Q3 Session: Space to Innovate
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT | Lone Star Rooms (TOPS)
Topic: How do I spur innovation and create the right systems to test and implement new ideas?
In this session, we will continue the conversation we started at Ops Assembly 2023 and provide practical wisdom and application around generating “Ideaflow” in Teams.
Keynote Speaker: Jeremy Utley, Professor at Stanford University
Facilitator: Workshop with Dr. Sean Martin, Associate Professor at UVA Darden School of Business
Q3 Event Agenda
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Time |
Topic |
Speakers |
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8:30 a.m. |
Doors open Bring your emailed barcode to scan at the doors for check-in |
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome & kickoff |
Elle Clark Director Leadership & Employee Development Talent & Leadership Development
Kristi Owens Vice President Talent & Leadership Development |
9:15 a.m. |
Space to Innovate keynote & workshop |
Jeremy Utley Stanford Professor Co-Author of "Ideaflow"
Dr. Sean Martin Associate Professor UVA Darden School of Business |
12:00 p.m. |
Event concludes Please note that in an effort to keep costs low, lunch will not be provided. We appreciate your understanding and support. |
To learn more about the speakers you'll hear from, click on their picture below.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jeremy is the Director of Executive Education at Stanford d.school and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford's School of Engineering. He is also co-host of the popular web series "Stanford's Masters of Creativity" and co-author of "Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric that Matters." He holds a BBA with Honors in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Sean is the Donald and Lauren Morel Associate Professor at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. His award-winning research addresses questions related to leadership, organizational culture, and how societal contexts affect leaders and followers. Sean regularly works with leaders and front-line employees across a wide range of industries to teach and conduct research on topics related to principled leadership, employee voice, social class differences, culture, communication, employee integration and motivation. You may recognize him from his previous Southwest work for our SMC Development, Enterprise Leaders, or High Impact Programs.