Innovation is fluid
but organized.
Cultivate innovation in your organization with deliberate practice
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Hi, I’m Anja.
My passion is helping you uncover and innovate around ever-changing customers' needs.
For the last 12 years, I have been developing pedagogy at Stanford University for teaching innovation and nurturing creative mindsets to management and senior leaders from leading global companies.
In my programs, I aim to inspire and drive organizational change that is focused on the consumer.
I have combined several approaches and and best practices from the fields of design, organizational psychology and neuroscience into what I call the innovation practice.
Innovation practice is an ongoing creative practice, fluid but organized. Innovation is not a stroke of genius. Everyone must be on board. It requires a set of specific mindsets, radical collaboration, rapid experimentation, and a commitment to keep learning and adapting, everyday.
You can learn more about me and my work here:
What I do
From inspirational talks, bootcamps and workshops to facilitating strategic meetings, and on-going innovation programs, tailor made for the needs of your organization, I have supported founders, C-suite, senior management, and innovation and design teams from high-growth organizations across Europe, Asia and USA.
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Years of Experience
My experience spans working with senior executives from high-tech organizations such as Genentech and Novartis, to startups and Fortune 500 companies (banking, FMCG, fin-tech, travel and insurance industries).
200+
Clients Supported
From New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, to Belgium, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Israel and the USA, I’ve worked with companies across the globe.
8000+
Executives Trained
I am a coach for executive training programs at Stanford’s d.school and business school programs and I design and run private innovation programs for companies in the US, Europe and Asia.
Companies I’ve worked with
Walter Levy, Chairman, NCH Corporation
“Innovating in the field of industrial maintenance technology is not an obvious task. Anja trained our R&D, sales and service teams across Europe and the US to adopt a customer centered and continuous innovation practice. Coming up and test driving new solutions in cost-effective ways made a significant impact on strengthening our market leadership. Can't think of a more thorough and in-depth innovation coach for a complex and competitive industry such as ours.”
Nick Talwar, former COO, Uber Leasing
“We worked with Anja during a very dynamic and fast moving time at Uber. She helped design and co-lead our strategic meetings. Perceptive and empathetic while still showing strong direction skills she helped us get to a new blueprint for our organization.”
Jake Liebert, Senior Manager, Innovation, Walmart
“Before working with Anja, I believed the customer problems I was solving at my organization were uniquely complex and required domain-specific knowledge. Anja showed me how to think differently about our customer's needs and apply a myriad of techniques to drive innovative, customer-focused solutions. Anja's guidance has had a tremendous impact on my work. I believe her expertise can drive significant value for any organization looking to get ahead of the curve, regardless of size, or industry.”
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I’d love to hear from you.
I’d love to hear about your project, discuss your needs and brainstorm ways to improve your innovation endeavors in your organization.
Please feel free to drop me an email at hi@anjasvetina.com.