Building an Innovative Culture with Simon Trevarthen

HRchat Podcast

In this HRchat episode, we talk about AI and strategies to develop a company culture based on ideation and creativity. Our returning guest is Simon Trevarthen former Chief Innovation & Open Assets Officer at Fanshawe College and Founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Elevate Your Greatness.
Simon is a speaker on resilience, inspiration, and innovation. As a presenter, Simon energizes audiences, while delivering personal, professional and business growth insights. He focuses his energy on helping others find and ignite their passion to achieve their greatness.
Simon has facilitated hundreds of sessions and sparked energetic conversations about innovation and business transformation. An international keynote speaker, Simon has addressed over 50,000 people at conferences, training seminars and workshops.
A storyteller, strategist and business coach, Simon has led and consulted on change efforts in the public, not-for-profit and private sectors.
Global in viewpoint but local in impact, he has been an executive, consultant and speaker in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Simon has also worked as a journalist and international spokesperson for major humanitarian organizations in conflict zones.
Questions for Simon Include:

• As former Chief Innovation and Open Assets Officer at Fanshawe College, you provided executive leadership that drives their innovation strategy, cultural transformation, and the animation of their flagship Innovation Village. Their vision is to be Canada’s college innovation leader by 2030. Tell me more.
• How do you build a culture of innovation? Top down? Bottom up? Who do you bring in to shake things up? How does a Chief Innovation Officer work with HR to achieve that culture?
• The Elevate Your Greatness framework is focused on understanding the customer's perspective by seeking out trends, signals, and insights. Talk to me about the connection between customer experience and employee experience. Based on your experiences at Fanshawe and other things you've worked on, what's

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1. Building an Innovative Culture with Simon Trevarthen (00:00:00)

2. Building an Innovative Culture With HR (00:00:03)

3. Revolutionizing Organizational Culture Through Innovation (00:10:22)