Purpose Innovation LabTM
What else can be the purpose of your organization?
Whether stated or not, every organization has a purpose, that guides their mission and strategy, informs strategic decision-making, R&D and capital allocation.
Purpose also directly or indirectly, inspires both internal and external stakeholders to deliver the organization’s vision.
Multiple crises like COVID 19, social and economic inequalities, and several sustainability goals (SDG’s) including climate change are compelling leaders and organizations to step up and be part of the solution.
Organizations must reinvent themselves, their products, services, business models and impact – and their Purpose!
Merely focusing on business returns, or doing corporate philanthropy or CSR isn’t enough anymore.
An enlightened organization realizes that they need to do both – to make social impact and achieve business returns. This will also require leaders within the organization to develop new mindsets and competencies that enable “disruptive innovation” and “systems thinking”.
Many leaders facing this level of transformation will often start with a commitment to change, but focus only on addressing the “outer dimension” of the purpose statement and incremental structural and business model process changes. However, for breakthrough transformation to occur, organizations must also address the invisible “inner dimension”, where disruptive ideas are generated and mindsets are changed.
As Albert Einstein famously said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”. Leaders who operate from a higher level of consciousness will bring greater empathy and compassion while designing and implementing breakthrough solutions needed to overcome today’s challenges – whether at the local or global level.
The Purpose Innovation Lab is a unique, experiential program that will customized to your needs. The modular program will help transform both the inner and outer dimensions of change and empower participants to create breakthrough innovations that will create value for both – society and business.
We will help you identify innovative ways to improve the wellbeing and quality of life of all stakeholders including your staff, current, and future customers as well as the planet.
We will work with you to apply the rigorous innovation process and methodology that I have developed while at Shell GameChanger, that blends inner work with outer purpose.
Let us collaborate to #ReThinkPurpose.
Some common outcomes foreseen include, but are not limited to:
- Breakthrough Ideas Pipeline for creating both social impact and business returns
- Inspired participants, greater ownership and commitment to implement purpose agenda
- Toolkit to improve productivity, performance and innovative thinking
- Greater resilience, and socio-emotional skills to build trusted relationships
Purpose Innovation The Next Frontier
Every organization has a purpose that guides its mission, strategy, and decision-making while inspiring both internal and external stakeholders.
We face multiple crises from growing polarization and extremism, to unreasonable wars, unfolding refugee crises, social inequalities and climate change. In order to stay relevant, companies must reinvent themselves beyond traditional business returns or corporate philanthropy. Forward-thinking organizations recognize the necessity of achieving both social impact and business results. This evolution requires leaders to develop new competencies in disruptive innovation and systems thinking to discover their new purpose.
Inner & Outer Purpose The Missing Link
Leaders often commit to transformation but focus solely on the “outer dimension” through purpose statements and incremental changes. True breakthrough requires addressing the invisible “inner dimension” where disruptive ideas and mindset shifts originate.
As Einstein noted, “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” Leaders operating from higher consciousness bring greater compassion while designing and implementing solutions to today’s local and global challenges.
The Purpose Innovation Lab
Our customized, experiential program empowers participants to create breakthrough innovations that deliver value for society and business simultaneously.
We help identify innovative approaches to improve stakeholder wellbeing—from staff to customers to planet—using a rigorous innovation methodology developed at Shell GameChanger that integrates both the inner and outer dimensions of transformational change.
Expected Outcomes
Some common outcomes foreseen include, but are not limited to:
- Breakthrough Ideas Pipeline for creating shared value – both social impact and business returns
- Inspired participants, greater ownership and commitment to implement purpose agenda
- Enhanced resilience, socio-emotional skills and productivity in participants