Events
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Past Events
Lead Innovation in YOUR Organization: Partnerships, Frameworks and People, September 29, 2022
It doesn’t matter which industry, organization, or city you are in right now, innovation is on the tip of everyone'stongue and the focus for many organizations as they seek to outperform their previous success.
Come join the Strategic Capability Network (Calgary Chapter) for an in-person panel discussion
focused on inspiring innovation in organizations
. Our distinguished panel includes the Chief Innovation Officer for a $60B+organization, The Director of Innovation at a successful and diversified Co-operative, An innovation consultantwith more than a decade of research, and a Director from an organization whose sole purpose is to supportinnovation incubation and transfer from ideation to commercialization (more details on our panelist below). Thisdialogue will be facilitated by SCN Board Member and Manager of Enterprise Innovation Enablement andCulture, Mike Procee.
In this interactive discussion our experts will tackle difficult questions such as, “What is innovation?”, “Whatpartnerships should we be leveraging?”, “What are the biggest obstacles to innovation?” and questions from you in the audience during the session! We will also create space for the panel to share their biggest wins,challenges, and learnings on their innovation journey.
Leadership Management Workshop, April 11th 2019
Dr. Radnejad and Dr. Nguyen will provide a training session for managers of one of the largest personal loan companies in Canada. During the session, participants will learn about the newest management tools and techniques. The session is not open to public.
The battle of disruption: How to respond to Disruptive Innovation? March 21st 2019
In today`s hypercompetitive business world, established firms are facing disruptive innovations initiated by newcomers resulting in dramatic market shifts. Lack of ability to design an appropriate strategy to respond to these disruptive innovations led top Fortune firms (e.g., Kodak, Xerox, Blockbuster, Nokia, and many others) to file bankruptcy with many of them to close their doors forever. Thus, one of the biggest challenge for leaders of incumbent firms is how to respond to such innovations.
Entrepreneurial Management (EM) Workshop, March 19th 2019
Petroleum Technology alliance of Canada (PTAC) invites your organization to participate in the upcoming Entrepreneurial Management (EM) workshops designed for managers and executives to help them lead their organization towards sustainable growth. This experiential workshop covers in-depth EM concepts, including:
- Disciplined and systematic opportunity identification
- Generating creative solutions
- Business modelling
- Preparing and validating business case
- Effective execution organization.
The workshop organization includes a combination of discussion of practical entrepreneurial management tools and concepts with hands-on participant experience on applying these to real-world cases.
University Technology Transfer & Commercialization, Hosted by SUNY-Brockport, March 9th 2019
State University of New York at Brockport is organizing a one-day conference on “University Technology Transfer & Commercialization”. The conference is designed to contribute to the development and dissemination of knowledge on transferring and commercializing university technology to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in SUNY and other college campuses in the region. Dr. Radnejad, CEO 1388 consulting, leads an entrepreneurial development activity during the workshop.
Conversation on Leader Character, December 5th 2018
For far too long the conversations around leadership have been competency based whereas character has taken a back seat. Oftentimes, when things goes wrong in an organization (think, 2008 financial crisis) it is rarely an issue of competency but rather a deficiency in character. While competencies are important, character is critical to elevate competence in achieving sustained excellence.
Dr. Brenda Nguyen, Leadership Coach at 1388 Consulting, sheds light on the mystery of leader character; what is it, why is it important, can we measure it, how can we develop it?
Rochester Young Professionals: 8th Annual Expo, November 15th 2018
1388 Consulting LLC will attend RYP: 8th Annual Entrepreneur's Expo. It is happening Nov. 15 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at NextCorps in the Sibley Building. Please come and check our table.
Talk on "Barriers to radical process innovation", Academy of Management, Aug 13th, 2018
We are going to provide a talk in a session titled "Organizational Innovation: Innovation Types and Organizational Outcomes" during the 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management .
Leader Character Workshop for Canadian Oil and Gas Industry, June 19th 2018
Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) invites your organization to participate in the upcoming Leader Character Workshop, being hosted in Calgary, AB on June 19, 2018.
The event has been designed for Professional Engineers, Managers and Senior Mangers in Canadian Oil and Gas Industry. The event supported by Ivey School of Business, Lethbridge University and PTAC.
What is Leader Character? May 9th 2018
The event is a Young Investigator Forum for musculoskeletal health research trainees. The group will consist of Masters students, PhD students, Postdocs, and Clinical Residents from a variety of research backgrounds (Engineering, Basic Science, Health Science, Medical Imaging etc.). Our speaker, Dr. Nguyen, introduces the concept of leader character during one hour workshop. The event is not open for public admission.
Leadership Workshop, May 1st 2018
City of Brampton has sponsored the leadership workshop for its mangers, directors and leaders. The event is not open for public admission.