Expert opinion is unanimous: Innovation is the key to future success. In the face of increasingly complex business environments that are global, diverse, and threatened by loss of talent; creating an innovative culture isn't easy. The speaker believes it's essential to lead innovation from the top. It's more than just running brainstorms, throwing around buzzwords, and announcing innovation as a priority in annual reports. In this session, you'll learn techniques to quickly increase creativity. You'll explore key factors of organizations that nurture or hinder innovation. You'll discuss how to facilitate increased creativity and innovation in your own organization, and explore the effects of organizational structure, leadership communication and behavior, and employee-leader trust on innovation. Against a real backdrop of contemporary business, the speaker will showcase three innovation leaders from the telecommunications, pharmaceutical, and media industries.