STRATEGY | LEADERSHIP | INNOVATION |TECHNOLOGY
Keynote Topics
An inspiring and energizing speaker, Jennifer Kenny may be booked for meetings, conventions and offsites. The following are examples of some of her most popular presentations.
Keynotes are Available
on 6 Topics:
Mindset
Innovate Better Together
For teams looking for pragmatic frameworks to increase their innovation capacity.
In this address, master of innovation practices Jennifer Kenny, builds on Design Thinking, System Thinking and Universal Pragmatics to share innovation frameworks that have repeatedly resulted in the elimination of silos and the creation of game changing innovation ecosystems.
Acknowledging the issues that inhibit innovation, including translating strategy into executable programs, cascading frustration, and the inability to get new products to market – Kenny inspires attendees to turn typical technology innovation problems into a new sense of control, ownership, and the amplification of the innovative capabilities of all team members.
The result is energized teams who evolve from waiting to be told what to do to being agents of their own future.
Women
Women Catalyzing Innovation
For gender balanced team looking to leverage their full leadership capacity to increase their innovation capabilities.
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As our technology becomes more complex and interconnected, so to too does our need to fundamentally rethink our understanding of innovation leadership.
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In this presentation, Jennifer provides a framework for understanding why gender-diverse teams are better at complex innovation and how that can be leveraged towards heightened innovation capacity.
Build
The Building Blocks of an Innovation Mindset
For teams wishing to coalesce around advanced innovation
In this talk Jennifer Kenny introduces the concept of innovation as the adoption of “new practices in community.” She demonstrates how co-ordination, co-invention and knowledge creation increase innovation capacity.
Attendees will learn how to facilitate tech transfer and the process of moving knowledge from tacit to explicit to practice and why it’s not enough to just understand technology in order to innovate, and what it means to build innovation practices as a team.
Path
The Innovators Path to Mastery
For individuals and teams wishing to increase their innovation capacity.
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We practice technical capabilities, but do you consider innovation an ongoing practice area? In this talk Jennifer will introduce the idea of innovation as a deliberate practice and show teams how not to leave innovation success up to change and ‘blind squirrel’ luck.
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Jennifer introduces the concept of deliberate practice as popularized recently by Angela Duckworth in the book ‘Grit’ and show how that applies to practicing innovation.
Lead
Leading Innovation
For leaders and teams seeking innovation in complex organizational environments.
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By applying systems and design thinking, leaders and teams can turn organization complexity to their advantage – but they’ll need to learn how to frame their organizations as Complex, Adaptive Systems.
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Jennifer Kenny demonstrates how to harness complexity to increase the innovation drive of teams, moving them from feeling overwhelmed to Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose.
Strategy
Executable Strategy
For leaders and teams seeking to develop and realize strategic goals.
Creating a good strategy requires intelligence, but building an Executable Strategy requires intelligence, humility and commitment. In this session, Jennifer Kenny reveals why bridging the gap between strategy formulation and day-to-day implementation is a struggle for 61% of leaders, and why only 44% of leaders believe their companies are good at implementation.
Recent Speaking Engagements
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Women Catalyzing Innovation, The Hivery Mill Valley, 2020
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Irish Herstory Heroines – Celebrating the Women of Ireland, St. Brigid’s Day: Consulate General of Ireland 2020
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How to be an Entrepreneur and a Leader, QB3, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Life Science, University of California
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Seen Heard & Valued: A Conversation with Jennifer Kenny on Transformation Strategies for Diversity and Inclusion, Buzzsprout
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The Future of Work: How Women Lead, 2019
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Women in Leadership, Toyota Research Institute, 2019
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Women and Innovation, Impact Hub Belgrade International Conference, 2019
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Irish Women Leaders Panel with Dr. Anita Sands, Chief Joanne Hayes-White, Naomi M. Kelly, Dr. Moira Gunn
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Impact Hub Belgrade International Conference–Impact Angel Network, 2018
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Technology and Leadership in Silicon Valley, A conversation with Consul General Robert O’Driscoll and Jennifer
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Kenny, First Fridays with the Irish Consulate, 2018
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Women Leaders for the World, How Women Lead 2018
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The Way We Work: Innovating Better Together, Women Transforming Technology Conference, 2018.
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ASEAN Women in Tech: Conversation with Leaders in Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines and Brunei. March, 2015
Master Sherpa
Jennifer was a master Sherpa in guiding us up the innovation peak.
Ryan Eustice
SVP of Automated Driving at Toyota Research Institute & Professor of Robotics at University of Michigan
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