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CRIS BESWICK

Originally trained as a product & industrial designer, Cris spent over a decade as a successful entrepreneur & CEO building an award-winning design group. He is now recognised globally as an expert on strategic innovation and creating innovative organisations.

He specialises in working with CEOs and senior teams on the strategy, leadership and culture innovation requires and has coached, advised and delivered keynotes to some of the world’s most successful companies on how to become exceptional by building game-changing innovation capability and embedding it into organisational culture.

Cris is also the Founder of thought leadership website The Future Shapers a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield School of Management and a Visiting Professor at ICESI University in Colombia.

He is co-author of Amazon best-selling book Building a Culture of Innovation, which was voted in the top 5 management books on innovation, as judged in the CMI book of the year awards 2017.

Email: cris@crisbeswick.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/crisbeswick

Twitter: @CrisBeswick / @TheFutureShaper

Want to Build a Culture of Innovation? Then Seek Out Your Innovation Agents

‘No man is an island, entire of itself’ runs the saying and it should probably go on to say that no concept should be introduced in isolation either. In the VUCA world, we’re all challenged with constantly trying to do something new, to create lasting change, transformation and disruption. That challenge means it helps to have others on your side, adding their enthusiasm, energy, perspective and creativity to the mix. Why… because if there’s one truth about innovation, it’s that it’s definitely not a solo sport!

Ideascale2021-12-14T13:42:42-08:00November 20th, 2017|Categories: Leadership|Tags: change agent, Change Management, Communication, company culture, i-agent, in-depth article, Innovation agent, innovation champion, Innovation Culture, Innovation Leadership, innovation psychology, innovation skills, innovation team, innovative people, intrapreneurship, organisational culture, project management, talent, talent management, Teamwork|

Employee Innovation Training – What Approach Works Best?

As organizations increasingly focus on building corporate cultures that are more open to new ideas, they are examining ways that they can engage a range of employees in innovative thinking and actions. In the past, the answer to this kind of effort was to run a challenge and pat yourselves on the back for a job well done.

Ideascale2022-01-24T16:43:16-08:00February 29th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Communication, Employee Engagement, employee training, enterprise innovation, HR, Innovation Culture, innovation framework, Innovation Strategy, innovation team, innovation training, learning program, Problem Solving, training program|

Diversity and Innovation – A Perfect Team

Please, not another business imperative! Every time I open a journal or glance at a blog it seems as though the panacea to all business ills has just been discovered and is waiting for me to embrace it! One minute I’m being told to hire for cultural fit, the next to increase diversity. It’s no wonder that employee engagement is falling because if I’m being pushed from pillar to post then it’s not surprising that my people are confused……

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:22:26-07:00November 30th, 2015|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: Agile, Collaboration, collaborative innovation, diversity, Employee Engagement, idea management, Innovation Culture, innovation team, team diversity|

Shaping the Future

Think of the future. Go on! Now tell me honestly what is the furthest point in time that you imagined. If it was three years then I’m not surprised. After all, in business three seems almost to be some sort of talisman. We have three year business plans, 2-3 year product development cycles and of course there is that ubiquitous interview question about where you see yourself in three year’s time.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:22:32-07:00October 6th, 2015|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: business model, business plan, Change Management, disruptive innovation, globalization, Innovation Culture, Product Development, product development cycle, thinking ahead, trends|

Follow the Crowd or Create the Marketplace

It’s follow my leader time for the world’s stock markets. Concerns over the state of the Chinese economy have seen markets plunge into freefall, only for some to bounce upwards again a few hours later. At the time of writing, markets are still in flux with analysts divided on the eventual outcome.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:20:55-07:00August 28th, 2015|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Change Management, china, crisis, economy, groupthink, Innovation Culture, innovation roadmap, trends|

Heading for Mass Extinction

Global diversity is in crisis. Scientists have recently announced that our planet is in the middle of the sixth global mass extinction event and this time it’s man-made. Not since the time of the dinosaurs have so many species been under threat and it’s not just the environmental infrastructure which should be giving us cause for concern.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:20:59-07:00July 16th, 2015|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: adaptability, Change Management, circular economy, climate change, Collaboration, crisis, green innovations, Innovation Culture, organizational structure, sustainability|