Zennovation!

Leading Communities of Innovation

Innovation has been pigeonholed as the exclusive province of inventors and technologists, designers, artists and organizational gurus. In the news every day we hear that the U.S. is losing it, India and China are growing it and every company and organization seems to be searching for it. But what exactly is it

This keynote presentation is a 45–90 minute experience. Using ten stories based on his journey as a Zen practitioner and 45 years of Disney and entrepreneurial experience, Bob explores how anyone, from CEO’s and aspiring professionals to educators and students, can transform their work.

Topics Covered Include:

  • Understanding The Disneyland Moment
  • Overcoming the near and far enemies of innovation
  • The doctrine of radical acceptance
  • The differences between managing output and leading transformation
  • Why 5-year-olds are brilliant innovators
  • The myth of the creative cult
  • The relationship between love, openness, purpose, and a culture of why not?
  • Why the tension between visionary thinking and tactical execution is a unity
  • Pro Tips for innovators
  • Implications for the Next Normal
 
 

Innovation has been pigeonholed as the exclusive province of inventors and technologists, designers, artists and organizational gurus. In the news every day we hear that the U.S. is losing it, India and China are growing it and every company and organization seems to be searching for it. But what exactly is it

This keynote presentation is a 45–90 minute experience. Using ten stories based on his journey as a Zen practitioner and 45 years of Disney and entrepreneurial experience, Bob explores how anyone, from CEO’s and aspiring professionals to educators and students, can transform their work.

Innovation has been pigeonholed as the exclusive province of inventors and technologists, designers, artists and organizational gurus. In the news every day we hear that the U.S. is losing it, India and China are growing it and every company and organization seems to be searching for it. But what exactly is it

This keynote presentation is a 45–90 minute experience. Using ten stories based on his journey as a Zen practitioner and 45 years of Disney and entrepreneurial experience, Bob explores how anyone, from CEO’s and aspiring professionals to educators and students, can transform their work .

 
 

Topics Covered Include:

  • Understanding The Disneyland Moment
  • Overcoming the near and far enemies of innovation
  • The doctrine of radical acceptance
  • The differences between managing output and leading transformation
  • Why 5-year-olds are brilliant innovators
  • The myth of the creative cult
  • The relationship between love, openness, purpose, and a culture of why not?
  • Why the tension between visionary thinking and tactical execution is a unity
  • Pro Tips for innovators
  • Implications for the Next Normal

 

Red Wooden Surface

This is about blowing up myths and getting confidently excited. Innovation and creativity aren't just for technologists, artists, and organizational gurus, they're the human super-power and our birthright.

Bob Allen

Zennovation!
Red Wooden Surface

 

  • Understanding The Disneyland Moment
  • Overcoming the near and far enemies of innovation
  • The doctrine of radical acceptance
  • The differences between managing output and leading transformation
  • Why 5-year-olds are brilliant innovators
  • The myth of the creative cult
  • The relationship between love, openness, purpose, and a culture of why not?
  • Why the tension between visionary thinking and tactical execution is a unity
  • Pro Tips for innovators
  • Implications for the Next Normal