Robert Snyder
Robert Snyder is the founder and president of Innovation Elegance, LLC. His thirty-year career spans roles such as developer, project management, change management, sales enablement, and the performing arts. His career path includes corporate roles, consulting roles, startups, PMP, and Agile certifications. He’s performed in numerous vocal, dance, and theater ensembles. Robert earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and his MBA in Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Robert is publishing a series of books on innovation methodology.
- “Innovation Elegance: Transcending Agile with Ruthlessness and Grace” (available now)
- “Innovation Portfolio: Five Verbs Shape Your Team’s Legacy” (available now)
- “Elegant Leadership: Distinguishing the Good, the Bad, and the False” (targeting 2025)
Presentation: Elegance: A People Centric Methodology Improves Mental Health and the Job Market
Innovation has had two decades of software-centric methodologies. These methodologies do not solve innovation teams’ biggest challenges. Teams’ biggest challenges are people – how we communicate, collaborate, and compete with each other. Formulating a people-centric methodology should not be surprising. The building blocks are not mysterious. And migrating to a people-centric methodology is overdue.
Your code will be just fine. 😊
This session shares five topics (starting with “M”) that shape a people-centric methodology, the how and the why such a methodology is attractive.
- The metaphors that best describe healthy collaboration
- The mechanics that govern the most valuable innovation
- The money profile of low marginal cost
- The job market’s benefits
- Mental health benefits
Takeaways
- How and why to adopt a people-centric methodology
- Taking baby steps by converting your Verb Sprawl & Four Adjectives (RACI) to Five Verbs
- Sanity, safety, and self-respect … whether you pursue this or not and whether you are successful or not