About the Webinar

A culture of innovation is an environment that fosters and encourages creativity and new ideas. To be successful in nurturing the creative potential of employees, the right climate, systems, and structures must be in place. This webinar interactively captures participant perceptions of innovation, sharing the benefits and initial steps towards creating an environment that fosters a culture of innovation including providing an overview of a best-practiced design thinking framework used to create user-centric solutions.

Topic Areas
1. Innovation Perceptions and Definitions
2. Innovation Culture Benefits and Initial Steps
3. Design Thinking Framework Overview

About the Presenter

Michael Delis, senior trainer and consultant with Corporate Education Group, has more than 20 years of experience as a project management consultant, agile practitioner, and portfolio manager. Michael’s background consists of diversified global consulting, training, project management, and engineering experience in business, telecommunications, energy, and aerospace/transport industries at various client sites worldwide.

Michael is a dynamic individual possessing strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to shape and drive projects throughout their entire life cycle. He is bilingual in French and English and is a seasoned presenter and keynote speaker in addition to his training and consulting expertise. Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Concordia University and has received numerous industry certifications, including the Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner, Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Agilist Yellow Belt (DA-YB) from the Disciplined Agile Consortium. Michael is also the coordinator of the Certification and Education Program for PMI-Montreal and a board member of Agile Montreal.