The Toolbox

September 18, 2024 12:45–16:00 Helsingborg Arena Directions

The toolbox session of the programme provides insights on how to ensure purpose driven business value creation, how to use foresight scenarios, and how to lead your inner self through transformation.

We practice methods for inspiring, identifying and activating cross-collaborative innovation projects and relationships.

Exploring numerous ways to take inspiration and hands-on learnings from unexpected sectors and talents.

12:45 – 13:15

The Main Room

The inner development, part one

In this toolbox session, we will explore how inner development can address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, with Erik Fernholm.

The way we are solving problems is the problem. Therefore we need to change.

Through examining evidence-based research and real-world case studies, we will delve into the crucial role of inner development in enabling effective leadership in a rapidly changing world. Through the Inner Development Goals framework, we will uncover the learnable personal qualities and mindsets that are essential for facing uncomfortable truths, driving impact beyond measurement and authentic progress towards a sustainable future.

The Bubble

Imagining the future: get a taste of foresight for impact innovation

What does imagination have to do with innovation for impact? How does the future support innovation decisions in the here and now? Get a taste of strategic foresight together with Fredrika Yngwe, Head of Advisory and Futures Strategist from Planethon. During this session you will get insights into the what, why and how you can work with futures and foresight, build futures literacy, and space to reflect on how some signals about the future might impact the way we innovate today.

Planethon is on the mission to enable people and planet centric development and a future where leaders and businesses thrive within the planet’s boundaries. Through their approach, they provide organizations with research syntheses and insights, strategic foresight, and activation efforts to enable innovation, leadership capacity, and transformation.

The Foyer

Rapid Learning Cycles: Agile for sustainability & innovation projects

In this workshop Kathrine Radeka and Fernanda Torre will teach you the basics of Rapid Learning cycles and why agile is such an important project management tool when working with impact innovation.

Rapid Learning Cycles is an agile framework for non-software, used mainly in high-uncertainty/high-stakes projects such as sustainability and innovation initiatives. Rapid Learning Cycles applies the principles of Agile to address the root causes behind the unanticipated problems that delay projects, increase costs, and make it that much harder to achieve net-zero targets.

13:30 – 14:00

The Main Room

The inner development, part two

In this toolbox session, we will continue to explore how inner development can address some of the world’s most pressing challenges – guided by Erik Fernholm.

Through examining evidence-based research and real-world case studies, we will delve into the crucial role of inner development in enabling effective leadership in a rapidly changing world. Through the Inner Development Goals framework, we will uncover the learnable personal qualities and mindsets that are essential for facing uncomfortable truths, driving impact beyond measurement and authentic progress towards a sustainable future.

The Bubble

Future Directors and the Mission to Lead from the Future 

In this toolbox session, led by Karin Lycke, three municipalities share their tools for foresight in building tomorrow’s welfare. Working with foresight demands new ways of leading, governing, and operating – and you’ll get to learn how.

In the past, when people still watched linear TV, trend analysts would appear on screen to predict the next year’s color or hairstyle trends. They had gazed into the future and foresaw what would become fashionable. Then came the 2020s, and the concept of foresight became ubiquitous at every conference and was on everyone’s lips. We must lead from the future, it was proclaimed! The ability to explore alternative futures to prepare our organizations, anticipate unexpected yet possible future scenarios, and guide toward a desired future has become a vital skill for any organization to succeed in its mission. But how?

The Foyer

The Sustainability-Driven Innovation Matrix

The Sustainability-Driven Innovation Matrix, also known as the Next Agents’ Holy Grail, is a process and visualization tool. The tool maps out where an organization is and where that organization wants to go in terms of Sustainability and Innovation capabilities.

This simple but powerful 2 by 2 matrix has a plot of 7 steps for both Sustainability and Innovation capabilities, as well as an underlying 3 step progress to drive transformation all the way from “Operation Efficiency”, to “Organisational Transformation”, to “Ecosystem Symbiosis”.

In this workshop, led by Fernanda Torre, you will get an introduction to the tool and how to use it in a workshop setting.

Coffee Break: Connect and Collaborate

As we near the end of the Impact Innovation Summit, make the most of this final coffee break! Grab a coffee and dive into meaningful conversations with fellow participants. Reflect on what you’ve learned, network with other innovators, and exchange ideas that could shape your next big move. Don’t let this moment pass by—use it to spark new collaborations and build connections that will last long after the summit is over.

14:30 – 16:00

The Main Room

Closing Session: Ignite Your Path to Impact

Wrap up your summit experience with a powerful session designed to transform the inspiration and learnings from the summit into concrete steps for impactful change. This is your chance to reflect on the insights gained, share your vision, and forge new connections with fellow innovators.

This interactive closing will inspire you to think boldly about your next steps and commit to driving real change. Together, we’ll explore how to harness the collective energy and creativity from the summit to fuel transformative initiatives and strengthen collaboration. Step into the future ready to make an impact, equipped with fresh ideas, a renewed sense of purpose, and a network of like-minded change-makers.

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