Focus on Innovation

2007 Innovation Tours and 2008 Scanlon Conference

The Scanlon Leadership Network and Scanlon Foundation will be focusing on Innovation during 2007.

Three Tours and thel 2008 Scanlon Conference will be dedicated to understanding and improving innovation, personally, professionally and organizationally.

The Network will be offering three Innovation Tours in 2007.

Tour #1 3M, August 8-9, 2007 in Minneapolis, MN

3M is ranked as one of the top ten most innovative companies in the world, and through the hard work of Wayne Lindholm, Kim Johnson, the 3M Grass Roots Innovation Team, and Tom Hagg of SGS Tool Co. we are going to see and experience 3M in ways that very few are able to do.

On August 7-9, the Scanlon Leadership Network is bringing you the ‘cook’s tour’ of 3M in Minneapolis, MN. We have been able to obtain as speakers many of the scientists and inventors who are leaders in innovation at 3M—people like Art Fry who invented the Post-It Note. 3M is also graciously opening the doors of their new, much-in-demand Innovation Center for a tour – a true privilege that should not be missed.

The cover story of the latest issue of Business Week is on 3M and the struggle to create cultures of innovation and continuous improvement. As Dwane Baumgardner and Russ Scaffede have outlined in their book “The Leadership Roadmap” we must do both. This tour and a tour to Motorola September 18-19, will equip us to do both.

The 3M Tour Agenda:

August 7th evening: Welcome keynote and social mixer, and dinner at the nationally renowned Science Museum of Minnesota located on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul. Science Museum of
Minnesota + food & beverages + Scanlon member colleagues + 3M scientists and inventors = an evening of learning in a fun environment to kick-off the 3M Innovation Tour.

August 8th, 8 am - 8 pm: Spend a full day at the beautiful 3M Tartan Park Golf Club conference center learning how 3M really drives and supports the process of innovation. A mixture of 3M scientists, engineers and creative minds will share their first-hand knowledge of what makes innovation work at the grass-roots, hands-on level. Ample time for Q&A is planned to maximize learning. After the day of hearing from the experts, we move to dinner in the Tartan Park dining room where networking and learning continue.

Key presenters confirmed include:

Dr. Andrew J. Ouderkirk: Andrew is a 3M Corporate Scientist and principal inventor and project leader of the groundbreaking 3M (TM) Multilayer Optical Film (MOF) technology within 3M's light management platform. Dr. Ouderkirk has developed unique insight in leading development teams and has been issued more than 100 patents.

Art Fry: Retired 3M Corporate Scientist and Post-it Note (TM) inventor. Art is considered the keeper of the innovative spirit inside and outside of 3M. Always willing to share his experiences, Art continues to share his insight on the process of innovation to many groups around the country.

Alex Cirillo: Current 3M VP of Community Affairs and past VP of 3M's Commercial Graphics Division and President of 3M Canada. In Alex's career, he has been a steady supporter of creativity and innovation. Alex started his 3M career as a scientist in 3M laboratories and rose to the highest levels of leadership. Alex will share an inspirational message that supports the very foundation of innovation and leadership.

Dave Braun: Retired 3M Corporate Scientist, Occupational Health & Safety Division, Founder of the 3M GRIT or Grass Roots Innovation Team. Dave will describe how his passion for creativity and sharing knowledge led to the creation of the GRIT. More than 10 years later, the GRIT is has grown to include both 3M and non-3M members who gather monthly to informally learn, and debate around various topics of creativity and innovation.

3M GRIT Panel: Hear first-hand how 3M promotes creativity and innovation from 3M GRIT members. GRIT meetings are where the creative gloves come off and anything goes.

August 9th: Mr. H. C. Shin, 3M Executive VP of Industrial Markets, is sponsoring a tour of 3M's new Innovation Center. This two-hour tour will feature the "Vision Dome Theater" multi-media presentation and the "World of Innovation" hands-on room where Knowledge, Play and Imagination come together at 3M.

Registration Fee: $750, $100 discount for 4 or more from the same company.

Note: We anticipate that this tour will fill quickly. Members of the Scanlon Leadership Network and Foundation will receive first priority, then space will be made available on a first come first served basis.

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Tour #2 Motorola and Top Leader Retreat, September 18-19,2007 in Shaumburg, Illinois

Praveen Gupta is helping to host this tour of Motorola and Motorola University. Praveen was on the faculty of Motorola University when the concepts and methods of Six-Sigma were created. We hope to join Bob Galvin for lunch, as we explore the leadership dimensions of Innovation.

WHY ATTEND THE MOTOROLA INNOVATION TOUR AND LEADERSHIP RETREAT:
There’s no doubt that innovation has become a competitive necessity. When viewed within the context of leaderhip, innovation shouldn’t come from the top down. However, it is the responsibility of a top leader to foster an environment where innovation can prosper. How is this done? How do you break through barriers to innovation? How do you get past the failures?

Motorola is ranked as one of the top 40 most innovative companies in the world, was recently named #4 on the list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens, and is one of Fortune’s Most Admired. They will serve as a backdrop to our exploration of the leadership dimensions of innovation. The selection of speakers, along with plenty of time for discussion, will help you define the leader’s role in nurturing innovation.

The tour of Motorola’s Innovation Center will showcase the breadth of technology solutions that are currently or will be applied globally. You will be able to view and handle future and present Motorola innovations, and hear compelling stories of how Motorola endeavors to change life with innovation.

AGENDA: Tuesday, September 18 8:00 - 5:30
• Innovation Survey Analysis: Praveen Gupta, Accelper Consulting
• Barriers to Innovation: Adam Hartung, President, Spark Partners
• Integrating Improvement and Innovation: Bill Grundstrom, Global Process Business Improvement, Dell Computers and former Product Manager of Motorola
• Teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Prof. Bob Carlson, PhD, Illinois Institute of Technology
• Building Winning Organizations: Mary Clark, Executive Director, Winning Workplaces
• Innovation Hour: Test your creative juices with innovation activities
• Scanlon Leadership for Innovation: Paul Davis/Group Discussion

Wednesday, September 19 9:00 - 12:00

Tour of Motorola Innovation Center
• Led by Sheryl Dinwiddie, Motorola Innovation Center

Registration Form as a pdf file:

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Brochure on the Motorola Innovation Center

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Tour #3 "Measuring what Matters for Innovation and Growth" with the Business Learning Institute of the Maryland Association of CPAs.

November 12, in Baltimore, Maryland

You can't manage what you don't measure. In this one day "Skunkworks" project Network members will learn how to apply two of the best scorecard systems available for measuring what matters. (Skunkworks was an innovation center developed by Lockheed to allow creative ideas to be quickly tried and implemented).

Financial performance will be measured using the "Mobley Matrix" and the "Financial Dashboard" a financial measuring system that provided IBM with competitive advantage and can now help your organization focus on the right financial measures. Jahn Ballard, who was mentored by Mobley and developed the Financial Dashboard software to make Mobley's insights easier to apply will share how the system works and will provide at no charge a set of software tools that make financial reporting, simple, and effective.

Praveen Gupta's Six Sigma Business Scorecard helps leaders focus on key financial and operational measures that drive performance. His innovative system described in his best selling book, "Six Sigma Business Scorecard." Praveen will share key drivers of performance, how to measure them, and why they matter. Software developed to track the Six Sigma Scorecard will also be shared.

Ten Reasons to Attend:

1. Learn the three critical Financial Bottom-LInes and twelve fundamental drivers discovered by IBM that reflect overall business performance by one of the world’s experts on this approach.
   
2. Learn the measures of the Six-Sigma Scorecard and how they drive future performance by the author of Six-Sigma Business Scorecard
   
3. Learn how to develop and share the critical numbers with all levels of your organization so everyone from the CEO to the front-line employees know what matters.
   
4. Receive over $1,000 worth of software to facilitate and enable the tracking, reporting and projection of the three bottom lines and 12 drivers (Use the software on the honor system. When you find it of value then pay for it).
   
5. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Measuring the wrong things impedes innovation and growth. You’ll learn two of the best scorecards available today. These scorecards will work in any business, large or small, and they will work in virtually any industry.
   
6. Simplify your measurement systems, so you measure what matters for innovation and growth. The three bottom lines are compatible with required accounting practices.
   
7. Build a transparent/shared business model that can be implemented and can evolve with the input and experience of your whole team.
   
8. Identify measurements that relate key process measures to a company's profitability, making the opportunity so visible that they are difficult to ignore.
   
9. Accelerate improvement in business performance.
   
10. Network with thought leaders and practitioners interested in better measurement systems.

EXPERT TEACHERS:

JW 'Jahn' Ballard
Jahn is the Chief Process Officer of Vinovation, Inc., an innovator in the California and global wine industry. He is the inventor of the Financial Dashboard (www.financialdashboard.com), Founding Director of the Performance Management Institute, and co-designer Financial Scoreboard™ Projector. Jahn was a friend and colleague of Louis R. Mobley (Lou), originator of the concepts on which Three Bottom Lines Performance is based, and author of Beyond IBM. Jahn went on to become one of the first disciples, and marketers of Lou’s original software in 1986. Jahn Ballard has trained nearly one thousand CFOs, Controllers and CPAs through his course for CPA Societies, Executive Finance for Operating Leaders: Engaging Management, Associates and Clients in Cashflow, Return and KPI Development. He is a leading innovator in helping financial and operating professionals work together to measure what matters.

Praveen Gupta
Praveen Gupta, President of Accelper Consulting, has gained extensive experience in the field of business management over 25 years. Mr. Gupta has been a pioneer of Six Sigma methodology at Motorola, and optimizing business performance using his Execution Map consisting of Business Scorecard, Six Sigma, Innovation, and Process Management. Praveen has authored several
books including Six Sigma Business Scorecard, and Business Innovation in the 21st Century. He holds the MSEE degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He is also a member of Chicago Executive Club, Turnaround Management Association, and IPC. He is a Master Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Fellow of ASQ.

Tom Hood, CPA, is the CEO and Executive Director of the Maryland Association of CPAs and founder and CEO of the Business Learning Institute (BLI). He received the AICPA Special Recognition Award for his role in the CPA Vision Project in 1999. He was recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the Profession by Accounting Today Magazine. In 2006, Tom was profiled as one of the top “thought leaders” of the Profession by RainToday magazine. He is also the lead author in the webblog dedicated to CPA Success – www.cpasuccess.com. Hood has experience as a high level executive in industry, specifically as treasurer and CFO of Bryn Awel Corporation, a privately owned $75 million highway construction company. He is a graduate of Loyola College (B.A. in Accounting) and has a Master’s in Finance (Real Estate) from Johns Hopkins University and a Master’s equivalent in Information Systems from the University of Baltimore.

PROVEN TOOLS:
The concepts studied can be implemented without any additional software or books, but there is nothing like a good tool and Skunkworks participants will receive two great software tools and two great books to help implement what they have learned.

Three Bottom Line Software (three interrelated software tools)
The Financial Scoreboard (an excel template that implements the three bottom lines and 12 drivers)
The Projector (new software that allows Banker’s level Pro-Forma, or “what ifs” using the three bottom lines
The Dashboard (Shows the three bottom lines as a tachometer, fuel gauge, and speedometer)

Six Sigma Business Scorecard Software (demonstration)
The Six Sigma Business Scorecard by Praveen Gupta
Managing by the Numbers by Chuck Kremer,Ron Rizzuto, and John Case

Help With Your Measures: Included in the cost of the workshop are two hours of consulting support to help you apply the software and run your first reports. Participants will be expected to spend at least 3 - 5 hours before the workshop preparing their own three bottom line reports - so they will be able to use their own data during as a starting place at the workshop. Participants will need to bring a laptop with the software loaded on it to the workshop

WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THE SIX-SIGMA BUSINESS SCORECARD:

If you want an introduction to the relationship managerial scorecards and their processes (in their six-sigma guise), read Gupta.” Paul Harmon, Business Process Trends

The major differences between the Six-Sigma Business Scorecard approach and other corporate performance measurements are that it requires increased involvement and accountability of leadership, it emphasizes management’s needs to communicate (this includes feedback) with employees, and it encourages employees’ involvement in discovering innovative ways to improve organizational processes and results. Nicholas Mathys, DePaul University

I have read a few hundred "non-fictional" books over the years for my MBA, for quality, etc, but I have to tell you that this book about the use of balanced scorecards is the best business related book that I have ever read, and I feel that every CEO should completely absorb it to utilize its "pertinent" applications that are applicable to their business processes, thus institutionalizing the process metrics' continual improvement concepts of ISO/TS 16949:2002 and ISO 9001 in all types of firms, including those that are not automotive suppliers! Bill Cooper, Global Quality Systems Senior Manager, Lear Corporation

WHAT CFOS, CONTROLLERS AND CEOS SAY ABOUT JAHN’S TRAINING:

Excellent presentation of useful tools to help owners and managers understand the operations side of their business, and create a vision of where to go.

Was the best seminar I have attended. The presentation was interesting, blending discussion with practical application added depth to my learning experience.

Very informative. Being able to use tools with real financial strengths made the experience that much more understandable and enjoyable.

Great materials to simplify complicated financial statement data.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This workshop is geared for CEO’s, COO’s, CFO’s and their direct reports. Teams of Financial and Operational leaders are encouraged to attend together.

COST OF THE PROGRAM: $695

Download the program at a pdf file:

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2008 Scanlon Leadership Conference, Innovation, May 5-7, 2008, Dearborn, Michigan

Join over 250 Scanlon Practitioners and friends whlle we study innovation and learn from international experts. Share best practices. Learn how to create cultures of continuous improvement using the Scanlon Principles and Processes.

Dearborn is the site of the Henry Ford Museum and Village. We will tour Thomas Edison's lab (moved to Greenfield Village by Henry Ford). We will tour the Henry Ford Museum and see the innovative products and processes that shaped our world.

Hold May 5-7, 2008 more details will be available throughout 2007.

To learn more about the Innovation Tours or Conference please contact the Network Office at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (517) 332-8927.