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Univers
sity of Mic
chigan Bus siness School Profes ssor Speak ks at Ross Alumni Ev
vent
Professo or Jeff DeG
Graff hosts alumni
a eve nt at Idea L
Lab to speaak on
“Innovattion and You: An Ever More Criticcal Compon nent to Succcess”
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o Thhe Ross School of Businesss Alumni Club b of Southeasst Michigan iss hosting an alumni event o
on
Thhursday, Septtember 30th ffrom 6:30 to 88:30 p.m. Proofessor Jeff DDeGraff will sppeak on
“IInnovation annd You”
o Attendance is limited to thee first 40 Rosss alums that rregister for th
his event. Yo
ou must
pre‐register att http://www
w.rossmich.orrg/store.htmll?event_id=159.
o Price: Membe ers $10; Non‐M Members $25 5. Appetizerrs will be provvided.
o Loocation: The Innovatrium at 601 East UUniversity (Coorner of East U University and South
University) Ann Arbor, MI 4 48104
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Q&A wwith Jeff DeGGraff about th
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“Leading innovation iss mostly abouut connecting the dots. It iis syncing up all of the valuue propositio
ons of
the orgganization. M
Many firms haave great amb bitions aroundd innovation,, but have nott developed tthe
cuulture or capaability to real ize them.”
“…Innovationn is not your best friend. IIt is your onlyy friend.”
Jeff DeGraff,
J Founder, Inn ovatrium
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Innovation is a skill, no
ot a gift. It can ed like any othher business imperative su
n be routinize uch as
productivvity, leadership, or quality. DeGraff show ws you the w way.
Drew BBoyd, Directoor, Marketing Mastery, Johhnson and Joh
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Jeff DeGraff and the Inno
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Trainin
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Leading Innovatioon
Creattivity at Workk
Boilerplaate Statem
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Jeff DeGraff is the Deaan of Innovattion. The charismatic Jeff DeGraff is a h highly sought after speakeer and
or companies that include 3M, Apple, A
advisor fo American Airli nes, Coca‐Co ola, GE, Johnson & Johnson n, LG,
Pfizer, and
d Toyota. He is the Clinical Professor off Managemennt and Organiizations at the University o of
Michigan''s Ross Schoool of Business,, where he co o‐created the Competing V Values school of thought th hat is
taught in leading univeersities, collegges and busin
ness schools tthroughout th he world; the Executive
Director oof the lnnovattrium Institutte for Innovattion, an idea llab; and the M
Managing Parrtner of the
Competin ng Values Commpany, a top innovation co onsulting firm
m.
With overr twenty‐five years experieence in management issuees, Jeff began n his career att Domino's Pizza,
where he was responsible for develloping innovaative strategiees, communiccation/support technologies
and new bbusiness venttures. The title on Jeff’s bu
usiness cards read "Dean o of Innovation." In this role,, he
helped sp
pur Domino's rapid growth h from a regio onal success sstory to an intternational frranchise
phenomenon.
ovation guru' at Fortune 500 companie s, he has creaated a broad array of wideely
As the guru to the inno
used toolss and methodds for implem menting innovvation. His woork is focused d on how to leead Innovatio
on—
developinng the culture
e, capabilities,, and collaborative connecctions that reesult in revenu
ue and markeet
growth.
His advice
e is frequentlyy in demand ffrom the inve
estment comm munity on ho ow to pick, maanage and haarvest
winning id
deas and business enterprrises. Jeff has shared his innsight at top innovation inccubators and think
tanks such
h as the Aspeen Institute. H
He has also co
ontributed hiss expertise in publications such as Busin
ness
Week, CIOO, Fortune, Trraining+ Deveelopment, Traaining, USA Tooday, and thee Wall Street Journal.
Jeff has w
written about innovation in
n numerous articles and boooks. He is th he co‐author oof Creativity a
at
Work: Developing the R Right Practicees to Make In
nnovation Happpen, (Josseyy Bass, 2002), Competing
Values Leadership: Creeating Value in Organizatioons (Edward EElgar, 2006) aand Leading Innnovation: Ho ow to
Jump Starrt your Organ
nization's Growth Engine (M McGraw‐Hill, 2006). Jeff iss a 1980 gradu
uate of Westeern
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Michigan University an
nd holds a Ph.D. in Educatiional Technollogy from thee University o
of Wisconsin‐
Madison.
The Innovatrium. The e Innovatriumm combines a community oof world‐classs thought leaders and
practition
ners with a collection of inttegrated methodologies foor leading innnovation. Thiss idea lab, beyyond
acting as aa launch pad for innovativve projects, is dedicated too developing iinnovation exxperts who caan
make inno ovation happen, everywhe ere, everydayy, in their worrkplaces.
• In
nnovatrium w works with orgganizations w with a need foor significant aand ongoing cchange and
in
nnovation.
• In
nnovatrium aligns people aat all levels an nd areas of thhe organizatioon and providdes a specific
rooadmap to vaalue creation by diagnosingg the culture and competeencies of the organization,,
faacilitating bussiness tactics that support innovation.
• In
nnovatrium iss resource rich h due to its lo
ocation near tthe Universityy of Michigann, which has tthe
world’s largest
w t graduate schhool, and it iss the only uni versity in Am
merica with a ttop ten ratingg in
alll nineteen arreas evaluated by the Carn negie Commisssion. This meeans that the knowledgeable
faaculty and stuudents are on nly a phone caall–and a shorrt distance–away.
• In
nnovatrium iss establishing the world’s leading comm munity of inno ovation practitioners, the
mission of the
m Innovatrium is to be to bu usiness what Juilliard Scho
ool is to musicc, bringing
toogether master practitione ers and educaators with stuudents.
• In
nnovatrium w will improve th he design, development, aand delivery o of innovation methods through
a wide range o of creative tecchniques and experiences as it serves d diverse constiituencies,
in
ncluding those e engaged in Finance, Marrketing, New Product Deveelopment, Orrganizational
Development, Strategic Planning, and Le eadership.
The Ross School of Business Alumn ni Club of Sou
utheast Michiigan was foun nded in 1996. It is committted
to servingg RSB Alumni in Southeast Michigan by providing ed ucational pro ogramming an nd social
networkin ng opportunitties for its alu
umni base. Ad h year of its Nonprofit Board
dditionally, thhis is the sixth
Volunteerr Program, through which it has trained d over 150 loccal RSB alumn ni for service on nonprofitt
boards. Too learn more about future oard training, placement, aand networkiing opportunities,
e nonprofit bo
go to its w
website. The ccurrent Presiddent is Matt SSchuster.
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