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HRDQstore.comCREATIVITY & INNOVATION
HRDQstore.com/ creativityJunkyard Games
Ron Roberts and Bernie DeKoven
Game, 1.5 hours
Yes, you can teach people to be
innovative.
Now there is a way to encourage innovation
and develop the skills needed to have a
positive impact on organizational performance.
Junkyard Games
is an exciting training game
that combines energy and fun with creativity
and process improvement. Teams work together,
plan, strategize, and execute their ideas to
create the most innovative tabletop games for
an international competition among imaginary
countries.
Junkyard Games
is effective either as a stand-
alone activity or as part of a more comprehensive
training program. Use it to kick off a team-
building workshop or seminar, introduce the
concept of innovation, or energize an existing
team’s level of creativity for innovation.
L E A R N I N G O U T C O M E S
• Understand what innovation is all about —
and why it’s important to success
• Recognize the differences between
innovation and creativity
• Discover how to tap into innovative talents
• Learn an easy-to-apply innovation process
model
HRDQstore.com/ junkyardComplete Kit
Materials to train up to 3 groups of 4–8 participants at one time
$499
Extra Game Parts
Materials to train 1 additional group of 4–8 participants
$60
Encouraging Innovation Through
5 Key Conversations
Jocelyn Kung, MBA and Marianne Minor, MSW, LCSW
Assessment and Workshop, 1 hour
Turn small talk into the company’s
next best idea.
Innovation leaders are not necessarily technical
experts, nor are they inherently creative. Rather,
they have the necessary skills to encourage
innovation in others. By engaging employees in
conversations that explore possibilities beyond
conventional thinking, managers can motivate
others to stretch their creative abilities, invite
risk-taking, and collaborate on the best ways to
navigate through organizational boundaries.
Encouraging Innovation Through 5 Key
Conversations
may be used to establish a
new approach to building innovation in an
organization, provide basic skills training
in developing creativity and innovation in
individuals and teams, or to complement existing
leadership development techniques being used
in an organization.
L E A R N I N G O U T C O M E S
• Establish a new approach to building
innovation in organizations
• Develop the basic skills needed to develop
creativity and innovation
• Encourage creative processes and ownership
of innovation
• Complement existing leadership
development techniques
HRDQstore.com/ encourageFacilitator Set
Includes facilitator guide, workshop instructions, and sample participant materials
$141
Paper Self Assessment
$17.90
QuickStart Training
Two hours of telephone coaching for facilitators
$450