Dr Amantha Imber

Dr Amantha Imber is an innovation psychologist, best-selling author, and founder of innovation consultancy Inventium. Inventium was recently awarded the BRW Client Choice Award for Best Management Consultancy.

27 November (9.15am – 11.15am) including morning refreshments

ABOUT THE MASTER CLASS
Having a lean, fast and customer-focused innovation process is critical to driving innovation as effectively as possible. However, many organisations, particularly larger ones, have flawed innovation processes.

Some of the most common problems we encounter when working with companies to improve their innovation process include:

A process that is overly bureaucratic; Decision making that is characterised by analysis paralysis; A slow and inflexible process; A process that starts with idea generation, rather than actually understanding what customer problems are going to be the most effective and profitable ones to solve; An unbalanced process that favours either the front end or back end.

If you can relate to any of the above problems, then don’t miss this Master Class. It will cover:

• What big companies can learn from how startups innovate
• Practical techniques that will enable you to be lean and nimble in your approach to innovation
• The eight absolutely critical stages in a best practice approach to innovation, according to what has been scientifically proven to work
• A stack of easy to apply tips that will radically improve your current innovation process
• How to measure the effectiveness of your current innovation process, and understand how to eliminate key bottlenecks

Dr Ann Quinn

From Grand Slams to Gold medals and World Champions, Dr Ann Quinn has a long track record of creating winners. In addition to inspiring athletes to achieve their greatness, she also coaches executives to conquer their stress, get energised, build their mental toughness and resilience and to Be Extraordinary.

27 November (9.15am – 11.15am) including morning refreshments

ABOUT THE MASTER CLASS
In this Master Class, learn how to Become the CEO of your own life and create a winning game plan for an Extraordinary Life.

Conquer your Stress

• Learn what really stresses you and drains your energy. What area of your life do you need to focus on the most?
• A sign that you are overworking is irritability, hypertension, impatience and a loss of drive and determination. Working too hard is not good for anyone. Plan to recover to win, in and out of the office.
• Get clear on the life you would love to live. Decide your priorities. Set yourself up with goals that really drive you.

Energise You

• Exercise to keep fit. Not only does exercise improve your fitness and strengthen your body, it increases your energy level. Be ready to be energised!
• Find out how to fuel your body with premium fuel.
• Learn the secrets and success routines of top athletes so you can believe in you and radiate a positive, confident attitude.

Optimise your Life

• Be open to the flow of life. Have fun. Give yourself the gift of the present. Tune in within and be guided to your greatness.
• Discover how your environment can make a real difference to your well-being.
• Work smarter, not harder. Less is more. Prioritise your priorities. Plan to win at work and in life.

Stephen Heppell (UK)

Professor at Bournemouth University, Chair in New Media Environments; One of the most influential academics in the field of technology and education globally.

27 November (9.15am – 11.15am) including morning refreshments

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Children redesigning their own learning spaces:  engaging, effective, affordable, unexpected, agile, theirs. What’s not to like?

This Master Class tracks four student led projects, in Spain and England, and offers a step by step guide of how to follow in their footsteps, including feedback from the students themselves of their expectation about what comes next.

If you thought co-construction was effective, you ain’t seen nothing yet!

Scott Anthony (Singapore)

Scott D. Anthony is the Managing Partner of Innosight, a boutique consulting and investment company that focuses on strategic transformation, disruptive change, and business model innovation.

27 November (9.15am – 11.15am) including morning refreshments

ABOUT THE MASTER CLASS
Innovation appears to be an irrational act. After all, most ideas fail to achieve any kind of commercial success. 50 percent of new businesses fail in their first four years. 75 percent of companies that receive venture capital investment never return any capital to their investments. Most corporations have innovation success rates ranging from 10 to 20 percent.

It’s natural to think that these poor success rates result from the failure to generate good ideas. However, what distinguishes success from failure isn’t the quality of the initial idea. It is the process by which an idea gets translated into impact.

In this Master Class, Innosight Managing Partner Scott Anthony will describe how to beat the odds when launching a new venture. He will draw on his company’s unique experience advising some of the world’s most innovative companies and investing in and incubating startup businesses in the U.S., Singapore, India, China, and Indonesia.

You will learn:

• A practical process to manage strategic uncertainty
• How to zero in on the key risks that can derail early-stage ideas
• Best practices in designing, managing, measuring, and interpreting market-facing experiments
• How to build a corporate culture that supports experimentation
• How to address the leadership challenges at innovation’s first mile