A 2-Day Hands-On Workshop for Government Employees
Innovation and strategy are not just buzzwords—they are the driving forces behind successful government organizations. They empower leaders to navigate challenges, deliver results, and elevate their careers by implementing meaningful change. This workshop blends practical tools, clear explanations, and actionable step-by-step guidance to equip participants with the skills to solve real-world problems effectively.
In this dynamic session, participants will explore proven methods to identify and implement innovative strategies that address government organizations’ unique challenges. You’ll learn how to analyze existing scenarios, apply cutting-edge approaches to generate new ideas, and develop tested solutions that can withstand scrutiny and deliver measurable results.
Rather than working on hypothetical scenarios, this workshop immerses participants in model cases and real-world applications, demonstrating how to find and refine solutions for high-impact government operations. Each concept is accompanied by practical exercises and tested methodologies, enabling you to leave the session ready to apply these strategies to your work immediately.
Topics covered in this workshop
- How to Approach Innovation in Government Organizations
- What are other government organizations doing in this same situation
- Unlock experimental, innovative thinking
- How to spot a solid solution and test it to find hidden problems
- How to handle those problems
- Map potential risks
- Spot change signals for future development
- How to broaden your thinking
- Who should be on the team
- Experts in the profession or people with no subject expertise?
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- Answer: Both…and here is why
- In this class you will develop a list of skills needed on your team
- Motivation: Learn how to show selected team members why they were chosen and how each of them can best contribute
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- Experts in the profession or people with no subject expertise?
- How to manage this important, unusual, and high-visibility Team
- Learn how you can best fit in this team to provide real value
- Running the Kick-Off Meeting
- The agenda…what you must communicate to the team
- Three tactics built to get your kick-off meeting started right
- How to define the outcome you want when management hasn’t given you enough information about the task
- Getting what you want
- Do you want Revolutionary ideas or will modifying what you already have be sufficient
- Every idea has risk: Learn how to recognize and prioritize Risk vs Reward
- Getting the really important, new ideas to the starting line, then to the finish line
- Getting unstuck when the ideas dry up
- Controlling what goes on the keeper list
- How to manage an overwhelming list
- Figuring out which ideas will have the most impact on cost, efficiency and effectiveness
- Testing ideas: How to prove an idea will work in real-life
- Finding problems with the ideas and solving them
- How to use the Innovation, Strategy, and Problem Solving Tools
- How to use the Agile Comms Tool to communicate the very best ideas to the right people in the most effective way
- The briefing(s) to management: Getting Buy-In
- How to Craft the message
- Show each level of management why your ideas have been thoroughly tested and are the right ones for this situation
