For most companies, “Innovation” means process improvement or new product development. For SunTrust Bank, Innovation Programs aims to change the culture and enable for all kinds of innovation to happen in every corner of the company. The team delivers a series of innovation contests, grassroots change programs, and cultural exposure efforts to help people see the possibilities. The team was small circus of senior banking and IT leaders combined with the buzzing talent of college interns and recent graduates who create change at a blistering pace and astonishingly low costs.
In this workshop, you’ll experience firsthand why most innovation efforts fail. You will participate in a modified Helix discovery session. Learn how innovation can be successful at a grassroots level and discover a new way to elicit requirements at the beginning of a project. Find out how to use simple models to help your teams understand complex concepts.
Learn the different approaches to innovation:
- Participate in a new discovery workshop format designed to drive ideas at the grassroots level.
- Examine how Minimum Viable Products and Design Thinking serve as a backdrop for focused workshops.
- Discover how modified hack-a-thon and Shark Tank-like challenge programs exposed unrealized talent and exceptional ideas.
- Find ways to inject fun and energy into stagnant teams.
PMI Talent Triangle: Strategic & Business Management
