Leading Innovation Media Kit
Creativity at Work Media Kit
Competing Values Leadership Media Kit
Trust is Everything Media Kit

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Leading Innovation: How to Jump Start your Organization’s Growth Engine

(McGraw-Hill, 2006) co-authored with Shawn E. Quinn. Jeff DeGraff’s newest book is now available at all major bookstores and book selling sites.

Download the Leading Innovation Press Release.

Competing Values Leadership: Creating Value in Organizations

(Edward Elgar, 2006) co-authored with Kim S. Cameron, Robert E. Quinn, and Anjan V. Thakor. Jeff DeGraff’s newest book is now available at all major bookstores and book selling sites.

Download the Competing Values Leadership Press Release.

Creativity at Work: Developing the Right Practices to Make Innovation Happen

(Jossey-Bass, 2002) co-authored with Katherine A. Lawrence. This book, available at all major bookstores and book selling sites, was the first to share the concepts behind the Creativity GenomeTM.

Download the Creativity at Work Press Release.

- 2010 -
• detnews.com – TEDxDetroit conference brings elite leaders together.
• Ann Arbor.com – People and Achievements in the Greater Ann Arbor Area, Including Competing Values
• Media Post – New Leadership Will Take Domino’s Through Its Upgrades
• Training – Inside the Innovatrium
• ABC News – P&G Open to Outside Ideas, But No Kitty Swiffers

- 2009 -

• AnnArbor.com – Office Furniture Firm ‘iscg’ Offers Collaboration in New Ann Arbor Space
• Workforce Management – Can Zappos’ Corporate Culture Survive the Amazon Jungle?
• Business Wire – iscg Workplace Design and Furnishings Creates Workspaces For Michigan’s New Economy
• CNN Money – How to Innovate: A Step-By-Step Guide
• eDetroiter Weekly – Innovation: The Ingredient for Success
• Lehigh Valley Entrepreneur TV – How to Foster a Culture of Innovation
• nep.benfranklin.org – Photo Gallery from the Ben Franklin ixchange event
• Keystone Edge – Innovation Awards honor best of Northeastern PA
• Lehigh Valley Entrepreneur TV – How to Execute Innovation
• Allentown Morning Call – Expert tells Lehigh Valley Entrepreneurs to Let Tough Times Spark Big Ideas
• Lehigh Valley Entrepreneur TV – Jeff DeGraff, Innovation Guru Discusses Current State of Innovation in the U.S.
• Keystone Edge – Three Emerging Trends in Innovation–and Three Concerns
• Innovation in Practice – Innovation at the U.S. Automakers
• Training Magazine – Succession Success
• The 2009 Pfeiffer Annual: Leadership Development – How You Innovate Is What You Innovate
• Executive MBA Newsletter – Something is Happening Here

- 2008 -

• Workforce Management – Ingredients for Innovation
• Exame – Cisco 3.0 (translated)
• USA Today – Ad Tracks: Starbucks Brings New Fruit Smoothie to the Table
• CE-Pro – The Four Personalities that Lead to Innovation
• Grand Rapids Press – Conflict Sparks Innovation, Business Expert Says
• Journal of Innovative Management – Open Source Your Innovation
• USA Today – Starbucks Going Back to Grinding Beans
• ABC News – More Takeout Orderers Are All Thumbs
• The Honolulu Advertiser – More Takeout Orders Via Text
• USA Today – More Takeout Orderers Are All Thumbs

- 2007 -

• Human Resource Executive Magazine – Innovation Mavens
• Computerworld Magazine – The Widgetization of the Web
• TWICE Magazine – CEA Attempts to Bolster PARA Confidence
• CIO Magazine – IT Builds a Better Idea
• Times Argus – Rising Stars
• The Columbus Dispatch – Leaders Pursue, Reach Career Goals at Younger Age
• The Honolulu Advertiser – More Young Leaders in Charge
• Providence Journal – On Average, Bosses Getting Younger
• Leadership Excellence – Creativizers, Find and Use Them

- 2006 -

• Training – Book Review of Leading Innovation
• ManageSmarter.com – What Makes a Company Innovative?
• Restaurants and Institutions – Interface Feature Interview
• USA Today – Frankly Speaking, Haute Dogs Go Gourmet
• T+D – Make Innovation Work in Your Workplace
• BusinessWeek – Queen of Pop
• Training – Innovate or Die Trying

- 2004 -

• Perspectives (Goldman Sachs) – Innovation, A Fundamental for a Great Business
• Fintra – Five Ways to Innovate
• Harvard Management Update – Can You Create More Value?

- 2003 -

• Dividend – Creativity at Work, Navigating the Roadmap to Value Creation
• Financial Times – Creating Sustained Shareholder Value, and Dispelling Some Myths

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You’ve read his work, you’ve heard the rave reviews, now it’s time to see the humor, energy, and passion in action! Learn, laugh, discover your inner “creativizer” and unleash innovation at your workplace…

Jeff DeGraff speaking at VISA

Jeff DeGraff speaking at GE

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Click Here for the Speaker One Sheet for Jeff DeGraff

Click Here for the Speaker One Sheet for Kim Cameron

Click Here for the Speaker One Sheet for Bob Quinn

Click Here for the Speaker One Sheet for Anjan Thakor

Click Here for the Speaker One Sheet for Aneil Mishra

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Jeff DeGraff Press Photos (Low Resolution)
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Jeff DeGraff Press Photos (High Resolution)
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The Dean’s Next Public Speaking Event: TBA

Please note that the majority of Competing Value Company’s engagements are private corporate events.

The Dean’s Next Public Workshop

Available through Executive Education at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Click here for links to the current program schedule, to request a catalog, and/or to register.

Click here for information about Jeff’s upcoming events at the University of Michigan.

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Jeff DeGraff
The Dean of Innovation
email: jeff@competingvalues.com
phone: (734) 604-1012 – Assistant

John DeGraff
Executive Director – Marketing
email: john@competingvalues.com
phone: (608) 516-7395

Anjan Thakor
Partner – Competing Values
email: thakor@wustl.edu
phone: (314) 330-9266

Shawn Quinn
Partner – Competing Values
email: squinn@competingvalues.com
phone: (734) 945-9142

Ian DeGraff
Creative Director
email: degraffi@gmail.com
phone: (608) 423-1486

Karen Mishra
Marketing & PR
email: lizmishra@gmail.com
phone: 517-802-8702

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