Jeff DeGraff, Speaker | Innovation, Business Professor

Jeff DeGraff

Speaker, Innovation Expert, Business Professor, Author, "Dean Of Innovation"

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Ann Arbor

Revitalize your team's approach to innovation and jumpstart organizational growth with Jeff DeGraff, speaker, innovation expert, and bestselling author.

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Jeff DeGraff | Speaker Biography

Advisor to Fortune 500 companies on innovation

Business professor at the University of Michigan

Bestselling author and speaker on innovation strategies

Jeff DeGraff is a renowned advisor to Fortune 500 companies, an expert in innovation, a business professor at the University of Michigan, and a bestselling author. Known as the "Dean of Innovation," he has helped numerous Fortune 500 companies develop innovation culture, strategies, and competencies. With his extensive experience in academia and the business world, including his role as an executive at Domino's Pizza, Jeff is at the forefront of unleashing innovation in a rapidly changing world. His mission is to democratize innovation and cultivate creative mindsets for everyone. Jeff offers insightful speeches on topics such as creating a culture of innovation, harnessing the power of constructive conflict, and jumpstarting organizational growth. Additionally, he emphasises the importance of individual innovation and provides practical strategies to refresh and reinvent one's career.

Why Should You Book Jeff DeGraff?

Jeff brings a wealth of experience from advising Fortune 500 companies and teaching at the University of Michigan, making him an unparalleled resource in fostering innovation within your team or business. His proven strategies for creating a culture of innovation and harnessing constructive conflict can transform your organization's approach to challenges and growth. Booking Jeff as a speaker will not only inspire but also equip your team with practical tools to innovate and thrive in today's competitive landscape.

Featured Sessions

Leading Innovation: How To Jumpstart Your Organisation's Growth Engine

Jeff DeGraff shares strategies on fostering innovation within organizations to drive growth, emphasizing the importance of creativity and adaptability in the competitive business landscape.

Business Design In The New Tech Centric World

Jeff DeGraff discusses how businesses can innovate and thrive by integrating new technologies into their design strategies, emphasizing adaptability in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Creating A Culture Of Innovation

The Creative Power Of Constructive Conflict

Self-esteem in moderation can be a useful buffer against stress, and makes us feel good. But there are dangers associated with too much self-esteem and it can prove elusive when we most need it. This talk will help you to understand self-esteem more fully, spot the danger signs of hubris, and gives a more useful, enduring approach to how we feel about ourselves.

Fireside Chat: Talking Innovation With Jeff DeGraff

Leading Innovation: How To Jumpstart Your Organization’s Growth Engine

Innovation You: Four Steps To Becoming New And Improved

Featured Projects

Innovation You: Four Steps to Becoming New and Improved

Session Feedback

"Jeff has provided marketing professionals across GE with a memorable, collaborative process that leverages existing creativity." — Beth Comstock SVP and CMO GE

"Innovation is a skill, not a grift. It can be routinized, like any other business imperative...Jeff shows you the way." — Drew Boyd, Johnson and Johnson

"Jeff DeGraff's methods work!" — Pfizer Inc