Introduction to Strategic Innovation
A guided introduction to working differently with complex, system-level challenges
Strategic Innovation is not a shinier brainstorm or a fancier strategy day. It’s a discipline for working with problems that are messy, political and stuck, where business-as-usual and “innovation theatre” keep looping back to the same outcomes.
In this 30-minute Introduction to Strategic Innovation, we'll walk through the core ideas and practices that sit behind the book Reinventing Strategic Innovation and the projects featured in it. It’s designed to give you a shared language and a different way of seeing your challenge, whether you’re a leader, practitioner, or someone trying to shift things from the middle.
What you’ll see
By the end of the introduction, you’ll hear:
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Why conventional problem solving breaks down in complex, system-level challenges
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How the Framing gives you a way to work with complexity, not around it
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How about the role of hidden assumptions and cultural residue in keeping systems stuck
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What it means to reframe problems instead of jumping straight to solutions
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What Strategic Innovation studios and labs look like in practice
What you get
When you purchase the Introduction, you get access to:
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A 30-minute introduction you can watch or listen to
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A short companion PDF summarising the key ideas and frameworks
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Questions and prompts you can use to reflect on your own context or share with your team
How it fits with the other offers
Think of this as the starting point in a pathway:
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Start with this Introduction to get the core concepts and language, and if you want more;
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Go deeper with the book Reinventing Strategic Innovation to see how it plays out across real projects in government, business and community
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Stay supported over time with the subscription, which gives you ongoing tools, cases and resources to apply Strategic Innovation in your own work
Who it’s for
This introduction is for you if:
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You’re a leader or manager responsible for a complex initiative or reform
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You’re a practitioner in policy, strategy, innovation, design, or transformation
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You’re part of a team facing a stuck, system-level challenge and need a new way in
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You’ve encountered this work through Reinventing Strategic Innovation, a talk, or a workshop and want a clear, structured overview to share with others