Building a culture of innovation is vital if you want an organization capable of thinking and doing differently and if you want to compete in the 21st Century economy that ability to innovate is vital!
The Road To Innovation book

“Those breakthrough HR people I know are looking for something different. When you come across that difference, you just sense it. That's how it is with Cris Beswick. He has difference. In style, content and models. They're not like other people's yet stack up well to other people's. His passion, insight and imagination are a feature of his consulting conversations and his public speaking. His willingness to challenge, learn and understand help make him the yardstick entrepreneur in my book. Always creating, always connecting and always conjuring Cris is the David Blaine of innovation experts. Except you won't find him boxed in for any length of time.”

Perry Timms
Head of Talent & OD
The Big Lottery Fund

“The ability to link theory to practice in order to achieve real world success is an invaluable skill. Cris demonstrates his comprehensive knowledge backed up with real life experiences of delivering innovation in the heat of the business battle.”

Professor Simon Bolton
Chair of Creative Design
Cranfield University



Innovation Leadership

In the fast paced and globalised marketplace we now operate in, strategic and company-wide approaches to driving growth are vital. Thinking differently about building innovation into your organisational culture and where differentiation fits into what you do and more importantly, how you do it is the key to future-fit competitive advantage.

Developing a culture of innovation is vital to the success of every organisation, that’s why the truly successful, world class and defining companies look beyond just creating great products. They create holistic, strategic and company-wide approaches to doing things differently. They’re built on a great vision, are amazing places to work, are filled with talented, engaged people and are driven by exceptional leadership.

For most organisations, creating a strategy and transforming culture around innovation can seem easier said than done and can feel like a quest only Indiana Jones should attempt? That's why external intervention with a fresh perspective and a different approach is vital if you want to create an amazing place for your people to work, seduce your customers and baffle your competitors!

About Cris

Described as one of the ‘new breed’ of business thinkers, Cris is a leading expert on innovation leadership and building cultures of innovation, advising forward-thinking organisations that don’t just want to be good but want to be exceptional. Some of the worlds leading organisations turn to Cris for his left-field approach to subjects like strategy, change, differentiation and leadership in an effort to drive innovation. Sometimes counterintuitive and regularly debunking popular theory and out-dated management approaches Cris helps public and private sector organisations develop strategies for embedding innovation into their DNA in order to drive real change, differentiation and growth.

Background

With over a decade of experience in the retail & design industry as the founder of award-winning design & strategy companies Cris is a successful entrepreneur & CEO and now a highly sought after author, speaker and strategic advisor.

Cris is also a member of the NHS Think-Tank for Leadership & Innovation, is an associate lecturer for Cranfield University and executive faculty for Henley Business School. He is also the author of 'The Road to Innovation', is a regular guest expert on BBC radio, has appeared on TV and has authored articles for The Times, CEO Magazine, CIO Connect, HR Magazine, SME Web, Smarta, PersonnelZone, Marketing Magazine, HRZone and UTalkMarketing to name but a few.

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