Innovation Elegance: How a People-centric Methodology Impacts the Job Market and Your Mental Health

Sponsored by ACMP Texas Houston (Angela Middleton, Houston Regional Director)

Exploring Transformative Change Series - Event #4

Summary

Innovation has had two decades of software-centric methodologies. Project success rates are not great. The employee experience is not great. What makes innovation difficult is not software, so this should be no surprise. What makes innovation difficult are people – how we interact, collaborate, and compete with each other. Therefore, a people-centric methodology is not revolutionary. It’s just overdue. Your code will be just fine.

This session shares five topics (starting with “M”) that shape a people-centric methodology, the how and the why such as methodology is attractive.

• The metaphors that best describe healthy collaboration
• The mechanics that govern the most valuable innovation
• The money profile of low marginal cost
• The job market’s benefits
• Mental health benefits

Takeaways

• Clarity for how and why to crawl, walk, run to a people-centric methodology
• Enthusiasm and confidence to adopt a new methodology
• Peace for however successful you are executing a people-centric methodology

Bio

Robert Snyder is the founder and president of Innovation Elegance, LLC. Robert’s thirty-year career spans roles such as developer, project management, change management, sales enablement, and the performing arts. His career path includes corporate roles, consulting roles, startups, PMP, and Agile certifications. He’s performed in numerous vocal, dance, and theater ensembles. Robert earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and his MBA in Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Robert is publishing a series of books on innovation methodology.

“Innovation Elegance: Transcending Agile with Ruthlessness and Grace” (available now)

“Innovation Portfolio: Five Verbs Shape Your Team’s Legacy” (available now)

“Elegant Leadership: Distinguishing the Good, the Bad, and the False” (targeting 2025)