Programs in this Suite
THE INNOVATION LEADER / DEVELOPING AMBIDEXTROUS LEADERS
Exploring the value of ‘Innovative Change Leadership’ for dealing with rapid changeIR1 CORE MODULES
1. Identifying innovation biases: How do you like to travel & the core competing demands
2. Managing competing innovation demands: Navigating the innovation paradox & the nested dimensions
3. Applying the Innovative Change Leadership (iCLi) principles: Your leadership style, work with others & innovative problem-solving
THE INNOVATION TEAM / FOSTERING ALIGNED TEAMS
Establishing and leading ambidextrous, agile & aligned teams to manage competing innovation challengesIR2 CORE MODULES
1. Managing team innovation: Navigating the Innovation Highway through Dynamic Polar Positioning
2. Team innovation action plans: Planning individual and team innovation actions
3. Strategic team scenario planning: Establishing roles in the context of the team to assess and understand openness to change
THE INNOVATION ORGANISATION / BUILDING AN AGILE ORGANIZATION
Mapping innovation culture for strategic organizational alignment. Features “The Amazing Innovation Race” gamified simulation activity to identify global trends.IR3 CORE MODULES
1. Innovation leadership global trends: The future of the innovation race & Identifying different approaches to innovation around the world.
2. Organisation best practices: Examining case studies of companies, countries & culture best of (and not so best of)
3. Identifying & addressing organisation innovation tensions: Discovering past, present & future states, Improving innovation culture through designing & measuring expected behaviours
STRATEGIC INNOVATION ACTIONS
Sustaining an innovation culture & purpose through strategic planning & implementationIR4 CORE MODULES
1. Purpose-Driven Innovation Scanner: Competing demands for ‘purpose-driven’ innovation paradox and changing the metrics
2. Applying the ‘Innovation Race Line’ approach: Strategic Planning Canvas: Sprints / Grand Prix)
3. Stakeholder Scenario Planning: The Innovation Spring model: How to lead through scale-up & navigate change
EXTENSION & DEEP DIVES
Diagnosis, Consulting, Research, Mentoring, Innovation Auditing & TTTIR6 CORE MODULES
- Executive Level Coaching: Innovation Coaching, Mentoring & Managing Innovation
- Coaching TTT & Accreditation: Become a Future-Ready Innovation Leadership Coach
- Consulting & Innovation Auditing: Ethnographic Research, Capabilities & Readiness Assessing
- Deep Dive Topics & Research: Books, White Papers & Academic Validity
About the Future Ready Leadership Paradox
LEADING INNOVATION THROUGH CHANGE
Balancing exploration and preservation
Organisations today face increasing complexity, rapid technological change, shifting market expectations, continuous disruption, and accelerating AI adoption. Leaders are expected to drive innovation while maintaining performance, managing risk, and delivering results.
At the heart of this challenge is the tension between exploration and preservation. Some people naturally focus on discovering new opportunities, experimenting, and embracing change. Others focus on protecting proven strengths, ensuring consistency, and maintaining operational excellence.
Sustainable innovation requires both perspectives. High-performing leaders deliberately leverage this tension to drive growth, resilience, and long-term success. As change accelerates, the ability to balance innovation, adaptability, and operational excellence is becoming a critical leadership capability.
FUTURE-READY LEADERSHIP
Building Ambidextrous Leadership for an AI-Driven World
Our research suggests that high-performing leaders are not distinguished by intelligence, creativity, or experience alone. They stand out because they can deliberately shift between exploration and preservation as circumstances demand, generating new possibilities while maintaining focus on practical implementation and sustainable outcomes.
The most effective leaders develop the ability to think and act ambidextrously, balancing innovation with execution, adaptability with stability, and long-term opportunity with immediate performance.
As organisations navigate AI-driven transformation and increasing uncertainty, this capability is becoming a critical leadership differentiator. Future-ready leaders know when to challenge assumptions, when to preserve what works, and how to mobilise diverse perspectives to achieve meaningful change. This enables organisations to innovate more effectively, adapt to change faster, and build sustainable competitive advantage.
MEMORABLE THEME
The Global Race – Winning, Losing and Elimination
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH BASED ON
Anthropological analysis of companies, countries and cultures that can sustain innovation
Flagship Keynote from this Leading Innovation Suite
Leading Innovation on the Edge: Navigating the AI Adoption Divide
The rapid rise of AI is reshaping leadership, adding a new layer of complexity to an already challenging business environment. As organisations race to innovate, leaders must balance competing demands: speed and strategy, transformation and stability, opportunity and risk.
This keynote explores the core paradoxes of AI-driven change and provides practical strategies for leading through uncertainty. Participants learn how to balance human creativity with AI-powered efficiency, strengthen decision-making, foster innovation, and build future-ready organisations.
Drawing on insights from The Innovation Race, Gaia Grant’s research with the University of Sydney Business School, and practical leadership tools including iCLi and Dynamic Polar Positioning (DPoP), this session equips leaders to navigate digital transformation with greater confidence and clarity.
Rather than predicting the future, Andrew and Gaia Grant focus on helping leaders become future-ready, providing practical approaches to foster agility, resilience, and sustainable innovation in an era of continuous disruption.
This session is based on these articles:
- – Does Every Company Need to Become a Tech Company? And What Does This Mean for Leaders Navigating AI?
- – Leading on the Edge: Navigating the AI Adoption Divide
Dr Gaia Grant &/OR Andrew Grant will not just help you keep up with AI, but lead through the tension. Participants walk away with the confidence to lead transformational change in an era where complexity, creativity and AI must coexist.
Key Takeaways & Talking Points
- Understand the impact of AI on leadership and innovation
- Navigate the tensions between speed and strategy in AI-driven change
- Gain insights into effective Ambidextrous Leadership styles, and how to manage the competing demands.
- Apply practical models and tools designed to executive digital transformation with confidence
GEN-AI Harvard Case Study
Andrew and Gaia Grant can also facilitate the Harvard Business School case study JPMorgan Chase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI, helping leaders navigate AI adoption through ambidextrous leadership and strategic decision-making.
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Features + more
Is The Innovation Race Sustainable? – Shorts: Trailer & Quotes (DevReady Podcast EP 104)
Research: Books, White Papers, Downloads
