Turning Vision into Value
Invite your friends and colleagues and join us for the Silicon Valley Innovation Institute’s Innovation Society 2008-09 Series
Next “First Wednesday” Innovation Society Meeting:
December 3, 2008
6:00 – 9:30 pm
Execution Excellence—Predictably Turning Ideas into Profit
Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting
with James Connor, Sand Hill Angels
Creativity, superior technology and brilliant people are insufficient for success. A great idea doesn’t guarantee a great product or service, and those in turn don’t guarantee a profit. It takes execution with excellence to ensure that an innovative idea becomes a successful and profitable product or service.
What is execution with excellence? It’s a sensible framework and the discipline to follow it, and depart from it thoughtfully when and where appropriate. It’s common sense, but not common practice. This interactive program will grapple with the biggest barriers to execution and how you can overcome them—starting right now.
Kimberly Wiefling is the author of Scrappy Project Management, founder of Wiefling Consulting and a member of the SVII Innovation Leadership Development team. Kimberly will lead the discussion and activity, and will be joined by Jim Connor, a Board Director of the Sand Hill Angels. Kimberly, together with Jim, will shine a light on the predictable pitfalls of innovation execution, and drive the discussion on what causes them and how to overcome them. Participatory activities will help us experience the gap between “knowing what to do” and “doing it.”
New Program Schedule
6:00 Networking
6:45 Community Buffet Dinner
7:10 Appetizer Story—Increo Solutions
7:15 Introductions
7:30 Feature Presentation
8:30 Showing Up in support of Innovation
9:30 Closing
Event fee – $30. Pay at the meeting or use PayPal. Bay Cafe, Bayshore Ballroom 1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto Drive down Embarcadero East, past Ming’s, turn left into the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course; from the parking lot, walk up the wide path toward the golf course buildings; the restaurant will be on the right. Restaurant direct line: 650-856-0999 Please be sure to RSVP at friends@svii.org. Need to reach us at the last minute? Call 415-307-0645.
January 7, 2009:
“Perspectives from a Silicon Valley Innovation Watcher” — Tom Foremski, Founder, Publisher and Editor, SiliconValleyWatcher.com
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