DR. SIMONE AHUJA
Best-selling Author & Keynote Speaker
Fortune 500 Innovation Strategist
HBR Contributor & Business School Advisor
You already have the people and resources in place to drive new solutions and sustainable growth.
Now, it’s time to build a culture that powers innovation with the
INTRAPRENEUR’S CODE.
We take Organizations...
From:
inconsistent approaches
to mediating external disruption...
To:
...a culture of intrapreneurs
consistently driving innovation
and galvanizing business growth.
From:
relying soley on
high-cost, high-risk,
R&D-driven initiatives...
To:
...a continuous series of big small bets that help you do more with existing resources and decrease risk.
From:
a vague call for innovation
that strains resources and morale...
To:
... a simple & measurable action plan
for innovation that aligns with strategy and activates your people.
Organizations have achieved unprecedented employee engagement and innovation impact with Simone.
Simone Is:
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A top speaker for Fortune 500 live and virtual events
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A bestselling author and groundbreaking innovation researcher
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The co-developer of Jugaad Innovation; a frugal & flexible innovation methodology
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The CEO of Blood Orange: a global innovation strategy firm for the Fortune 500 and beyond
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A Harvard Business Review Contributor/MIT Innovation Advisor
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A Thinkers50 nominee
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A member of the FastCompany Executive Board
Organizations have achieved unprecedented employee engagement and innovation impact with Simone.
Simone Is:
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A top speaker for Fortune 500 live and virtual events
-
A bestselling author and groundbreaking innovation researcher
-
The co-developer of Jugaad Innovation; a frugal & flexible innovation methodology
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The CEO of Blood Orange: a global innovation strategy firm for the Fortune 500 and beyond
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A Harvard Business Review Contributor/MIT Innovation Advisor
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A Thinkers50 nominee
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A member of the FastCompany Executive Board
Innovating one idea at a time doesn’t cut it anymore.
Drive consistent innovation and business growth within your organization through:
INTRAPRENEUR’S CODE.
intrəprəˈnər ʃɪp: the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a larger system or organization
THE INTRAPRENEUR’S CODE IS:
Your path to consistent innovation
Establish Your Innovation Culture Index
Assess innovation alignment, clarity, and confidence to identify organizational strengths, gaps and build competitive advantage.
Choose the Path of Highest Impact
Define the one problem you can solve that will have the greatest impact on your customers. This clarity allows you to focus, and that focus fuels your success.
Place Big Small Bets
Test out ideas without investing a lot of time and resources - and with minimal risk.
Iterate to Innovate
Share learnings and rapidly adjust the plan so you can move into more innovative action.
Build & Scale Your Innovation DNA
Build the mindset and systems that make innovation scalable.
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A Mindset Shift
Your teams will have confidence and clarity about their role in innovation - and how to execute the best ideas.
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A Scalable Methodology
New ideas that start as small, low-risk bets will garner early data and insights., The best ideas rise to become strategic growth & innovation initiatives.
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An Innovation Pipeline
Strong innovation culture and disciplined systems will fuel a pipeline of engaged innovation talent, sustainable business growth and a legacy of innovation.
“Simone brought just the energy we needed...
to kick off our enterprise-wide innovation event. She’s knowledgeable, engaging and fun!”
ADRIAN GRIGGS | EVP and COO, PacificLife Insurance Company
“The MOST engaging and interactive virtual session."
“Simone’s was the MOST engaging and interactive virtual session I've been on in the last year and a half - and we've done a lot!”
ERIKA WHITE | Director of Corporate Innovation, gener8or
“Crystal clear with concrete and practical strategies.
Simone created a high level of inspiring conversation among our team members and leaders. She made the link between DEI and innovation crystal clear and provided concrete and practical strategies that everyone could deploy immediately.”
TINA GARRETT-RAGLAND | Enterprise Leader of DEI & Learning and Development, Pacific Life Insurance Company
P&G
Target
United Healthcare
HP
Stanley Black
Medtronic
Pepsi
USBanco
P&G
Target
United Healthcare
HP
Stanley Black
Medtronic
Pepsi
USBanco
A powerful multiplier of
culture, profitability, and growth.
Let's build a culture of Intrapreneurs together.
Keynotes
Keynotes that inspire conversation, collaboration & collective excellence through intrapreneurship.
Workshops
Expertly facilitated customized workshops with instantly applicable innovation outcomes.
Consulting
A proven five-part framework to trigger, nurture and sustain innovation at scale.
“There was no way that Hall of Famer could have done what Simone did.”
"We had an extensive list of potential speakers for our keynote, including a Hall of Fame football player. I really wanted that Hall of Famer because I wanted inspiration, fun and high energy – but I was outvoted. They wanted education. We got both. After the keynote, I realized that there was no way he could have done what Simone did, especially virtually. It was fantastic.”
VP, Financial Services Industry
“Simone knows what it takes to innovate in the real world.”
"As the owner of the UnitedHealth Group’s emerging leader program, Simone was the obvious choice to support our virtual session. Our audience of 1,600 leaders was highly engaged based on comments we received both during and after the session. Simone clearly connected with our global audience through her passion, her impactful storytelling, and her deep, actionable knowledge on what it takes to innovate in the real world, at the individual level.”
WALTER BAUMANN | UnitedHealth Group
“Created a buzz in the room”
"Simone is a part of a rare breed of speakers who has done both the research and the work to apply it in real, dynamic organizations. She created a buzz in the room with her engaging stories that highlight her expertise and real-world experience."
DOMINIC V VENTURO | Sr. Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, U.S. Bank
“An eye-opening overview and insightful guidance...
on how to enable intrapreneurship, leveraging new ways for collaboration and enabling creativity that lead to meaningful and and sustainable innovation."
ERIC QUINT | Vice President and Chief Design Officer, 3M Company
Books
Disrupt It Yourself
Based on her experience working with Fortune 500 companies and extensive original research, Simone Ahuja identifies the intrapreneurial archetype and presents eight new principles that foster a Disrupt It Yourself mindset, along with a clear action plan to:
Jugaad Innovation
Innovation is a key directive at companies worldwide. But in these tough times, we can't rely on the old formula that has sustained innovation efforts for decades-expensive R&D projects and highly-structured innovation processes. Jugaad Innovation argues the West must look to places like India, Brazil, and China for a new approach to frugal and flexible innovation. The authors show how in these emerging markets, jugaad (a Hindi word meaning an improvised solution born from ingenuity and cleverness) is leading to dramatic growth and how Western companies can adopt jugaad innovation to succeed in our hypercompetitive world.
“Inspires clear next steps.”
“Having worked closely with Simone, the research and expertise she provides offers applicable insights and stories that inspire clear next steps, all while having fun along the way.”
JULIE GUGGEMOS | SVP and Chief Design Officer, Owned Brand Product Design and Management, Target
“Catalyzed the transformation within our company.”
“We have utilized Simone’s ideas to help us define our approach to intrapreneurship and innovation, and catalyze the transformation within our company.”
JIM LOREE | President & CEO, Stanley Black & Decker
““Our audience was incredibly engaged.”
“Our audience was incredibly engaged during Simone’s virtual keynote. As higher education professionals, they are accustomed to working with less and needing to be creative about resources. Simone’s session on Jugaad Innovation really helped flip the narrative from being under-resourced, to leaning into the strength of frugal innovation. She really got everyone’s creative juices flowing!”
MARISSA CURRY | Director of Program Development at the National Society of Leadership and Success
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