HR in Review 39 – Encouraging Innovation at Work with Elvin Turner

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About this Episode

In this HR in Review episode, Bill Banham talks with Elvin Turner, Executive Innovation Coach at Elvin Turner and Associates Limited. They discuss how leaders can develop the skills to foster innovation and the importance of encouraging a culture of creativity in the workplace. Elvin shares insights from his career and talks about his approach to helping organisations embrace innovation and change.

Guest: Elvin Turner
Elvin Turner is the Executive Innovation Coach at Elvin Turner and Associates Limited, a consultancy specialising in organisational innovation, intrapreneurship, leadership, and culture change. Elvin is also an MBA Associate Lecturer in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of Surrey. His latest book, Be Less Zombie, is focused on creating dynamic innovation, fearless leadership, and passionate people.

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  • You work with leaders looking to reinvigorate their organisations. Talk to me about some of the typical scenarios/early-stage conversations you have with senior leaders about their fear that their organisation is losing the ability to innovate.
  • What is a systems approach to innovation?
  • You help managers develop the skills and capabilities to encourage innovation. Talk to us about that.
  • How does this trickle down to managed employees? How can a better grasp of ways to foster innovation at the manager/c-level impact the wider workforce?
  • You teach entrepreneurship. How much of that can be taught versus the inherent skills/mindsets of successful entrepreneurs?
  • “Leaders in highly innovative companies don’t just tell employees that they have permission to innovate. They also create the context in which it can actually happen…” How much time should employees get to innovate, and what does that look like in practice?
  • Tell us about your book, Be Less Zombie: How Great Companies Create Dynamic Innovation, Fearless Leadership, and Passionate People.
  • What is the single biggest change you think will happen in HR and leadership over the next 5-10 years?

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Podcast Host and Guests for this Edition

Host: Bill Banham
Bill Banham is Editor at HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast, Associate Editorial Director with HRreview, and co-organizer of such HR, Talent, and leadership-focused events as InnovateWork, Hacking HR Toronto, and DisruptHR London. Bill has interviewed inspiring leaders across the globe from such brands as NASA, the US Government, Simon Sinek, UPS, ADP, SAP, Salesforce, and the United Nations. Bill has 15+ years of experience in editorial, events management, marketing, SEO, advertising, business development, data management, research, and professional development.

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Guest: Elvin Turner, Executive Innovation Coach at Elvin Turner and Associates Limited
Elvin has spent years helping organisations develop innovation strategies and leadership capabilities. He is passionate about teaching leaders how to foster creativity and build cultures of innovation.

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Bill Banham is Editor at HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast, Associate Editorial Director with HRreview, and co-organizer of such HR, Talent, and leadership-focused events as InnovateWork, Hacking HR Toronto, and DisruptHR London. He has interviewed inspiring leaders across the globe from such brands as NASA, the US Government, Simon Sinek, UPS, ADP, SAP, Salesforce, and the United Nations. Bill has 15+ years of experience in editorial, events management, marketing, SEO, advertising, business development, data management, research, and professional development.

 

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