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Member of the National Speakers Association

Dennis Stauffer Dennis Stauffer is an internationally acclaimed thought leader on the behaviors that drive innovation and personal effectiveness.

• Founder of Insight Fusion, Inc., working with companies of all sizes to help individuals, teams and organizations boost their capacity to innovate and succeed.
• Emmy award-winning journalist and business editor who pioneered a recurring feature series about what works instead of what’s wrong.
• Senior level manager who envisioned unprecedented high tech solutions and made them a cost-effective reality.
• Author of Thinking Clockwise, A Field Guide for the Innovative Leader, winner of 2006 Fresh Voices Book Award and currently availablein five languages.
• Creator of the Stauffer Iterative Thinking Assessment (SITA). This uniquely powerful evaluation instrument identifies and measures the personal and organizational mental models that enhance, or undermine, innovation.
• Coach of creative problem solving teams who led his students to consecutive championships and a special award for exceptional creativity.
• Certified Practitioner of Human Systems Dynamics (P.HSD)
• A compelling speaker your audience should hear.

If you want to lead your organization to fresh insights, boost innovation and promote effective practical solutions, Dennis has the message and strategies you need.

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Richard Knowles, PhD has had a long and distinguished career providing innovative leadership.

• Executive with E. I. Dupont, where he served as head of a market development group commercializing new products, as plant manager and as Director of Community Awareness, Emergency Response and Industry Outreach.
• Co-founder and Director of the Center for Self-Organizing Leadership.
• Recipient of 40 patents.
• Author of The Leadership Dance, Pathways to Extraordinary Organizational Effectiveness.
• President, R.N. Knowles and Associates.
• Partner in The SOLiance Group USA and Canada.

Dick has worked with teams at all levels of organizations in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Kim Burnes, MBA has 20 years experience in critical management areas including strategic execution and project management.

• Working with Fortune 500 companies, including General Mills, Medtronic, International Multifoods and Ortho Biotech, a division of Johnson & Johnson.
• Principal and Owner, Wildwood Consulting Group
• Certified Co-Active Professional Coach (CCPC)
• Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
• Certified Practitioner of Human Systems Dynamics (P.HSD)

Kim has developed and implementated strategic planning initiatives for national and international corporations.

Kim Johnson has an extensive background in project management and new product development including serving as:

• Corporate Project Consultant with the 3M Learning Center
• Corporate Ergonomist for 3M Research and Development
• President, Minnesota Project Management Institute (PMI)
• National Board Member, American Creativity Association (ACA)
• Director, National Product Development Management Association (PDMA)

Kim has expertise in such tools as TRIZ, Six Thinking Hats, Lateral Thinking, and SOQ Assessment and Consulting. She is a certified New Product Development Professional and a certified Project Management Professional.

David Labno, M.S. has consulted with numerous companies large and small in addition to his work with government, education and other non-profit organizations. His professional positions have included:

• Internal Innovation Consultant with General Mills.
• Program Chair of the Institute for Creativity and Innovation at the University of St. Thomas.
• Director of Graduate Program in Applied Creativity at St. Mary's University.
• Senior Partner with The Gatehouse Alliance.

David has expertise in creativity and innovation methods, as well as assessment tools for personality and organizational development, including Insights®.

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Thinking Clockwise

A Field Guide for the Innovative Leader

By Dennis Stauffer

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