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Upcoming Programs

Tue Oct 05 @ 9:00AM - 05:00PM
Storybook Ranch
Dr. Granville Ott
Pioneering Computer Architect

Dr. Granville Ott

Special Austin TX Event!

Consulting Services for Corporations

Our corporate consulting is based on enhancing inventor's skills and helping them understand their role in a large organization.

We will show your innovators how to become gate keepers for the technologies your firm needs to maintain industry leadership.

We will provide motivation for your teams with insights gleaned from great inventors used the principles of invention to succeed.  We can make your inspiration process more effective through the following programs:

Skills Development

Being a member of a team responsible for developing innovation and invention has its own unique sets of skills:

  • Team members should understand program management principles and how these relate to the creative process.
  • They also must have a solid understanding of the basic statistics and DOEs required to prove inventions under the team charter.
  • Above all, team members must understand the importance of sharing their skills and insights.

 

Team Building

For a team just starting out or for a young team of inventors or innovators the learning curve can be quite steep.  There are many skills to develop and the understanding of how the team should work is often not intuitive to the team leader or team members.  As such the team needs coaching in program management and risk assessment principles.  Good teaming is coached over time by the team leader.  Team members need to be comfortable with the goals and objectives for the team.

Team Leader Training

Being a team leader responsible for developing innovation and invention has its own unique sets of skills. The team leader needs to understand program management principles and the creative process.  They also need to have a solid understanding of the basic statistics and DOEs required to prove inventions under the team charter.

Improving Efficiency

Updated training for inventors and innovators who have been producing for some time is a challenge.  Every organization can become more efficient.  Knowledge of the latest principles of creative development and how to obtain the state-of the art quickly are key skills to 21st Century organizations.  Quite often evaluating how other inventors have worked and achieved success provides the shot in the arm a creative team needs.