Yvonne Adele

The Industrial Age revolutionised machinery; the late-20th-century Information Age revolutionised data. Which means in the 21st century, every company has access to the world's best tools and systems, making it harder for your company to find a competitive edge.

Yvonne Adele one of Australia's foremost thought leaders proposes that we're now in the Ideas Age, where success means tapping a constant stream of fresh thinking, then acting swiftly and decisively. Anyone can do business in the 21st century  Yvonne helps you discover what to do and how to get it done.

Founder of the innovative, inspiring company Ideas Culture, Yvonne teaches organisations and individuals how to unlock ultra-creative (right brain) potential. Her keynote presentations challenge the sometimes deep-seated and negative perceptions we have about finding fresh ideas, while her interactive presentations targeted to businesses owners, leaders, teams, sales teams and conferences nurture creativity and empower action.

All workshops follow a unique, simple Innovation Pathway, which transforms energy generated on the day into practical take-away strategies to transform any business challenge.

Demonstrated outcomes include:

Better ideas than your competition.
More ideas at every level of your organisation.
Ideas that permeate all levels of your business.
The confidence and skill to act swiftly and effectively.
Tailored workshops include

SALES SUPERHEROES
Sales teams: Unlock your power to deliver super sales and service.

We all know plenty of characters in sales, but what does it take to become a sales superhero? Superheroes have two things in common: they have unique powers and they act swiftly and decisively. This potent combination makes them invincible. Yvonne will share with your sales team how to use their unique powers to generate out-of-this-world ideas, and act on them fast.

This presentation is perfect for sales managers and teams eager to:
 Present products and services in amazing new ways
 Unmask bold new opportunities
 Generate super-productive new leadsDeliver sensational service to existing cusomers
  Foil persistent problems before they fester.

Using a think-pair-share scaffold, every workshop participant is responsible for idea generation, and the supportive environment enlivens collective team power. Workshops follow Yvonne's unique Innovation Pathway, resulting in a one-page roadmap for turning ideas into action. With power comes responsibility. You can let your salesforce and clients scream for more support and service. Or let Yvonne work with your people to generate the power and confidence to deliver heroic results. 

THE U IN TEAM
Workplace teams: Stop brainstorming and start thinking.

Imagine....  The team is assembled again, and reluctantly in front of a whiteboard. The leader stands, marker poised, and explains today's challenge. OK, I'll be the scribe who's got an idea.  Awkward silence and a few timid suggestions follow.

How many hours and dollars are wasted every day around the world with teams sitting through gut-wrenching meetings like this? Brainstorming was first used in the 60s as a technique for generating ideas. Then and now, it fails when only a few have the confidence and support to share. Yet everyone in a team and that means you can have brilliant ideas. Yvonne's simple, systematic and powerful approach to creative thinking turns timid groups into creative gold mines.

Using a think-pair-share scaffold, every workshop participant is responsible for idea generation, and the supportive environment enlivens collective team power. Workshops follow Yvonne's unique Innovation Pathway, resulting in a one-page roadmap for turning ideas into action.
That There is no i in team is a tired idea, which is right where you come in. This workshop is perfect for generating more ideas at every level of your organisation, and activating in your teams the confidence to share and the skill to take action.

MINED YOUR OWN BUSINESS?
Business owners: Look within before letting a stranger borrow your shovel.

You know your business inside and out. You've had bright ideas before, but there's an organisational lag when switching from your last great idea to your latest, and inertia stifles creativity. You might be weighed down by current duties, or you might be putting all your creativity into finding one-percent improvements, when what you really need is one big, fresh breakthrough. This is often where business leaders call in expensive consultants, who have the perspective and time to find new value. Instead, this targeted business owners presentation is designed to reawaken your energy and creativity. Yvonne will remind you that you are the best source of fresh thinking for your business.

This powerful session will inspire you and your staff to:

• Reconnect with your creative power
• Focus on the challenges that make a difference now
• Generate fresh ideas for all aspects of your business
• Identify your most potent ideas based on key business criteria
• Align your best ideas for practical action
• Implement these new strategies.

Lend your business tools to a consultant if you wish. Or let Yvonne foster a fresh attitude and engagement in your workplace, empowering you to reconnect with the inspiration that has made you and your team business leaders already.
 
IDEAS CULTURE
Business leaders: Turn innovation into everyday success.

Nurturing an ideas culture in your workplace is good for business. It lets you inspire and retain your most creative people, and attract bright new thinkers. And successfully implementing great ideas is clearly fantastic for customers and partners. Less obvious is the possibility that an ideas culture threatens leadership (because leaders are supposed to have all the ideas) or dilutes productivity (because your team loses focus).

This combination leaves business leaders walking a tightrope of systems vs experimentation, and status quo vs the courage to create. Organisations that get the balance right will find, in a robust ideas culture, that the solution to every problem is likely hiding in your workplace right now. In this presentation, Yvonne teaches business leaders to uncover the (often hidden) pathways to innovation.

You will establish how to:

•  Identify the challenges that matter
•  Collaborate on creative solutions
•  Evaluate your ideas using key criteria
•  Select strategies for success
•  Implement your solutions swiftly and decisively.
  
  This presentation is perfect for organisations ready to establish and maintain effective systems for generating, recognising and acting on innovation.

DREAM INTO ACTION
Conference organisers: Make sure your delegates get their inspiration to go.

Imagine....  It's nearing the end of another great conference. Notepads are full of fresh ideas and delegates are glowing with renewed enthusiasm
What now? How do you capture this magic and turn dreams into action?

Creative thinking is nothing without the strategies and systems to put foundations under your bright ideas. If you've just thrown your entire organisational budget and bravado into one winning conference, why let it close ? and no disrespect intended with the same recap in the same tone from the same leader every time. Yvonne's outstanding facilitation skills and sparkling energy present a prime opportunity to harness the group momentum you've worked so hard to create. As the final session of your conference, Yvonne will ensure input from every delegate, and inspire your organisation to:

•   Identify their most potent ideas
•   Create practical one-page action plans
•   Commit to targeted and efficient follow-up
•   Keep the conversation going via 21st century tools like Twitter.

We're in the Ideas Age, where success goes to the organisation able to generate and apply fresh thinking. Yvonne's thought leadership, interactive exercises and masterful facilitation skills will inspire your delegates to become ideas activists and change agents, and take their best work back home to your business.

Client Ovations: 'We were impressed with the way you kept the energy levels in the team up throughout the day. We now have a toolkit to bring fresh approaches to problem solving and idea generation.'

National Australia Bank

'Our group will never look at a problem in quite the same way. The feedback showed that they are now able to easily come up with creative solutions, just by following the easy steps you walked them through.'

Ernst & Young

'This stuff really works! We applied it to an area where we felt stuck and completely lost for a solution, and within minutes of doing the exercises we had no less than five great ideas from a seemingly totally different perspective.'

National Australia Bank

'Your outstanding presentation was bright lively, colourful and full of knowledge, ideas, inspiration and enthusiasm. Our guests were captivated - having a great time and taking in new skills at the same time. You brought a vitality to our function that few can do.'

Australian Institute of Office Professionals

Your up-beat tutorials were entertaining and informative and we received highly positive feedback from all participants.

Telstra