The 10 Most Innovative Companies in 2019

Develop Your
About the Author
Natalie Turner is a Keynote
speaker and Author of the
book Yes, You Can
Innovate. Discover your
innovation strengths and
develop your creative
potential which was
selected as book of the
month in both the UK and
Singapore earlier this year.
She is the Founder and
CEO of The Entheo
Network, a global
innovation company and
has exemplary expertise in
the eld of marketing,
business strategy, and
leadership development.
Under her leadership, the
company provides a suite
of innovative products and
services to help individuals
and organizations create
new sources of value whilst
building innovation skills,
capabilities and culture.
She is also the inventor of
®
the 6 ‘I’s Innovation which
measures innovation
strengths of individuals and
teams to unlock the
innovation culture in an
organization.
www.6-i-innovation.com.
INNOVATION
CULTURE for a
FUTURE-READY
Organization
s the digital landscape continues to change at a rapid pace,
Adismantling and disrupting the way that we do business, how can
we ensure that our leadership and organisational thinking evolves
at the same rate? The CEO is ultimately responsible for the success or
failure of the company that they lead, which, in today’s world, means
ensuring an organisation can adapt to this fast rate of change. To do this,
leaders need to know how to innovate with agility and speed. This means,
on the ground during day-to-day work, that each employee has a clear
understanding of how they contribute to creating value out of new ideas
and a common language to enable them to work together. As a CEO, part
of your role is to foster a culture of innovation that can harness the often
disparate skills and mindsets required to successfully innovate. The key is
to understand that innovation is a journey, which includes spotting trends
and discontinuities and generating new ideas, through to investing and
implementing those ideas that can potentially have the most impact. The
skill is to know how to match people’s strengths to the right part.
How do employees currently react to innovation conversations?
Often, the first people to embrace innovation tend to love ideas and can
identify trends, patterns and opportunities. They are curious and fit the
classic stereotype of creativity – playful, open-minded and attracted to
10 April 2019|