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Dennis Stauffer

Dennis Stauffer is an internationally acclaimed thought leader on the behaviors and attitudes that drive innovation and personal effectiveness. He’s the founder of Insight Fusion, LLC, a speaking, training and consulting firm that works with companies and public agencies to help individuals, teams and organizations boost their capacity to innovate and succeed. Dennis’ work includes research into the measurable skills and behaviors that promote innovation, creativity, and mental agility. He is the creator of the Stauffer Iterative Thinking Assessment (SITA). This uniquely powerful evaluation instrument identifies and measures the personal and organizational mental models that enhance, or undermine, innovation. Dennis is an Emmy award-winning journalist and former Business Editor. His most recent book, Thinking Clockwise, A Field Guide for the Innovative Leader received a 2006 Fresh Voices book award.

Developing an Innovator’s Mindset - A Self-Assessment and Catalyst for Personal Impact 

Highly effective personal performance and leadership requires the ability to adapt and improvise, manage change, find creative solutions and meet novel challenges. Yet, most of us have received very little training in how to leverage these skills. In this interactive, personalized and revealing session, you will experience a new research-based self-assessment. 

Think of it as a diagnostic utility for your personal operating system. As with a computer, this operating system functions in the background out of sight, yet it impacts how well someone’s personal “programs” perform. A clear understanding of a computer’s operating system is essential to keeping it running at optimum performance…and so it is with people. 

We all hold mental models that we use to represent how the world works, often subconsciously and without fully understanding their implications. They are powerful drivers of our values and behaviors. This assessment enables us to identify these hidden mental models, making it a highly effective tool for personal, team and organizational development. 

What You’ll Learn

• Explore the surprising and powerful ways that our mental models affect us.
• Gain new insights into your personal mindset and how it guides your actions, as an individual, team member and leader.
• Discover strategies to boost your innovation capacity and that of your team and organization.
• Learn how to achieve breakthrough results and reach a whole new level of personal effectiveness.

Learning Process

This seminar will be informal, interactive and engaging. Using a mix of lecture, discussion and illustrative exercises, you will explore powerful concepts, interpret your personal feedback and do action planning to give you solid and useful take-aways. 

PRIOR TO THE WORKSHOP:  You will be sent a link to take this assessment online. This only takes about 10 minutes, and it generates a 19 page personalized report that will be the basis for your personal exploration and skill-building.