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Jeg har samlet en håndfuld anbefalinger af mig selv som foredragsholder om innovation:

• "Arne has a deep understanding of customer-inspired innovation. He has an amazing ability to bring alive unique nuances in his characteristic genial manner."
  Ranjan Malik, Innovation Consultant and Speaker, Erehwon Innovation Consulting, India
  
• "Arne Stjernholm Madsen is a rare find when it comes to Keynote Presenters because his presentation was completely customized to the audience to which I was marketing. Combine that with his truly creative approach - no lecturing here! - and you have the makings of a remarkable Keynote Session."
  Anthony Primavera, Online Content Manager, IIR USA
  
• "Arne Stjernholm is a very inspiring and great presenter. He knows a lot about innovation at its different stages, he presents it in a lively and easy to understand manner, and you remember what he has talked about for a long time. He has a very pleasant personality and a broad international network and I can warmly recommend him."
  Pouline Middleton, Managing Director, Crossroads Copenhagen
  
• "Having taken the opportunity to present and attend the 10th European Conference on Creativity and Innovation I had the pleasure of meeting Arne Stjernholm. It was only later that I learned that Arne was not only responsible for leading the extensive team of people involved in hosting the conference, a two year project in and of itself, but that he was also the keynote and closing speaker. Arne, through the use of excellent communications skills and a keen wit, opened the conference with a multi-media presentation that set the tone for the rest of the week. In addition to doing a fine job of outlining the details of the conference Arne proceeded to relate the rationale, strategy and direction for why this tenth anniversary conference was so important to the industry. He set the appropriate tone and balance for the week. Then, during the closing ceremonies Arne handed over the reigns of not only the conference but his role as the President of the organization like a elder statesman. Again, his wit and candor carried the day as he provided an emotional send off to the new organization and to those of us in attendance at the conference. I would recommend Arne as an exceptional key note speaker for any important conference."
  Dan Phillips, Sales Director AT&T Account Team, Alcatel-Lucent
  
• "As a committee member for the annual Danaher Conferences on Innovation I was in 2007 in charge of finding, screening and presenting to the other committee members a plenary speaker for the conference. Danaher Conferences on Innovation represents activities for approximately 70.000 associates world-wide. From several other endorsements and from my initial interview it was obvious for me to suggest Arne Stjernholm Madsen. The rest of the committee was very impressed of Arne's in-depth understanding of all innovation aspects as well as how to help shaping the mindset of an entire organization to think innovative. This we asked Arne to share with us as plenary speaker, and his talk was of great inspiration to all and totally lived up to the committee's expectations. Unfortunately Arne has set the bar so high now, so our next plenary speaker for 2008 will be difficult to find without going to compromise."
  Nicolas Boalth, Project Leader, R&D at Radiometer Medical
  

D. 14-17. oktober 2007 var jeg formand for den 10ende europæiske konference om kreativitet og innovation, ECCI X. Vi samlede 367 deltagere fra 40 lande kloden rundt. Konferencen blev en "smashing success", for nu at citere en af de amerikanske erhversvfolk, som deltog. I kan se nogle deltagerindtryk fra konferencen på denne side: http://www.piipl.dk/eccix.html - Herunder ses først et billede fra åbningen af konferencen, dernæst omtalen af min rolle i Børsen d. 16/10 2007:

I slutningen af marts 2007 deltog jeg som eneste eksterne 'plenary speaker' på den amerikanske koncern Danahers årlige innovationskonference. Danaher er en koncern med 45.000 ansatte fordelt på en række forskellige datterselskaber, herunder det danske Radiometer. Jeg havde kaldt mit foredrag "Innovation as a mindset in the organization". Foredraget var struktureret omkring tre hovedbudskaber:

• Innovation is a way of breathing, it’s a mindset …and it’s for everyone, not just R&D
• Innovation culture can be build up, systematically …using the High Involvement Innovation approach, stepwise development
• Radical innovation requires alternative setups – management systems and organizational setup should be geared to focus on new ways of thinking.
  

  Her taler jeg på Danaher Conference on Innovation, 28. marts, 2007

Jeg deltog i ACAs årlige konference i Austin, Texas, d. 21. - 23. marts 2007. Jeg holdt ikke et egentligt foredrag, men i stedet en lille workshop, som jeg kaldte "Kafka Circle". Det var en rundkredssamtale over en kort tekst af Franz Kafka, som på dansk hedder "Foran Loven". Herunder er programteksten om min workshop, samt et par billeder fra workshoppen.

"Kafka Circle - Revealing the Gatekeepers of Mind.
This session is a quiet, reflective dialogue, centered on a short text by Franz Kafka. The text, called “Before The Law”, is odd or mysterious. Participants read the text individually. Then Arne gives a short intro on Franz Kafka. Next, Arne will start asking questions, and the dialogue unfolds, revealing individual interpretations of the text. This text is as an inspiring tool for a conversation on boundaries for innovation adventures in a corporate setting, or on boundaries for personal development and creativity. The point is that we all carry some inner gatekeepers – becoming aware of this may encourage new adventures."

Fra min workshop "Kafka Circle"		Austin by night

Jeg var inviteret til at holde foredrag på den anden "India Innovation Summit" i Bangalore, 16-17. juni 2006. Konferencen var arrangeret af Confederation of Indian Industry og havde plads til 350 deltagere (flere meldte sig, men måtte afvises). Jeg holdt foredrag om brugerdreven innovation med udgangspunkt i Novo Nordisk.

Der er en voksende selvbevidsthed i indisk erhvervsliv, som er fulgt i kølvandet på store økonomiske liberaliseringer. Innovation ses som en naturlig del af den kraft, der skal gøre Indien konkurrencedygtig med resten af verden, ikke kun på billig service, men netop også på - innovation.

Efter konferencen blev jeg spontant inviteret til at holde foredrag på Bangalore Business Academy, hvor ca. 70 studerende mødte op søndag eftermiddag kl. 17.30, efter en lang arbejdsdag fra kl. ca. 7.30 - i en 7-dages arbejdsuge! Det siger noget om den iver, inderne lægger for dagen. De skal nok overhale os, og det er nødvendigt for at få en mere retfærdig fordeling af verdens goder.

Innovation i Indien er anderledes - ofte handler det om at hjælpe meget fattige mennesker, som denne religøse leder fortalte om.	I parken til hotellet plyndrede store flagermus palmerne for dadler.
Her taler jeg for de studerende på Bangalore Business Academy.

Jeg besøgte ISPIM-konferencen for første gang juni 2005, hvor jeg holdt et foredrag med titlen "Domain Knowledge as a Barrier for Innovation". Konferencen blev holdt i Porto, og den var bestemt interessant, men den levede efter min opfattelse ikke helt op til sit navn; den var klart akademisk orienteret.

Et koncentreret referat af mit eget paper gengives her:

"This article describes the problem that domain knowledge on the one side is prerequisite to innovation, but on the other side can hinder breakthrough thinking, because the "vocabulary" of solutions is constrained by experiences of the past. The problem is illustrated with a case from business development. As a framework for attacking the problem a model is suggested, "The four C's of innovation", lining out the spheres of Context, Culture, Capabilities & Consciousness. Strategies for coping with the problem are proposed within each of the four C's. These strategies call for a balancing act; building on the core competencies of the company and at the same time disrupting this domain knowledge in order to open up for new thinking".

Her er jeg i aktion på ACA d. 1/4 2004	Det berømte kontrolcenter på Johnson Space Center

Her ses jeg på talerstolen ved ASTD i San Diego -	- denne tilhører greb straks værktøjerne og begyndte at prøve dem af...

Jeg holdt foredrag om "Opening the organizational consciousness for the future". Det er et emne, der har interesseret mig i årevis, men også et meget abstrakt emne. Jeg forsøgte dog at linke til praktisk ledelse, bl.a. inspireret af kilder som Foster & Kaplan: Creative Destruction, David Tanner: Total Creativity og Richard Leifer: Radical Innovation, såvel som min egen praksis. Herunder har jeg indsat introduktionsteksten til foredraget. Jeg vil forsøge at få skrevet indlægget ned i artikelform i løbet af 2003.

Her taler jeg ved ACA 2003	Her er jeg sammen med Bea & Sid Parnes, som grundlagde Creative Problem Solving sammen med Alex Osborn

The biggest barrier for breakthrough creativity seems to be the organizational mindset. In every company strategies, competencies, culture, structure and processes all together form a paradigm of ways of thinking. Creativity means challenging this established paradigm, and the most profound barrier perhaps is that ideas conceived outside the boarders of the existing paradigm simply make no sense - seen with eyes of the established mindset. They are, so to speak, in the "blind spots" of consciousness. But how do we open the eyes of the organization?

American Creativity Association holder en årlig konference, der i 2001 foregik i hovedsponsoren 3M's hjemland, Minnesota. Temaet var "Creative Odyssey" og jeg var inviteret som taler med et foredrag, der bar titlen "End User Understanding Drives Strategic Innovation". Dette er også titlen på en artikel, som blev publiceret i "Journal of Innovative Management" vinteren 2001. I samme omgang var jeg inviteret til at holde mit foredrag på 3M's Innovation Center i St. Paul. Jeg tilbragte faktisk en hel dag i 3M's hovedkvarter, inviteret af Kimberly Johnson, der koordinerer 3M's interne græsrodsbevægelse for innovation.

Jeg benyttede lejligheden til at besøge Stephen Lundin, manden bag "FISH!" videoerne, da han også er bosat i St. Paul.

Fra 3M's Innovation Center i St. Paul.	Her holder jeg foredrag i hjertet af 3M...
Jeg fik lejlighed til at møde en af mine guruer, David Tanner, forfatter til bogen "Total Creativity in Business and Industry".	- og her holder jeg foredrag på ACA's konference.

Man kan se mere om ACA på deres hjemmeside.

"Journal of Innovative Management" udgives af organisationen GOAL/QPC, der bl.a. er kendt for at udgive serien af "Memory Joggers". Deres hjemmeside er http://www.goalqpc.com. Såfremt du ønsker en kopi af artiklen, kan du blot sende mig en email: E-mail: arne@strategic-innovation.dk

Artiklen er i øvrigt oversat til dansk og udgivet i Børsens Ledelseshåndbøgers værk om "Innovation og Forandringsledelse".

D. 24.-25 oktober 2000 var jeg ordstyrer og hovedtaler på IBC's konference om innovation. Til denne konference lykkedes det mig at få inviteret Steve Lundin ("FISH!") fra USA med som hovedtaler - jeg mødte ham i foråret i San Diego, se nedenfor. Det var Steve's første optræden i Europa.

D. 27.-30- marts 2000 deltog jeg i Innovation Network's årlige konference, "Convergence", der denne gang foregik i San Diego og havde undertitlen "Odyssey into Innovation". Jeg gav et kort foredrag, en såkaldt "Innovation Blitz Story". Titlen var den samme, som jeg også har brugt i Arizona: "Strategic Innovation - To dare to think with the heart", men da der kun var17 minutter til rådighed, var det meget koncentreret om selve den case story, der førte frem til "det surfende køleskab". Foruden denne såkaldte "17-Minute Success Capsule", afholdt jeg en aftenworkshop, hvor vi kunne gå dybere ned i stoffet. Convergence var en spændende oplevelse, både som taler og som deltager. Herunder er samlet at par billeder fra konferencen.

Jeg havde illustreret min casestory med tegninger.	Steve Lundin taler (FISH)
Ham her tog det helt køligt...	Fra afslutningen af konferencen

Til toppen

D. 7-10 november 1999 deltog jeg i IIR's konference "Strategic Innovation: Inspiration, Action & Results" i Scottsdale, Arizona. Faktisk var jeg en af to hovedtalere - den anden var den navnkundige George Land, hvis hovedværk er transformationsteorien (om udvikling efter S-formede kurver). Mit foredrag havde titlen "Strategic Innovation: To dare to think with the heart", og det gik rigtig godt, jeg fik utrolig god respons på stedet. Jeg tillader mig herunder at citere et par af de emails, jeg siden har modtaget fra konferencedeltagere:

"I thought your presentation at the conference, "Dare to Think With the Heart" was brilliant! And the graphic that brought the point home was the inverted triangles! Congratulations! I think it was the most original presentation at the conference!"

"I really enjoyed your talk and perspective on Strategic Innovation with a Heart."

Jeg udarbejdede en udvidet udgave af mit foredrag på dansk, som jeg brugte d. 8.-9. februar 2000, hvor jeg var ordstyrer og hovedtaler ved ebc-konferencen "Innovation i produkt- og forretningsudvikling".

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Arne Stjernholm Madsen,
Strategisk Innovation ApS, Fengersvej 7, 2500 Valby
Tlf. 36 16 43 93 - www.strategic-innovation.dk