The Innovator's Accelerator

Transforming your people into innovators

INNOVATION CONSULTING & TRAININGBreadcrumbTHE INNOVATOR'S ACCELERATOR

Drive broad organisational change with Innovator’s Accelerator - a blended learning experience to develop innovation skills.

Today’s businesses have to move faster than ever to keep up with the constant demand for what’s new and better. That’s why Innovator’s Accelerator® (IA) was developed by Innovator’s DNA.

What is Innovator's Accelerator?

Innovator’s Accelerator® (IA) is a concentrated andpowerful learning experience that gives your talent the radically practical skills they need to generate transformational change and infuse a culture of innovation throughout your organisation. This condensed, interactive, blended learning experience is delivered digitally and features the world’s most respected authorities on innovation, each of whom has spent decades studying business innovators and the techniques they use to come up with creative ideas.
With IA, your talent will:
  • Discover their own innovation baseline while developing skills that allow them to leverage and drive innovation.
  • Learn how to create trailblazing solutions to workplace challenges.
  • Break the confines of traditional thinking to ignite bold ideas.

kEY FEATURES OF IA

12-hour
independent
learning
Group
discussions
Real-world
case studies
brought to life
Complete the
Innovator's DNA
Self Assessment
Skills Tracker &
Impact Meter
for progression
Action plan for
a real-world
business
challenge
Flexible
self-paced
experience
Certificate of
completion at
the end of
program

How do you determine your innovation potential profile?

Based on years of academic research, The Innovator’s DNA Self-Assessment has been designed to empower individuals to realize their innovative potential. The Self-Assessment illuminate’s essential discovery and delivery skills, and provides a personalised Innovation Profile that can be leveraged on to cultivate an individual’s Innovator’s DNA.

Assessment

Evaluating individual capability using the 5 Discovery Skills of Innovation (associational thinking, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting) to develop the key behaviours practiced by innovative people.

Training

Hands-on and experiential training with first-hand experience in application to real-world challenges including Innovators DNA, customer immersion and empathy, experimenting and prototyping, business model innovation, and Innovators Philosophy.

Innovators Accelerator

An experiential learning solution to help develop innovation capability, designed using state of the art learning technologies.

Innovation Sprints

2-week long sessions that apply the innovation method to current organisation initiatives providing teams with deep exposure to customer needs and pain points and developing a range of potential solutions through rapid experimenting and prototyping.

Innovation Journeys

intensive application of an innovation method to capture highly strategic and disruptive opportunities. Dedicated teams spend 4 to 5 months in deep immersion with hundreds of customer interactions, experimenting and prototyping on multiple solutions and developing innovative go-to-market strategies.
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MEET YOUR FACILITATORS

Madeleine Dunford

Founder

Madeleine Dunford

Founder

Biography

Madeleine Dunford is the Founder of Career Connections. She is accredited in various assessment methodologies including Hogan Assessment Systems, Morrisby Profile, Assessment & Development Centres and the Leadership Versatility Index, having introduced the tools into Africa. She brings 24 years of experience in consultancy, putting together large selection, restructuring and development programs for some of the most successful organisations in the banking, airline, telecommunications sectors. She is an ICF accredited Executive Coach, a faculty member of the Academy of Executive Coaching, UK, and is currently doing her Systemic Team Coaching Masters Practitioner qualifications. She has a BA (Hons) from the University of York, an MSc (with distinction) from the University of Edinburgh, and a Certificate in the Art and Practise of Leadership Development from the University of Harvard.

Amrita Choda

Client Partner, Talent Advisory

Amrita Choda

Client Partner, Talent Advisory

Biography

Amrita Choda is a Client Partner in the Talent Advisory unit at Career Connections. In this capacity, she supports multi-nationals and large local organisations in managing and developing talent from selection, recruitment of senior management, on-boarding, restructuring, reorganisation and outplacement. ​ Amrita is certified from the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC), UK, in the Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching and Systemic Team Coaching. She is certified by PSI A&DC in the Assessor Skills Training, the Leadership Versatility Index (LVI), USA, and Hogan Assessment Systems (HAS), USA. She is a trained facilitator of the Assessor Skills Training programme and the Competency Based Interviewing Skills Certification.​ Amrita has over 15 years work experience both locally and internationally in diverse industry sectors. She holds a BA (Hons) Business Administration from the University of Kingston-Upon-Thames, UK. Majoring in Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Market Research and New Product Development. ​

Neha Kapila

General Manager

Neha Kapila

General Manager

Biography

Neha Kapila is General Manager of Career Connections. She is Chartered Accountant with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) with over 14-years’ experience. Her tenure spans over 8 years in Career Connections, overseeing the internal finance and operations functions, including IT, Marketing and HR. Currently, she is responsible for designing and driving the execution of the Company strategy and leading key projects, while also playing the role of advisor to the Directors and Shareholders. Neha is also a certified executive coach with the Academy of Executive Coaching. Her passion lies in delivering value through designing and offering unique solutions. As a result, she has recently launched the fourth business division of Career Connections – the Innovation Consultancy and Training unit. The business division focusses on innovation as a solution, in partnership with Innovator’s DNA, a US-based innovation consulting and training company that works with some of the most innovative companies including Tesla, GE, Microsoft and AT&T. Prior to joining Career Connections, Neha gained extensive experience in financial management and corporate audits gained working with international audit firms, PKF (Kenya) and BDO (East Africa).

Zia Manji

Managing Director

Zia Manji

Managing Director

Biography

Zia Manji is the Managing Director of Career Connections. He most recently held the position of Director and Senior Client Partner, where he led the firm’s executive search practice. Zia brings more than 12 years’ experience of leading senior level searches in East Africa and has extensive experience in leadership assessment and development. His experience spans across financial services, consumer goods, telecommunications, agriculture, and media sectors Prior to joining Career Connections, Zia was Managing Director in a large Kenyan food and consumer goods manufacturing company with a focus on commercial, marketing, sales and production operations. He is an accredited executive coach and faculty of the Academy of Executive Coaching UK working closely with leaders in large client organizations including Diageo, General Electric, Kenya Commercial Bank and Kenya Airways. Zia holds a business degree from the University of Edinburgh where he earned the John MacFarlane Award for Leadership. He also holds an Executive Master in Consulting and Coaching for Change from INSEAD.

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