Disruptive Innovation & Solutions in Change (D.I.S.C.)

Introduction

Disruption and Change are happening within the workforce and managers on all levels need to be prepared. This highly focused LAKESHORE ISL Disruptive Innovation & Solutions in Change (D.I.S.C.) training course targets several critical areas of doing Business with a Multi-pronged, Mental Cognitive Mapping for Innovative Just-In-Time, and Disruption in Business Logic with a culturally diverse workforce.

“Working harder” was never the answer, “Working Smarter” answered a call

NOW!!.

“Thinking Faster” is needed most of all.

The majority of managers are university taught, and developed further with on-the job training; although these are necessary, most of these managers are too slow to act in times of JIT Change and Disruption.

This LAKESHORE ISL training course will highlight:

• Faster Problem-Solving Management Team
• Intuitive Leadership
• Decisive Decision Making
• Calculated Risk Taking
• Less Frustrated Workforce
• Culturally & Age Diverse Teams
• An Intune C-Suite & GM, MD
• Controlled Managerial Style
• Mentally Diverse Prepared Staff

The training seminar is divided into two modules:

MODULE I –  Lead through Disruptive Times

MODULE II – Disruptive Innovation

Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximize their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a two-weeks training course.

Objectives

By the end of this LAKESHORE ISL training course, participants will learn to:

• Set goals for Vertical Development within Rank & File Employees
• Create ownership of development to well supported innovative staff
• Develop collective leadership along with individual guidance
• Set focus on innovation in several leadership development areas

Training Methodology

The Methodologies behind this well designed Management & Staff Development package employs R.A.T. (Retentive Attitude Training) Methodologies. RAT is built around the Long-Term Memory Retention & Neuro-Linguistic Tools, designed to Recall and Use Information & Tools, taught during the training delivery with several Exercises and Case Studies to emphasize fast reactive, calm and decisive decision making.

Organizational Impact

• A Faster Problem-Solving Management Team – A cohesive fast reacting team working towards company success
• Intuitive Leaders – A team with decisive Root Cause & Intuitive mentality
• Decisive Decision Makers – Well informed management team directing the organisation
• Calculated Risk Takers – Management teams that make informed calculated risks
• A Less Frustrated Workforce – Management & Leaders working in harmony & unison
• A Culturally & Age Diverse Teams – Teams that uses the wisdom of the ages & national differences to augment decisions
• An Intune C, Suite & GM, MD. (Involved leadership) – Chief Officers, General Managers and Directors communicating directly with management teams
• Controlled Managerial Upper Managements – Upper Management teams understanding, ‘The Need to Know’, requirement of position and rank
• Mentally Prepared Middle Management – Teams, not afraid to follow command and make follow through with those commands

Personal Impact

• Decisive Leadership Qualified Managers – A manager that when making decisions, does not falter
• Interpersonal Managers – A manager that has the ability to relate to and connect with others
• Intrapersonal Leader – A leader that has awareness of how they affect the world around you
• Creatively Cognitive Aware – Both creative and aware of ‘Out-Of-The-Box’ Logic
• 4 Corners, Age & culture Diversity Aware Manager & Leader – Manager that depends on but not reliant on those around you, no matter what the age, race or gender
• Mentor & Coach Leader Manager – Leader among your subordinates and peers
• Logic Thinking Manager – A manager that relies on hard fact when making point driven decisions
• Less Frustrated Manager – A calmer, relaxed manager when interacting with others
• Calculated Risk Taker – Manager that uses hard fact and trends to calculate changes in disruptive environments
• Fast Calculated, Accurate Decision-Maker – Manager that uses mental decision-making matrices for fast accurate & on-the-spot decisions
• Honest Ownership RCA Analyst – Leader-manager that understands and uses Root Cause Analysis to elevate disruptive causes to break-down

Who Should Attend?

This LAKESHORE ISL Disruptive Innovation & Solutions in Change (D.I.S.C.) programme is for those looking backwards to see a way forward and If your making decisions with Just-In-Time-Chaos logic and need fast reactive teams working together.

This LAKESHORE ISL  training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Upper, Middle & Lower Management
• Finance Department
• Operations
• Warehousing & Logistics
• Floor Managers
• Stock Controllers
• General Staff / Supervisors and Change Leaders

Seminar Outline

Module 1 – LEAD Through Disruptive Times

Day 1

Introductions & Leadership Learning Styles 

• Participant Introduction
• Personality Evaluation
• Speech Pattern Evaluation
• Company Evaluation
• Programme Overview
• Ownership Transfer
• Cognitive Learning Logic
• Chaos Perception 

Day 2

Leadership Mentoring & Mindset  

• Mentoring Empowerment skills
• Empowerment Delegation Skills
• Tactical & Strategic Interpersonal Skills
• Retention Mentality
• Succession Mentality 

Day 3

Management to Leadership to Management 

• Management Goal Setting
• Leadership Goal Setting
• Retention Mentality
• Succession Mentality
• Interpersonal Leadership Communication Tools
• Subordinate Communication
• Superior Communication
• Clientele Communication 

Day 4

Leadership in uncertain Times 

• Group Leadership
• Individual leadership
• Provocation logic
• NLP & Body language
• Skill Transfer 

Day 5

Mental Cognitive Mapping

• NLP and Knowledge Transfer
• Chaos Logic for Root Cause Understanding
• Just In Time Logic Building
• Programme Wrap-up
• JIT Information Transfer
• Programme Evaluation (Facilitator – Materials – Participant)

Module 2 – Disruptive Innovation: Managing Radical Change for High Growth

Day 6

The Strategic Significance of Innovation

• Why Innovate? – The Strategic Relevance of Innovation
• Complexity and Non-linearity in 21^st Century Business Development
• When and how disruptive innovation was first introduced.
• Differences between an Enabling Innovation and a Disruptive Innovation
• When is a Disruptive Innovation an appropriate strategic approach?
• Deciding which Innovation – enabling or disruptive?

Day 7

The Concept of Disruptive Innovation

• Assessing the Business Potential of a Disruptive Innovation
• Innovation in Product and Service
• Case Example of Best Practice for Discussion
• Innovation in Business Model and Organizational Structure
• Corporate Incubation – How to upscale a viable disruptive innovation?
• Case Example of Best Practice for Discussion

Day 8

How does disruptive innovation work?

• Analysing and Evaluating Risk – disrupt or be disrupted?
• Monitoring and Managing Risk – decisions on the next stage
• Case Examples of Success and Failure – for discussion
• Disruptive Innovation in New Product Development
• Disruptive Innovation via the Research Laboratory
• Disruptive Innovation in Organizational Development

Day 9

Getting Organized for Disruptive Innovation

• Good Ideas can come from Anywhere
• Processes and Mechanisms for Generating New Ideas
• Use of Data Mining to Generate Innovative Ideas
• Internal / External Open Bidding as a source of ideas
• Feasibility Studies as a means of screening for Viability
• Has Innovation become a core competency?

Day 10

Managing Disruptive Innovation

• Ideation and the Process approach to Innovation
• Creating an Innovation Culture in your Team
• Acquisitions, Networks and Alliances as Disruptive Mechanisms
• Activity Integration or Separation following Disruptive Innovations
• Financial Justification and Methods for Disruptive Innovations
• Measuring the Impact of Disruptive Innovations
• Evaluating our Ability to Implement Disruptive Innovations
• Course Overview and Personal Action Plans for Delegates