Spark: Grit to Great
Innovation is not just about creating new technology. It’s about flipping your mindset, sparking new ways of doing things, and taking risks. Once a way for organizations to set themselves apart, innovation is now a necessary survival skill for organizations. At Spark, you’ll learn to:
- Flip your perspective and learn to look at challenges from different angles and view points.
- Spark new ideas and start thinking outside the box and create a culture of creativity.
- Leap into action and overcome the inertia of uncertainty and view failures as learning opportunities.
- Team up and collaborate and discover how working collectively with others can yield greater impact.
Get out of your comfort zone, be curious, and start innovating.
Spark 2021
September 2, 2021
All Spark participants receive:
- Access to the recordings of all the sessions for six months.
- Opportunities to network and meet-up with other attendees.
- Additional resources and supplemental content provided by presenters and other attendees.
Pricing
- $75 General registration
- $300 Organization registration (for up to 6 individuals)
- $25 Student registration (available to current high school, undergrad, and graduate students).
Opening keynote: Hanging in the Balance
Maggie Nichols, CEO & President, Eureka! Ranch
Innovation, almost by definition, creates tension. It unexpectedly alters something known, stayed and safe. In organizations, we say we demand it but we often reward the very behaviors that kill it. In this keynote, Maggie will help you identify the tensions you might see in your company, community or even in your own career – and give you ideas to create the leverage you need to tip the balance in your favor.
Maggie Nichols has been with the innovation company Eureka! Ranch since she graduated from Miami University in 1998. She began as an Apprentice Innovator and worked her way up through the ranks, most recently serving as President & Chief Operating Officer before being promoted to CEO and President in 2018. Eureka! Ranch has helped foster a systemic approach to innovation at companies such as American Express, Coors, Mattel Toys, P&G, and Taco Bell.
Fireside chat
Sponsored by The Center for Health Affairs
Dr. Akram Boutros (Speaker) President and Chief Executive Officer, The MetroHealth System
Dr. Tomislav Mihaljevic (Speaker) Chief Executive Officer and President, Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Cliff Megerian (Speaker) Chief Executive Officer, University Hospitals
Monica Robins (Speaker) Senior Health Correspondent, WKYC-TV
Moving an organization collectively to a more creative, innovative mindset requires leadership to think outside of the box and gain trust along the way. Collaboration and buy-in across all levels and disciplines is necessary. Learn how the leaders of Cleveland’s health care systems responded to the pandemic through creativity and partnership to meet the needs of the community. Moderated by Monica Robins, Senior Health Correspondent for WKYC.
Closing keynote
Jeremy Johnson, President & CEO, Assembly for the Arts
Jeremy Johnson became President and CEO of Assembly for the Arts in June 2021. A native Clevelander, he returned to Ohio following two decades as a nonprofit and arts champion in New Jersey. He was Executive Director of Newark Arts, one of Newark’s leading nonprofits. The organization makes grants to neighborhood arts programs, produces the award-winning Newark Arts Festival, and advocates for policies to uplift Newark as a city of the arts. Jeremy led the creation of Newark’s first community cultural plan, Newark Creates, which resulted in the city-sponsored Creative Catalyst Fund to support area artists impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
