete and practical ideas on how to make innovation and creativity a day-to-day habit in their organisation.

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Learning Outcomes

• Practical guide to help organisations - from family-owned companies to governmental authorities - innovate with true impact
• Help regular companies become innovation powerhouses
• Give insights, focus and inspiration to create and hardwire a culture of innovation
• Crafting of an innovation culture
• Insightful and practical guide to breaking down the common barriers to innovation and building the rituals, habits, and culture that allows it to flourish every single day
• Integration of theory and practice on driving change
• Insights on how to clear out the day-to-day behaviours that are often the most significantly hidden
• Overcoming innovation barriers

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This workshop is for professionals, organisations, companies, institutions and local authorities who wish to encourage and cultivate innovation within their organisation. 

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Training Topics

• Part A Case Study: When behaviors that drive innovation come naturally, then an organisation has a true culture of innovation
• Part B Case Study: How to overcome institutionalised inertia powered by the shadow strategy
• Part C BEANS: Behaviour Enablers, Artifacts and Nudges to encourage desired behaviours
• Part D Practical and concrete ideas on how to make innovation and creativity a day-to-day habit in an organisation

Trainers

Dr Celia Hadjichristodoulou

Dr Celia Hadjichristodoulou is an expert consultant in European and nationally funded programmes, assisting local and European organizations to utilise more than 5M EUR from such funds. She holds a BSc in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics and a Masters in Philosophy in Management Studies by Cambridge University.

In 2013 she completed her PhD studies at the Management School of the University of Sheffield, examining “Stakeholder perceptions of M & A Human Success Factors: The case of Cyprus”. Ms Hadjichristodoulou is a well-known trainer/speaker on the topics of “Obtaining funding from EU and national programmes” and “Developing employability, leadership and entrepreneurship skills”, amongst others. She was also involved in the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Energy, Industry, Commerce and Tourism that drafted the new funding schemes for 2014-2020 on “Entrepreneurial Innovation: Developing new products and services” and “Digital Entrepreneurship.

Ms Stephani Theophanous

Stephani Theophanous, Head of Entrepreneurship and Startups Unit of GrantXpert Consulting, has a BSc in Economics from University of Cyprus and a Masters’ degree in Management & Entrepreneurship from Cyprus University of Technology. She has been involved in EU and national funded projects in the area of entrepreneurship, STEM and innovation, contributing to the development of entrepreneurial skills for young people, migrants and start-up, through interactive learning and digital technology.

She is also the Project Manager of Entrepreneur, an EU funded project, aiming to promote entrepreneurship and innovation to students and academic staff in higher education institutions by mentoring and training. Mrs Theophanous is also involved in the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs project, aiming to help young entrepreneurs to start their entrepreneurial journey. Finally, she is the operational manager of Microsoft for Startups program of EUC, which is aiming to help startups through training and mentoring, as well as bringing them in contact with investors and business people.