In the latest quarterly earnings announced today, Apple earned the highest in its storied history, and grew the most - while maintaining the margins. An amazing feat considering the slowing economy and dismal holiday sales that have impacted major retailers. How did Apple do this? How did Apple turnaround the iPod business and had the highest sales of iPod in a quarter? Over 22 million iPods. Although iPhone quarterly sales slowed somewhat, Apple still sold more than 13 million iPhones in 2008 - besting
Apple Innovation blog's estimate of 12 million iPhones. Why are Steve Jobs and Timothy Cook more confident about the future of Apple?
InnovationMain.com - Creativity And Innovation Driving Business is hosting engaging online Innovation Bootcamp workshops in February 2009. These workshops are now delivered using WebEx Meeting Plus service, the global leader in web meetings. Call us at: 949-288-6880 to register today for workshops.
Learn how
Apple innovates, creates exciting new products such as iPhone, iPod, iTunes Store, App Store, MacBook, and grows the business successfully time and again, especially during recession and economic cycles. Learn how to
unlock your creativity, uncover and create game-changing innovations, and make exponential business growth a reality.
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have...It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." -
Steve Jobs, Apple chief executive officer and co-founder.
The Innovation Bootcamp will help you:
- Become an Innovator at your Organization.
- Unleash the Creativity of your Team.
- Build an Innovation Factory.
- Accelerate the Growth of your Business.
"The Innovation Bootcamp has helped me in countless situations, not only on the job but also in my personal life. Sanjay Dalal's tenacious and diligent coverage of all the core innovation techniques and case studies has given me a more well-rounded understanding of the business world." - Bootcamp Attendee
The Innovation Bootcamp consists of Six Online Engaging Workshops of 90 minutes each:
1. Leading with Innovation
The Business Case for Innovation(Each attendee completes a Q&A to establish an Innovation baseline)
The Current State of Business Innovation at Apple and key innovators
The Disruptive Innovation Gap
The Innovation Index - Correlating Stock, Business, Innovation Performance
Measuring Business Innovation Success with examples of iPod and iPhone
Short Innovation in Business Quiz
2. Unblocking Creativity and Innovation
The Essential Processes and SkillsThe Essential Processes and Skills
Short Business Creativity Quiz
Blocking Creativity and Innovation - Four blockers and Nine Processes
Failures Driving Innovation - Five Takeaways to implement today
Avoiding Cycles of Innovation and Innovation Blunders
Six Ways to Find Innovation - Can you find Innovation? You bet
Leadership Driving Innovation - Ten must-have leadership drivers
3. Unleashing Team Innovation
Great Teams Deliver Great InnovationsShort Team Innovation Quiz
Ten Traits of Creative Leaders - Are you an innovative leader?
Seven Characteristics of Highly Innovative Teams - Build that great team
Examples of Effective Teams - Learn how creative teams deliver
Ten Principles to Unleash Team Innovation - Crank up your team creativity
Unlocking Team Creativity - Create that well oiled assembly line
4. and 5. Innovation Case Study
Learn how Top Innovators Lead with Innovation
Topics include Co-creation, Business Models, Product and Process Innovation
Apple - What makes Apple the #1 Innovative Company?Apple in 2000 - A Historical Perspective
Apple in 2008 - How did Apple get here?
Apple Innovations in Products, Business Model, Customer Experience
iPod, iPhone, iTunes, Macintosh, Retail - Innovations in motion
Apple Creativity and Innovation Process
Apple Leadership and Innovation
How Apple Innovates? The Innovation Machine
Apple in 2010 and beyond
6. Building an Innovation Factory
Grow and Manage Innovation at Your OrganizationMake Innovation Happen at Your Organization
Five Principles For Driving Successful Innovation - Key takeaways
Develop your Innovation and Creativity - Multiple techniques to jumpstart creativity
Create a Business Case for Innovation - Strategy and Plan to drive innovation
Implement Innovation Models at Your Business
Group Innovation Brainstorm and Quiz
Final Project to create an Innovation Strategy
The Innovation Bootcamp will help you:1. Create real strategies, tools, and techniques to unleash innovation at your organizaton.
2. Prepare you and your team to convert ideas and creativity into successful innovation.
3. Enable you to accelerate and grow your business profitably.
Who should register?Managers, Leaders, Consultants, HR Managers, Directors, Marketers, Product Managers, Technologists, Engineers, Professors, Business and Engineering Majors, Marketing Executives, Executives, Team Leaders, Consultants, Sales Managers, Strategists, Product Marketers
Why I should attend?Be different from your peers. Be innovative. Be creative. Stand out. Beat the recession. Increase your team productivity. Challenge your mind. We promise that you will be inspired to jumpstart Innovation at your business after attending the Innovation Bootcamp, or your money back.
The Innovation Bootcamp ScheduleThe Innovation Bootcamp Workshop is delivered live and online through web seminars.
Register by Phone, Email or FaxYou only need a computer with sound card to attend the live, online workshops from your office or home. It is convenient, flexible and effective.
Contact Us Today if you would like us to deliver the Innovation Bootcamp at your organization at a convenient time. Please call us at: 1-949-288-6880 to learn more and register.
About Our Innovator
Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal is the author of the Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Innovation, and has published over 200 articles in the last year and a half on the real-time state of innovation in business at his blog Creativity and Innovation Driving Business. Dalal introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006. Dalal was the president and managing director of the innovative investment company, Innovation Index Group, that systematically invests into the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index. Dalal has launched innovative products to market and grown businesses to the tune of $70 million plus a year. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science. Dalal secured the first position in the 50th William Lowell Putnam Math Competition. Dalal volunteers as a basketball coach for Irvine NJB - 7th graders, as an art master for 2nd graders, and as the secretary in the School Site Council. Dalal, a philanthropist, is an appointed member of the Dean's Leadership Circle of The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine and Web 2.0 adviser for Cal State Fullerton.About InnovationMain.comThe
mission of InnovationMain.com is to provide no-nonsense insights, strategy and solutions with proven processes that drive
Creativity and
Innovation at your business, create real market growth and success for your products and services, and achieve market leadership. We have considerable experience and expertise in working with small, growing and established companies, various departments and distributed teams.
InnovationMain.com is located in Irvine, California, the business capital of Orange County.
Sanjay Dalal, Chief Innovator of InnovationMain.com, and author of Faculty eBook on Creativity and Innovation in Business is launching a new book on innovations at Apple, Inc., the world's most innovative company.
How does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success?
