THE INNOVATIVE CHANGE-READY LEADER
Developing Ambidextrous Leaders with the Future-Ready Mindset. For dealing with rapid change, innovation (& AI-transformation)
This ‘Innovative Change Leadership’ program consists of the following modules:
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APPLYING THE INNOVATIVE CHANGE LEADER PRINCIPLES
Your leadership style, working with others and innovative problem-solving
KEYWORDS: Disruptive Innovation, Explore/Preserve, Ambidextrous Leadership, The Future of Innovation
1: THE INNOVATIVE CHANGE LEADER
Mastering Ambidextrous Leadership for Sustainable Transformation
This foundational session introduces the principles of ambidextrous leadership — the ability to balance breakthrough innovation with operational excellence. Participants explore their leadership mindset, uncover personal biases, and learn how to lead change with agility and strategic foresight.
Key Focus Areas:
- Accelerate creativity while maintaining efficiency
- Balance AI-driven type innovation with business continuity
- Build leadership agility for long-term impact
💡 Key Takeaways:
✔ Understand the fundamentals of ambidextrous leadership
✔ Apply frameworks to balance innovation and execution
✔ Develop a personal action plan for adaptive leadership
Extension Focus Area: Leading on the Edge: Navigating the AI Adoption Divide.
Is it possible for leaders to embrace the potential of AI while also protecting what matters most? This AI paradox isn’t just a tech conversation — more importantly it’s a leadership one. Balancing the ‘Explore’ and ‘Preserve’ mindsets is the key to the difference between chasing hype and creating lasting value. (ABOUT: Keynote talk and or Workshop focus area.)
2: MANAGING COMPETING INNOVATION DEMANDS
Leading Through Complexity with the iCLi Framework
Building on the first session, this workshop dives into the four core innovation paradoxes and introduces the validated iCLi diagnostic. Leaders learn how to identify and manage competing demands — such as exploration vs. preservation — and align diverse thinking styles to drive transformation & change without friction.
Key Focus Areas:
- Decode your Innovation Change Leadership Inventory (iCLi) profile
- Master the ‘polar positioning’ model to navigate paradox
- Build team trust and cohesion through empathy and insight
💡 Key Takeaways:
✔ Lead through paradox using the iCLi framework
✔ Align team dynamics to support innovation
✔ Cultivate empathy and adaptability in leadership
Future-Proofing Leadership in the Digital Age.
3. APPLYING THE INNOVATIVE CHANGE LEADER PRINCIPLES:
From Insight to Action: Tools for Future-Ready Leadership
This session focuses on applying the iCLi principles in real-world contexts. Participants use their diagnostic results to map leadership tensions, apply the EXTEND tool for problem-solving, and explore case studies that illustrate ambidextrous leadership in action.
Key Focus Areas:
- Translate iCLi insights into strategic leadership decisions
- Use the EXTEND model to resolve innovation challenges
- Learn from case studies (e.g., Jobs vs. Cook, Google vs. Alphabet, Startups vs Established, Tradition vs Tech companies)
💡 Key Takeaways:
✔ Apply your iCLi profile to real-world leadership scenarios
✔ Discover and resolve your own competing demands, using practical tools to manage innovation tensions
✔ Lead with clarity, confidence, and creative foresight
REC TIME: 0.5-1 day
REC SIZE: 5-30
PLATFORMS: Keynote, Workshop, Virtual, Online, Bus Facilitation.
Leadership Tools & Resources
The Innovation Action Board
This Collaborator Canvas will help leaders dive deep into managing the tension that change and innovation brings, and come up with an action plan. (also available for accredited coaches and licensed partners.) Includes:
- Feedback and Coaching: To assist with understanding how to interpret and apply results for behaviour change.
- Action Planning Sessions: Reveal how individuals and leaders can utilise the tensions between ‘fixed’ and ‘future’ mindsets deal with the complexities and challenges of constant change
The iCLi and The Innovative Problem-Solving eXtend tool
A fascinating validated Innovative Change Leader (iCLi) profile measure for identifying current positions, roles and points of tension for targeting development.
The EXTEND tool is designed to assist with innovative problem-solving by demonstrating how to work within given parameters or ‘inside the box’ where needed, as well as how to generate more original ‘outside the box’ ideas and solutions. The tool works by showing how to break down a challenge into manageable parts, then by revealing how to apply the unique EXPLORE and PRESERVE modes of thinking.
Competing Demands Collaborator Canvas:
Navigate Complexity. Drive Innovation. Align Teams. Master the paradoxes that define modern leadership—innovation vs. stability, autonomy vs. alignment, exploration vs. preservation. Tirian’s Collaborator Canvas and Prework Paradox Mapper combine design thinking with AI-powered prompting to surface strategic tensions before your workshop begins.
The optional Prework Paradox Mapper is a GenAI-enhanced extension kit. It can transform prework into a competitive advantage, helping teams clarify priorities, align perspectives, and accelerate decision-making. Built on Tirian’s proven frameworks, it’s the future-ready solution for leading through complexity and unlocking innovation.
