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Cris Beswick

Co-Founder of ‘Outcome’

Cris Beswick

Cris Beswick is a boutique innovation advisory firm, best-selling author of ‘Building a Culture of Innovation: A practical guide for placing innovation at the core of your businesses and a leading thinker and strategic advisor on innovation leadership & culture.

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His live and virtual keynotes, talks and masterclasses provide global audiences with game-changing insights and actionable takeaway

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Support, Grow & Diversity
Investment1 min read

Support, Grow & Diversity

the British Science Festival which is on in Bradford from 7 to 10 September 2015 is designed to further the aim of the British Science Association to create “a society where science is a part of, not set apart from, society and culture.

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Stepping Up To Transformation
Strategy2 min read

Stepping Up To Transformation

To those who like to plan the way, to work back through every step of a journey to ensure that they arrive on time, the way in which some people can discount the journey from the planning process is totally alien. True, those who practice the ‘to leave is to arrive’ method of travel are invariably late, but they do pack their lives with activity and are generally late because they have crammed ‘just one more thing’ in to their day before they set off on the journey. Interestingly, the people who tend to discount physical journey times are not necessarily the same people who in a work situation will rush from idea to expected deliverance without taking the time to follow a structured definition and integration pathway. In fact, I know of one project manager who is invariably late for events but whose project and transformation planning is meticulous and detailed. But the idea that it is the arrival which is important, with the journey being discounted, is a mindset which those seeking to transform organisational culture cannot afford to indulge in. Knowing where you start from, understanding your destination and then stepping through the transformational journey is vitally important if you are to overcome barriers to change and transform hearts and minds so that they engage with the new culture. It’s a journey which is at the forefront of our forthcoming book* and it is a journey which I will take a more in-depth look at in my next blog.

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Stand Up, Stand Out
Practice1 min read

Stand Up, Stand Out

hang on, haven’t we just described the essential elements of a Next Generation Innovation Culture?

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Rethinking Leadership For Innovation
Leadership8 min read

Rethinking Leadership For Innovation

The past few years have taught us some valuable lessons on the fragility of companies who can’t innovate and their ability to survive deep economic turmoil

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Reporting The Future
Future1 min read

Reporting The Future

The fact that this information is now available for free from Companies House is likely to substantially affect or even disrupt the business models of those organisations which offer a paid company director or business information service.

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Promoting Corporate Strategy
Strategy1 min read

Promoting Corporate Strategy

The build up to a festive holiday may be long drawn out; but the day itself is over in a flash, dismantled and discarded in favour of the next big event

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Preparing For Disruptive Innovation
Strategy1 min read

Preparing For Disruptive Innovation

the foreword and the report are packed with insights on innovation and the impact of disruptive innovation which would equally apply to any other industry

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

Organization Z, Not Genaration Z
Enablers4 min read

Organization Z, Not Genaration Z

They are probably the first generation in a long time whose refusal to conform to expected norms is something other than mere teenage rebellion.

Cris Beswick · 29 April 2025

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