Author name: Jeff DeGraff

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.

4 Ways Leaders Can Best Encourage Innovation

Jeff DeGraff / January 22, 2019

To encourage innovation, leaders need to stop relying on old ways and become forward-thinkers in an ever-changing world. Below are […]

How Unlikely Partners Challenged Each Other to Innovate

Jeff DeGraff / January 16, 2019

When people think of innovation, they usually picture gadgets or maybe a miracle drug. Oftentimes, the greatest innovations are subtler:

How Your Company Can Best Leverage Different Perspectives

Jeff DeGraff / January 9, 2019

Innovation is simply a useful novelty. The more unique the novelty, the more valuable the innovation is. Standardization is the opposite

Creativity, Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Uncategorized

6 Steps to Creating a Culture of Innovation

Jeff DeGraff / December 18, 2018

Harmony is sublime in music but deadly to innovation. The only way to create new, hybrid solutions is to clash.

The Creative Power of Constructive Conflict

Jeff DeGraff / December 3, 2018

Is ambidextrous leadership simply an updated version of the old catchphrase ‘a jack of all trades and a master of

American Society of Cataract & Refractory Surgery

Jeff DeGraff / November 20, 2018

Jeff DeGraff is an advisor to Fortune 500 companies, a top innovation speaker, a business professor at the Ross School

2018 Student Innovator Summit

Jeff DeGraff / November 20, 2018

Jeff DeGraff is an advisor to Fortune 500 companies, a top innovation speaker, a business professor at the Ross School

Perkin Elmer Speech

Jeff DeGraff / November 20, 2018

Jeff DeGraff is an advisor to Fortune 500 companies, a top innovation speaker, a business professor at the Ross School

American Society of Cataract & Refractory Surgery

Jeff DeGraff / November 20, 2018

Jeff DeGraff is an advisor to Fortune 500 companies, a top innovation speaker, a business professor at the Ross School

USAF Annual Conference 2018

Jeff DeGraff / November 20, 2018

Jeff DeGraff is an advisor to Fortune 500 companies, a top innovation speaker, a business professor at the Ross School