INNOVATION CAPITAL®
The Key to Every Corporation’s Undiscovered Treasures
Tara Kimbrell Cole

Case studies summary

Innovation Capital® is the capability to foresee, adapt, profitably shape and implement strategies in periods of rapid change.

As the unprecedented pace of change in today’s market environment accelerates, the importance of and urgency to build Innovation Capital in corporations operating in Asia increases exponentially.

This paper explains the meaning and concept of Innovation Capital®ⁱ , provides an overview of the impact of SYNOVATIONS’® coaching on its development and shares some business case experiences in working with companies on the harnessing of Innovation Capital.

For Asia to grasp the opportunities presented at this stage in history, Innovation Capital needs to be developed. How can the Innovation Capital in corporations operating in Asia be harnessed? It is the opinion of this writer that the undertakings of executive coaching programs that address one-on-one as well as team coaching are essential elements.

The case studies explored illustrate two different approaches to the development of Innovation Capital the first explores a one-on-one coaching process spread over a year and the second a team coaching process structured in a two day offsite.

One-on-One Coaching Leadership Development and Innovation Capital Case Studyⁱⁱ:

In the first case study, a hybrid coaching methodology structured on the discrete and recursive practice elements of the Society of Organizational Learning’s (SoL) coaching model and philosophyⁱⁱⁱ along with a range of Solution-Focused^iv tools and practices were engaged.  The SoL coaching model focuses on an individual client as well as the systemic context in which that person functions. SoL coaches (including myself) have found that consideration of the interdependencies of the context and the context’s impact on the client, as well as the client’s impact on the whole system, is often vital for achieving the coaching objective^v.

Team Coaching for Team Building and Innovation Capital Case Study:

In this team coaching case study the mix of methodologies engaged was more heavily weighted towards the Solutions-Focused ^vii team coaching format and techniques.

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