A method for problem solving.
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Just a few of the brands Bob has trained or facilitated for:
What people are saying about Bob:
“Thanks to the New & Improved facilitators and illustrators for keeping everyone energized. We generated 155 new solutions across five platforms. All of your efforts and ideas will help us achieve our short-term and long-term franchise goals. We could not have done it without you.”
- Product Director, Johnson & Johnson
“I was very impressed by how well you related to the people and in turn how they responded to your sincere efforts to help them…I am confident that your positive impact will drive benefits for years to come.”
- Sr. VP Operations, Kraft Foods
“We have used and continue to use New & Improved for our new product ideation sessions and are never disappointed. The results of these products in the marketplace speak for themselves. I highly recommend them!”
- Nestlé
“I’ve had the privilege of working with New & Improved – this stuff is GREAT! They’ve packaged the material in a way that has enabled us to not only use it ‘on the job,’ but also to share it with team members to upgrade their team effectiveness.”
- VP, Pfizer
« I want your memory of interacting with me to be, “He made a positive difference in my life”. » - Bob Eckert
Bob fixes things.
"We facilitate problem-solving sessions, and train people to innovate better, all over the world, for business, government and not-for-profits. We are widely respected for our ability to build innovation teams. Both for short term crisis mitigation/problem solving, and for long term strategic purposes."
Key Specialties
Bob will work with your unique needs to deliver keynotes, workshops and bespoke problem-solving sessions:
- Innovation
- Creative thinking
- Creative Collaboration
- Innovation Leadership
- Innovation Culture
- Sustained Innovation Culture
- Building Innovation Culture
- Building Innovative Teams
- Leading Innovation Teams
- Improving employee creativity
- Creative Problem Solving
- Why innovation culture efforts often fail
- Fail-proofing Innovation Culture Efforts
- Organizational Development for Innovation
- Key training elements required for innovative workforce development
- 12 strategic action areas for innovation culture
- The people side of innovation
- Creative Thinking Style Preferences
- How to succeed at innovation
- Why innovation efforts fail and what to do to prevent that
- Facilitating Innovation sessions
- Facilitating problem solving sessions
- Facilitating strategic planning sessions
Bob has also delivered for:
Key messages
- There is no such thing as a grown-up. Just growing-ups and stuck people.
- We are better than we know. If we can be made to see it, then perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.
- We are all innate creative problem solvers, it’s in our DNA, but social pressures often get in the way of being all that we are capable of.
- If innovation was easy, every person, every leader and every organization would already be perfect at it. If you meet someone claiming to be perfect at it, run like they are a zombie ready to attack.
- Innovation grows from humility, curiosity, courage and tenacity far better than it does from arrogance, lack of listening, fearfulness and short-term thinking.
- If you improve creative thinking and problem-solving skills in just one area of your life (work, family, community, volunteerism) you will automatically improve in any other area of your life.
- One of the best ways to strengthen your creative thinking at work is to also strengthen your creative thinking in your home.
- Creative collaboration skills are the most critical skills needed to save the human species from eventual self-induced ruin.
Figure out what works, and what doesn't.
"Three successful businesses, 35 years of successful marriage, and two successful adult children. I’ve made mistakes and learned from them. I’ve had successes, and I know how they happened. Let me show you how to repeat the pattern."
Elevate Masterclass: Solve Problems. Innovate. Faster. Better.
Featuring Bob Eckert
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Finding the right way to be
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I improved, you can too.
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Managing the part of yourself - and others - that limits possibility
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Case examples: Real world Gatorbrain Management
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What's the POINt?
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POINt: A Case study
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The Innovators values
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The gator parade
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The universal creative process
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Bringing it all together
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About this course
- $29.95
- 10 lessons
- 1.5 hours of video content
What people are saying about "Solve Problems. Innovate. Faster. Better."
I improved
Bruce Fern
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Mim Millar
This is just what I hoped it would be!! I’ve had parts of these processes in my troubleshooting tool box, but not all of them. This Masterclass has helped ...
Read MoreThis is just what I hoped it would be!! I’ve had parts of these processes in my troubleshooting tool box, but not all of them. This Masterclass has helped me identify the components needed as well as the rationale fir each one. I’ve been able to apply this to a challenge I’ve had at work for months! Now to implement then evaluate. A huge step forward from frozen and ignoring it!
Read LessWow! Powerful insights and tools!
jonathan Vehar
Great course that really has me looking at my habits and practices around solving problems. I got several tips, approaches and tools that will help me be bet...
Read MoreGreat course that really has me looking at my habits and practices around solving problems. I got several tips, approaches and tools that will help me be better personally and professionally! Time well spent!
Read LessClear, very definitive of the lessons learned
Sherry Winn
Bob is authentic, a guy who gets how to delve into a point so that everybody can understand. Take this course! It will change the way you look at problems.
Bob is authentic, a guy who gets how to delve into a point so that everybody can understand. Take this course! It will change the way you look at problems.
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Mark Roser
What a great teacher - Bob has the gift of making things clear. I have used these techniques over and over again and they truly do help shift our thinking f...
Read MoreWhat a great teacher - Bob has the gift of making things clear. I have used these techniques over and over again and they truly do help shift our thinking from "what's wrong with this world" into "what can I and we do about making things a bit better in all of this"? The tools fit - whether at-work or at-home. I hope there is a Volume II of this series. I bought the book to get a bit more info.
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Jacob Kent
Learning about the Universal Creative Process is lifechanging. As someone who was involved in the innovation consulting space, but now a regular human being,...
Read MoreLearning about the Universal Creative Process is lifechanging. As someone who was involved in the innovation consulting space, but now a regular human being, I can attest to its power. In my relationships with work, others and even myself, applying creative principles has given me a toolbox to effectively negotiate the sticky situations of life. Whether you are looking to be more effective at work, see investment opportunities and risks that others miss, or even just assess your own emotional reactions and responses, learning the universal creative process, and the inhibitors to creativity and innovation from Bob Eckert will VASTLY help you. Tame the gator my friends.
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Natalie Jenkins
This Masterclass provides participants with useful hacks to help you be a stronger and more collaborative creative problem solver at work, at home and within...
Read MoreThis Masterclass provides participants with useful hacks to help you be a stronger and more collaborative creative problem solver at work, at home and within your community.
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Francois Coetzee
Bob shares the creative process and the mindset around creativity in a simple, easy to understand series of talks supported by practical examples, great stor...
Read MoreBob shares the creative process and the mindset around creativity in a simple, easy to understand series of talks supported by practical examples, great stories and simple steps for implementation. He manages to be inspiring and practical at the same time. I enjoyed this course very much! A wonderful experience and introduction to creative thinking.
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Steven Howard
Bob is a fantastic storyteller and does a great job of using stories to illustrate his key points. Very memorable and relevant stories.
Bob is a fantastic storyteller and does a great job of using stories to illustrate his key points. Very memorable and relevant stories.
Read LessMeet Bob
Trainer, Speaker, Author
New & Improved - www.newandimproved.com Bob Eckert
Bob Eckert is Founder and current CEO at New & Improved. His focus is on helping organizations harness and develop the innovative brain power of their people to deliver new and improved results. He has been globally impacting the creativity/innovation world for more than 30 years. A sought-after trainer, speaker and facilitator, Bob uses his organizational design experience to make change efforts stick. Fast Company calls him an “Innovation thought leader” and he has been quoted in publications such as Forbes and Inc.com. He has written extensively about innovation leadership in numerous articles and his two books, Demystifying Innovation Culture Efforts and More Lightning, Less Thunder: How to Energize Innovation Teams. Bob is also a Certified Tree Farmer, and a Wilderness Guide at Adirondack Adventure Base.
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