145: Encouraging Innovation Through Conflict with Jeff DeGraff
Professor Jeff DeGraff shows how to stir up some constructive conflict to encourage innovative thinking in the workplace.
You’ll Learn:
- The extraordinary value of arguing
- Who are the four types of people at the workplace and what creative tensions emerge among them
- Effective ways to create constructive conflict at work
About Jeff
Jeff DeGraff is called the Dean of Innovation because of his influence on the field. Dr. DeGraff is a professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He has advised hundreds of the world’s most prominent firms. He has founded a leading innovation institute, Innovatrium, with labs in Ann Arbor and Atlanta. Jeff’s thoughts on innovation are covered by Fortune, Wired and the Harvard Business Review to name a few. Jeff writes a column for Inc. magazine and has a regular segment on public radio called TheNext Idea. He is the author of several books.
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Items Mentioned in this Show:
- Jeff’s Website and MOOC: jeffdegraff-staging.bighouseenterprise.com/
- Book: The Innovation Code: The Creative Power of Constructive Conflict by Jeff DeGraff
- Book: Art and Visual Perception by Rudolf Arnheim
- Book: The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life that Matters by Emily Esfahani Smith
- Company: The Innovatrium
Jeff DeGraff is the Dean of Innovation – an author, speaker, and advisor to Fortune 500 companies and mission-driven organizations worldwide. He’s the CEO and Founder of Innovatrium, Founder of Intellectual Edge Alliance, and Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Jeff co-created the Competing Values Framework and developed the Innovation Code and Innovation Genome methodologies which provide organizations with practical tools to reconcile competing priorities and drive breakthrough performance. His mission is the democratization of innovation: making systematic innovation accessible to everyone, everywhere, every day.