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Jeffrey T. DeGraff
2670 Wayside Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-747-7460
www.jeffdegraff.com
www.innovatrium.org
The Ross School of Business at the
University of Michigan
701 Tappan, Room 4328
Ann Arbor, MI 49019-1234
734-647-4335
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Twenty-seven years teaching experience at the Ross School of Business at the University of
Michigan with a an average teacher evaluation rating of excellent in BBA, MBA, EMBA
and Executive Education
Developed and teach Leading Innovation and Creativity and Work
Secure real and develop world projects for students to develop innovative solutions to real
challenges at institutions like PBS, NPR, City of Detroit, the Henry Ford, the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra and the State of Michigan
Student action learning projects advance the University of Michigan mission by developing
innovation solutions for the North Campus Research Complex, the Center for the
Development of New Medicines, Detroit Creative Corridor Center and the University
Bicentennial
Designed and developed University of Michigan Certified Professional Innovator
Certificate Program with a Net Promoter Score of 4.9 on a 5 point scale
Member of the University of Michigan Office of Research Advisory Committee for the
Distinguished University Innovator Award
Advisor for the development of the Munger Graduate Residence and the redesign of the
Taubman Health Sciences Library
Author of eight books and numerous articles on leading innovation
Host of PBS special on leading innovation
One of original 25 LinkedIn Influencers
Creator and commentator of NPR segment, The Next Idea
Created top rated channel on Connecting the Dots of Innovation on MOOC site Big Think
Write columns and blogs for Inc., Fortune, Wired, Psychology Today, Huffington Post,
LinkedIn and a wide array of other publications and sites with over a two million readers a
month
Advise several schools within the University of Michigan on the development of innovation
focused community and curriculum development including the Medical School, College of
Engineering, a2ru/ArtsEngine, the Human Resources Department, the Childhood Obesity
Center and the Department of Kinesiology to name a few
Frequent representative for the University on the subject of leading innovation, including M-
Connex video on jumpstarting innovation entitled Leading Innovation and fourteen part
Certified Professional Innovator series, and massive open online program Creativizing:
Mastering the Five Levels of Innovation.
Recipient of Voices of the Staff Faculty Award
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Collaborator in operationalizing the Competing Values Framework as an innovation and
value creation methodology
Program director for multiple Executive Education programs covering a wide array of
business topics
Rainmaker for customized corporate Executive Education programs, including the GE
Master’s Program which received a 4.9 Net Promoter Score, the highest in GE history
Place doctoral students at top research sites
Advise former students who have won numerous innovation awards, including the Franz
Edelman Prize for Innovation in Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Genius
Award in Marketing Analytics Innovation (Association of National Advertisers) and the
Google Directors Den Award.
Creator of numerous innovation development processes and methodologies widely used in
leading companies
Developer of leading innovation culture and competencies assessment
Founder of Innovatrium Institute of Innovation where students and faculty regularly work
with top businesses and organizations on innovation challenges
Popular speaker and one of the brand enhancing public faces of the Ross School of Business
Substantial consulting experience at the CEO level for numerous high profile multinationals
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
Master teacher: Leading creativity and innovation
Public speaking: Ranked top academic speaker
Course development: BBA, MBA, EMBA and Executive Education
Rainmaking, client relations and development
Process development: Innovation strategy, measurement, creativity methods, and
organizational development
EMPLOYMENT
The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Executive Education, Ann
Arbor, MI
Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations, September 2001 to Present
Develop a broad range of Executive Education courses and teach them at multiple international
locations. Achieved average teacher evaluation rating of excellent, and consistently rank among
highest rated faculty. Extensive successful proposal, course development, and customer
relationship management experience with both public and customized client programs.
Executive Education experience includes:
Director of Amcor Leading Innovation custom program
Director of Barton Malow innovation program
Director of Boehringer Ingelheim innovation program
Director of Certified Professional Innovator Certificate program
Director of GE Manufacturing Supply Chain Masters program
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Director of DSM customized program, Advanced Manufacturing Course
Director of GE Energy Executive program
Director of GE Money Executive program
Director of Leading Change program
Director of Leading Innovation program
Director of Management of Managers program
Director of PACCAR customized program, Leading Managers
Director of Pfizer customized program, Leading the Organization
Director of Reuters customized program, Leading Edge
Director of Select Comfort customized program, Leading Innovation
Faculty for the AB InBev customized program
Faculty for the BASF customized program
Faculty for the Boehringer-Ingelheim customized program
Faculty for the Citibank customized program
Faculty for the Executive Program
Faculty for the Human Resource Executive Program
Faculty for ICBC customized program
Faculty for the Lexmark customized program
Faculty for the Management II program
Faculty for the Management of Managers program
Faculty for the Mann and Hummel customized program
Faculty for the Manufacturing Executive Program
Faculty for the National Arts Strategies program
Faculty for the National Intelligence Agencies program
Faculty for the Nissan customized program
Faculty for the PCC custom program
Faculty for the Pitney-Bowes customized program
Faculty for the Positive Leadership: Creating Spectacular Organizational Success
Faculty for the Pressing Problems Workshop: Managing Creativity
Faculty for the Rapid Intelligence Workshop: Creativity at Work
Faculty for the Renewing Global Strategy
Faculty for the Spectrum Health customized program
Faculty for the University of Michigan Heath System customized program
Faculty for the Whirlpool customized program
Faculty for the WITS University customized program
Member of the Executive Education Advisory Board
Served on the Dean’s Executive Education Review Committee, charged with making
recommendations to enhance the program
Creator and Director of the Certified Professional Innovator Certificate Program, School of
Engineering
Executive MBA experience includes:
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Faculty for the Professional Development Seminar Leading Innovation (2005-Present)
Faculty for the MO 631 - Leading Value Creation (Fall 2003 and 2004)
MBA experience includes:
Designed, developed and teach MO/Strategy 563: Leading Innovation (2008-present)
Nominated for the Provost's Teaching Innovation Prize (Fall 2009)
Faculty advisor to the Organizational Strategy Consulting Club (2009-present)
Advisor Design and Business Club (Winter 2010 - present)
Presenter Leading Innovation in Troubled Times at Ross Alumni Reunion (Fall 2009)
Presenter MO Department panel on Michigan Recovery (Fall 2009)
Presenter at MO Department faculty meeting on the innovative use of “idea markets” and
“collaborative open innovation networks” (Winter 2010)
Faculty for MO563 Leading Innovation and Creativity (Fall 2008 - present)
Kickoff Faculty for Ross Leadership Initiative Foundation Session (Fall 2007 and 2008)
Faculty for the IESA MBA program (Winter 2006 and 2007)
Guest Faculty Presenter for Positive Organizational Scholarship Incubator Session (Fall
2007)
Guest Faculty Presenter for Operations and Management Science Departmental Seminar
Series (Fall 2007)
Guest Faculty Presenter for BIT 646 Projects in Solving Societal Problems Through
Enterprise and Innovation (Winter 2005 and 2006)
Guest Faculty Presenter for Ph.D. Program in Accounting Special Seminar (Winter 2004)
BBA experience includes:
Designed, developed and teach MO 463: Creativity at Work (2013)
BBA orientation keynote speaker (2012 and 2013)
Designed and delivered workshop for Michigan Practical Life Skills program
Additional responsibilities include developing and delivering Creativity Competencies, an
Executive Skills workshop, and various student orientations, graduation speeches, and alumni
workshops.
Dissertation committee member for Harris Wu, “Utilizing Structure and Context in an Online
Document Repository—Towards Collaborative Knowledge Management,” April 14th, 2005
Institutional affiliations include:
Faculty for Positive Organizational Scholarship Group
Competing Values, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI
Managing Partner, January 1990 to Present
3M, AbInBev, Acuity, ADC, AdTran, Alexion, Allied Signal, American College of Surgeons,
American Express, American Society of Employers, Anheuser-Busch, Apple, Argus, Ashland,
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Association of Art Museum Directors, Association of Organ Procurement Organization, Bank of
America, Barton Malow, Bayer, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bosch, Bridgestone, CalFarm
Insurance, Canadian College of Health Leaders, Ceridian, Cigna, CISCO, Citrix, Clark-Hill,
Clorox, Coca-Cola, Colgate, Comerica, Concordia University, Con Edison, Consumers Energy,
CSC-Index, Culture Source, Daily Mirror Group, Daimler, Detroit Energy, Detroit Chamber of
Commerce, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit Zoological Society, Deutsch Bank, Discover Ready,
Domino’s Pizza, Dow, Eaton, EDS, Environmental Protection Agency, Equinix, Executive
Leadership Institute, Fannie Mae, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Reserve Bank,
FedEx, Fidelity, Florida Power and Light, Ford, GE, Google, GM, Grainger, Hagerty, Haworth,
Henry Ford Medical Group, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Hermann Miller,
Hexcel Corp, Honeywell, HSBC, Hybris, ICBC, Ingersoll Rand, John Deere, Johnson and
Johnson, Johnson Controls, JP Morgan, Kinaxis, Knight Ridder, KPMG, La-Z-Boy, League of
American Orchestras, Lenovo, Little Caesars, Marriott, McDonalds, Media & Entertainment
Services Alliance, Meijer, Mercedes-Benz, Mercer-Delta, MetLife, Michigan Economic
Development Corporation, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, Michigan Municipal
League, Microsoft, Milliken, National Association of Corporate Directors, NeoCon, New York
Life, New York University Medical Center, Nigerian Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund),
Ocwen, Paragon, Perceptron, PCC, Pfizer, Plastipak Packaging, Polaroid, Proctor and Gamble,
ProMedica, ProQuest, Prudential, Quad Graphics, Sabre, San Antonio Spurs, Sanofi-Aventis,
Shinola, Society of Surgeons, Spectrum Health, SPX, Standard Products, Steelcase, Stream
Global, Syngenta, Tech Data, TetraPak, the Toledo Museum of Art, the University of Michigan
Medical Center, the Veteran’s Administration, Thomson-Reuters, Toyota, United Soybean
Board, United States Department of Energy, United States Air Force , United States Navy,United
Technologies, University of Dayton, University of Western Ontario, University of Wisconsin,
Venture Investors, Veterinary Study Group, Visa, Vonage, Walbridge, Weather Channel, Weil,
Gotshal and Manges, Wells Enterprises, WITS University, YPO-WPO, Zurich National
Collaborator in operationalizing the Competing Values Framework as an innovation and value
creation methodology that integrates strategy, finance, innovation development and human
resource management disciplines. Creator of innovation incubation processes and change
management methodologies widely used in leading companies, including the Creativize Method.
Developer of a leading innovation culture and competencies assessment used by GE, Pfizer, and
American Express. Creator of the Innovatrium Institute of Innovation, a not-for-profit innovation
partnership between top universities and top firms to develop new practices for leading
innovation.
University of Michigan, School of Business, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource
Management Department, Ann Arbor, MI
Adjunct Associate Professor, January 1990 to August 2001
Developed and taught over 35 sections of MBA courses over an eight-year interval. Achieved
average teacher evaluation rating of excellent, and consistently ranked among highest rated
faculty in the School.
Created a new course, Managing Creativity, and got it approved by the School as a
permanent offering.
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Redeveloped two existing courses, Managing Innovation and Managing Change to
become cornerstones for general management, consulting and strategy career paths.
Assisted and advised student groups, including the Michigan Consulting Club and the
Black Business Student Association, and faculty on leading edge intervention practices
and market opportunities.
University of Michigan, Office of the Vice Provost for Information and Technology
Development, Ann Arbor, MI
Strategy Development Advisor, January to June 1995
Develop strategies to establish an Academic Outreach Program to extend Michigan's curriculum
and audience in targeted categories and markets around the world. Assess internal needs and
media capabilities of the University community. Identify possible industry partnerships and
initiate negotiations. Explore opportunities for highbred degrees between departments. Create a
business plan for a virtual University.
Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Visiting Professor, July and August 1994 and 1995
Develop and teach MBA course Managing Creativity. Average teacher evaluation rating of
excellent. Assist and advise student, government, and industry groups on leading edge
intervention practices and market opportunities.
Domino's Pizza Distribution Corp., Ann Arbor, MI
Vice President of Communications and New Ventures, September 1985 to December 1990
Leadership responsibilities for all facets of professional services including human resources,
public relations, information services, and finance for one of the fastest growing multi-billion
dollar international company in the 1980s. Member of Distribution Executive Team. Developed
a pioneering distributed data processing system and corporate training company. Advisor to CEO
on corporate strategy. Incubated innovation initiatives into start-up firms.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Leading creativity and innovation, innovation incubation processes, collaborative innovation
networks, and measuring innovation and growth
BOOKS
The Innovation Code: The Creative Power of Constructive Conflict (with Staney DeGraff),
August 2017, Berrett-Koehler
Making Stone Soup: How to Jumpstart Innovation Teams, June 2014, Amazon Publishing
Certified Professional Innovator Handbook, December 2014, Amazon Publishing
The Enlivened Self: The Art of Growing, December 2013, Amazon Publishing
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Innovation You: Four Steps to Becoming New and Improved, August 2011, Random House
Leading Innovation: How to Jumpstart Your Company’s Growth Engine (with Shawn Quinn),
August 2006, McGraw-Hill
Competing Values Leadership: Creating Value in Organizations (with Kim Cameron, Robert
Quinn, and Anjan Thakor), August 2006, Eward Elgar Publishing
Creativity at Work: Developing the Right Practices to Make Innovation Happen (with
Katherine Lawrence), August, 2002, Jossey-Bass
ARTICLES
“Rethinking the Liberal Arts for Business Education: The Rise of the Pracademic,” BizEd,
December 14, 2016
“How to Create a Creative Leader” by Jeff DeGraff, Talent Quarterly, Issue 7, Fall 2015
“Constructive Conflict: The Essential Role of Diversity in Organizational Innovation” by Jeff
DeGraff and Chris Mueller, Positive Organizing in a Global Society: Understanding and
Engaging Differences for Capacity Building & Inclusion, Routledge, September, 2015
“Leading Innovation in a Creative Milieu” by Peter Bacevice and Jeff DeGraff, The Kindai
Management Review, February 2013
“Innovativeness as Positive Deviance: Identifying and Operationalizing the Attributes,
Functions, and Dynamics That Create Growth” by Jeff DeGraff and Daniel Nathan Roberts, The
Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship, July 2011
“The Sky’s the Limit when it comes to innovation. But how best to stimulate it? Training went to
the Innovatrium to find out” Cover story, Training, January, 2010
“How You Innovate is What You Innovate,” by Jeff DeGraff, The 2009 Pfeiffer Annual:
Leadership Development, October 2008
“Open Source Your Innovation,” by Jeff DeGraff and Pete Bacevice, Journal of Innovative
Management, Winter 2008
“Innovation Mavens,” Human Resource Executive Magazine, June 16, 2007
“Growth Gone Wild: Keeping unprecedented growth from killing your business,” My Business,
February/March 2007
“Leading Innovation: A Playbook for Growth,” Dividend, Fall 2006
“Creativizers: Find them and Use Them” Leadership Excellence, December 2006
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“What Makes a Company Innovative?” ManageSmarter, October 18th 2006
“Innovation Drives Growth but Doesn’t Require Reinventing the Wheel or the Menu” R&I
Magazine, October 2006
“Make Innovation Work in Your Workplace” (with Peter Bacevice) Training and Development
Magazine, August 2006
“Managing Innovation in China and the US” Peking University Business Review, No. 1, Vol. 18,
January 2006
“Leading Innovation: A Playbook for Growth” Dividend, Winter 2007
“The Case for Creativizing the MBA”, MBA Roundtable, Summer 2005, 15-19.
“5 Ways to Innovate”, Fintra, January, 2004, 9.
“Creativity at Work: Navigating the Roadmap to Value Creation”, Dividend, Spring 2003
“Creating Sustained Shareholder Value – And Dispelling Some Myths” (with Robert Quinn and
Anjan Thakor). Financial Times Pt 5, October 25, 1999
"The Revisionary Visionary - Beyond Leadership as Performance Art." (with Suzanne Merritt),
Journal of Aesthetic Education, September 1996
"Strategic Dislocations: Reconsidering the Role of Benchmarking in the Development of Core
Competencies." (with Erna-Lynne Bogue and Charles Stout) Best Practices in Health Care,
v1, January 1996
“Notes on Computer Literacy.” International Journal of Instructional Technology, v12 No 3,
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COMMITTEES AND ADVISORY BOARDS
Member of the University of Michigan Office of Research Advisory Committee for the
Distinguished University Innovator Award
Faculty advisor to Munger Hall
Faculty advisor to Entrepreneurship Program
Faculty advisor to Order of Angel
Faculty advisor to Design + Business Club
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Faculty advisor to Human Capital Club
Faculty advisor to M-Powered Club
Advisory board member of the Research Institute of Management Innovation At Kinki
University (2009-present)
Advisory board member of The Institute for Innovation and Growth at Washington University
(2009-present)
The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Executive Education Steering
Committee, Ann Arbor, MI 2008-present
The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Dean’s Executive Education Review
Committee, Ann Arbor, MI 2006
Program Fellow, Aspen Institute (Think tank member on Tomorrow's Corporation panel to
determine future trends in business), Aspen, CO, 1993
Advisory Board Member, University of Michigan - School of Information Studies, Ann Arbor,
MI, 1990 to 1992
Advisory Board Member, State of Michigan – Governor’s Telecommunications Task Force,
Lansing, MI, January 1988
Advisory Board Member, PBS - Business Television, Washington. D.C., 1988
Board of Advisors. Wayne County, Private Industry Council, Detroit. MI, 1987
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Ph.D. Educational Technology, Minor: Communication and Information Studies, August
1985
Dissertation: Towards a Theory of Presentational Form: A Case Study
What makes television instructional? This work is an integrating analysis of competing and
diverging views of instructional television from the perspectives of formalist and semiology
based media theory, algorithmic cognitive inquiry strategy, and videographic production
techniques. The dissertation explores, via a case study of the PBS series The Brain, how
presentational forms are a junction of common discourse between media theorists, instructional
designers, and television producers. The work of Noel Burch and John Ellis is drawn upon to
generate a common lexicon for the material object of television, and to articulate overlap and
gaps in all three perspectives. The dissertation committee was comprised of (Chair) Michael
Streibel. Ann Becker. Liz Ellsworth, Harry Zimmerman, and Ted Pope.
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.A., Communication and Information Studies, April 1982
Teaching Assistant and Fellow: Department of Communication and Residential Program. Llyod
Hall Scholar
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
B. S., Communication Arts and Sciences, Minor: English, April 1980
Michigan Secondary Teaching Certificate
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Average over 25 keynote speeches a year for corporate clients and conventions. Listed below are
few diverse highlights:
Developing an Innovation Mindset in Air Force Officers, US Air Force War College,
Montgomery, Alabama, May 22, 2017
Innovation Challenges and Opportunities for Corporate Governance, National Association of
Corporate Directors Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 18, 2016
Integrating Innovation into an Operational Excellence Framework, Association of Organ
Procurement Organization Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, June 21, 2016
Master Class in Innovation, Univ. of Michigan, Department of Surgery, Continuing Education
Series, October 28, 2016
How Outside-In Innovation will Rest Control of Health Care from Health Care Providers, GE
Healthcare, Annual 30 Rock Healthcare CEO Conference, New York, NY, September 28, 2016
Jumpstarting Innovation in University Curriculum, Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn, Conference to
Launch the Talent Gateway, September 23, 2016
Innovation and the Transformation of the American Film Industry, Media & Entertainment
Services Alliance Annual Summit, Los Angeles, CA, June 14, 2016
The Innovator’s Journey from Start-up to Budge Bracket, Detroit Chamber of Commerce Middle
Market CEO Summit - Detroit Chamber, Detroit, MI, October 27, 2016
Building Detroit Innovation, Crain’s 100 Anniversary Celebration, Detroit Athletic Club,
Detroit, Michigan, April 12, 2016
Developing a Creativity Cluster in Detroit, Culture Source Annual Meeting, Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit, January 27, Detroit, Michigan
Leading Collaborative Innovation in the Academy: Beyond the Boundaries, University of
Western Ontario, Annual Faculty Conference, London, Canada, October 30, 2015
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Collaborative Innovation Leadership: Stepping beyond the Boundaries, Canadian Health
Leaders Association, Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 20, 2015
Creating Scalable Innovations in Manufacturing, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center,
Proud to Manufacturer in Michigan Conference 2015, Mt. Pleasant, MI September 24, 2015
Leading Innovation in the Age of Health Care Transformation, Doris and John Cameron oration,
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, John Chapman Oration, Washington, D.C., May 17,
2015
The Innovation Challenge, Translational Oncology Program, University of Michigan, NCRC,
December 12, 2014
Developing Innovation Competencies, Detroit Human Resources Summit, GM Renaissance
Center, Detroit, MI, November 18, 2014
Making Innovation Happen in Michigan, Michigan Economic Development Annual Conference,
November 13, 2014
The New Physician as Innovator, Medical School Orientation, University of Michigan, August 4,
2014
Fostering Innovation at the American College of Surgeons, American College of Surgeons,
Annual Regents Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 19, 2014
What It Will Really Take to Reestablish Detroit as a Center for Innovation, Detroit Tech Expo
Innovation Forum, The Fillmore Theatre, Detroit, May 21, 2014
Stirring Up Collaborative Innovation in Michigan Governor’s Economic Summit, Grand Rapids,
MI, March, 2014
Making Stone Soup: How Collaborative Innovation Works…and Doesn’t in Detroit, OpenCo,
Detroit, MI, September 2013
Making Innovation Happen: From Ideation to Patentability, GM Patent Awards Ceremony,
October, 2013
Jumpstarting Innovation in the Age of Health Care Reform, American College of Surgeons,
Chicago, IL, April, 2014
Connecting the Dots of Innovation in Health Care Research, Medical Research Leadership
Academy, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2013
Every Company is Healthcare Company, TEDMED, Washington, D.C., April 2013
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Innovation You, YPO-WPO, Ann Arbor, MI, March, 2013
The Future has Come and Gone and You Missed It, Graduate Management Admissions Council
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 2013
Revitalizing the Biotech Sector in Michigan, MichBios Annual Conference, Plymouth, MI, April
2011
Connecting the Dots of Innovation at the University of Michigan, Business and Finance Annual
Conference, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, January, 2011
Driving Growth thru Innovation in the Not-for-Profit Sector, Council for Michigan Foundations
Annual Conference, Traverse City, MI October, 2010
Jumpstarting Michigan’s Innovation Engine, Innovation Destination, University Research
Corridor Symposium, Troy, April, 2010
Leading Innovation in Not for Profits, Executive Leadership Institute, April, 2010, Ann Arbor
Making Stone Soup: Teaching Collaborative Innovation at the Ross School of Business,
Michigan California Seminar, San Francisco, April 2010
Developing Sustainable Innovation Capabilities at the University of Michigan, Michigan Human
Resources Department Strategic Planning Retreat, Ann Arbor, March 2010
Creating Collaborative Open Innovation Networks, Atlanta Leadership Symposium, Atlanta,
February, 2010
Leading Collaborative Innovation, University of Michigan Annual Employee Voices
Conference, Ann Arbor, October, 2009
Creating an Innovative Culture at Michigan, Rackham Graduate School Team Development
Retreat, Ann Arbor, September, 2009
Driving Entrepreneurial Innovation in a Down Market, Benjamin Franklin Award, Bethlehem,
PA, May, 2009
How to Jumpstart Michigan Growth Economy, Executive Learning and Mentoring Series,
Lansing, MI, May, 2009
Creating Brand You, Ross Leadership Initiative Foundation Session, Ann Arbor, August 24,
2007
Emerging Innovation Marketing Practices in Latin America, Televisa Annual Client Conference,
Mexico City, Mexico, June 27, 2007
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Innovation Strategies and Practices in Asia, Asian-Pacific American Forum, Los Angeles, CA,
May 1, 2007
Creating Growth Competencies at the Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Annual Retreat, Clinton
Presidential Library, Little Rock, AR, April 11, 2007
Making Innovation Happen, General Electric Annual Leadership Conference, Orlando, January
8, 2007
Leading Technological Innovation, COMDEX, San Francisco, CA September 19, 2006
Leadership and the Road to Value Creation, FBI Annual Leadership Conference, Ann Arbor,
August 14, 2005
EMBA Commencement Speech, The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan,
April 30, 2004
Weird Science of the MBA, Graduate Management Schools Admissions Council, Newport Beach,
February, 2004
Leading Innovation, GE Women’s Network Annual Conference, New York, New York, 2004
Creating an Innovatrium, Mendoza School of Business, Notre Dame, 2003
Wholonics Value Creation, University of Michigan, Alumni Presentation, Ann Arbor, 2001
Managing Innovation, RVC Greenhouse Fund CTO Conference, New York, 2001
The Renaissance of the Total Individual, Young President's Organization Beyond the Bottom
Line Conference, Manila, 1996
Beyond Strategic Benchmarking, University Health Care Consortium Annual Conference,
Chicago, 1996
How Far to Ithaca? Navigating Change in the Non-Geographic Age, Aspen Institute
Tomorrow's Corporation Conference, Aspen, 1993
Simulations in Innovation Strategy: Beyond Organization, CSC-Index Vanguard Conference,
San Francisco, 1992
Technological Innovations: The Corporate Advantage, Association of Educational
Communications and Technology National Convention, Anaheim, 1990
Where Are the Entrepreneurs of Education? Michigan Association for Computer Users in
Learning Annual Conference, Traverse City, 1990
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Innovative Corporate Information Systems, MacWorld, Boston, 1989
How to Build Environments Where People Are Self-Motivated, Small Business Administration,
Governor's Convention, Detroit, 1989
Notes on How To Create an Innovative Business, University of Iowa, School of Business
Administration Inauguration of the Executive Learning Program, Iowa City, 1989
Instructional Television Networks and the Future of Continuing Education, Telestrategies
National Bureau of Affairs Special Issues Convention, Washington, 1988,
How to Build Bench Strength in the Executive Ranks, Michigan President's Forum Quarterly
Meeting, Lansing, 1987
Technology and The Lost Art of Teaching, Environmental Protection Agency National Training
Conference, Ann Arbor, 1989
MAGAZINE COLUMNS AND BLOGS
I write a regular column for the following publications and blogs:
Inc. (www.inc.com)
“Innovating Your Way to a Good Job [Infographic]”April 11, 2016
“The Top 3 Creativity Blockers--and How to Manage Them” March 28, 2016
“It's the Talent, Stupid” March 14, 2016
“The Conscious Company and Other Myths” February 29, 2016
“Walking the Tightrope on the Innovation Bell Curve” February 16, 2016
“The Art of Making Time for Your Biggest Ideas [Infographic]” February 1, 2016
“How Breakthrough Ideas Become Mainstream” January 18, 2016
“This Is How America Can Become the World's Most Creative Country” January 4, 2016
“Why Crowdsourcing Has Ruined the Art of Innovation” December 21, 2015
“The Graduation Speech I Didn't Give [Infographic]” December 14, 2015
“How to Play the Innovation Game [Infographic]” November 30, 2015
“Innovating Innovation Strategy: Part 3” October 26, 2015
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“Innovating Innovation Strategy: Part 2” October 19, 2015
“Innovating Innovation Strategy: Part 1” October 12, 2015
“Infographic: Recreating Your Company” October 6, 2015
“The Greatest Innovations Are the Ones You Don't See” September 21, 2015
“Teaching Your Leaders How to Learn” September 14, 2015
“The Question Is The Answer” September 7, 2015
“Culture Creates the Economics of Innovation” August 31, 2015
“Skeptics Create True Believers in Your Innovation” August 24, 2015
“A Map for Engineering Your Next Innovation [Infographic]” August 17, 2015
“Assembling Your Innovation Advisory Board” August 10, 2015
“When Nobody Wants Your Innovation” August 3, 2015
“The Three Realities of Innovators” July 27, 2015
“Start an Innovation Chautauqua” July 20, 2015
“The Unlikely Source of Your Next Big Breakthrough” July 13, 2015
“The Wisdom of the Rule of Three” July 6, 2015
“What Will You Give Up to Make Room For Innovation?” June 29, 2015
“How to Win the Innovation Race” June 22, 2015
“Picture This: Using Visual Aids to Inspire Creativity” June 15, 2015
“The 4 Most Creative Kinds of Leaders” June 8, 2015
“3 Unexpected Ways to Get More Innovative” June 1, 2015
“From Brand to Brand New: How to Re-Create Your Brand” May 25, 2015
“How to Free Up Your Ability to Think Creatively” May 18, 2015
“The Innovator's Storybook: Creativity and the Well-Told Tale” May 11, 2015
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“The Good, the Bad, and the Future of Creative Collaboration” May 4, 2015
“The Secret to Teaching Creativity at Business School” April 27, 2015
“Using the Right Innovation Tool for the Right Innovation Job” April 20, 2015
“The Myth of Creativity On-Demand” April 12, 2015
“The Best Way to Look for the Next Big Thing” April 6, 2015
“Positive Thinking: A Brief User's Guide” March 30, 2015
“The Future Has Come and Gone: You Just Missed It” March 23, 2015
“Want Radical Innovation? Here's Where to Look” March 16, 2015
“The New Rules of Innovation” March 9, 2015
“The Inverse Innovation Cycle”, February 16, 2015
“Innovation Starts in the Belly of the Beast”, February 9, 2015
“Innovation in Higher Education: Here We Go Again”, February 2, 2015
“Critics Make the Best Innovation Evangelists”, January 26, 2015
“Innovation Hurts: Why Courage is More Important than Creativity”, January 19, 2015
“How to See the Future First”, January 12, 2015
“The Top Innovations We Should've Seen in 2014”, January 5, 2015
“How to Lead Innovation like Superheroes: Knowing When Your Strength Becomes a
Weakness”, December 29, 2014
“The Upside of Discovering Your Incompetencies”, December 22, 2014
“Need to Get Creative? How to Create an Idea Space”, December 15, 2014
“How to Do More With Less”, December 8, 2014
“How to Weed Out Projects That Aren't Worth Your Time”, December 1, 2014
“How to Jump-Start Radical Change in Your Company”, November 24, 2014
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“How to Find Your Next Super Star Employee”, November 17, 2014
“The Low-Risk Way to Design Breakthrough Products”, November 10, 2014
“The Key to Creating Partnerships That Work”, November 3, 2014
“4 Innovation Strategies to Forecast the Future”, October 27, 2014
“How to Turn Conflict Into Creativity”, October 20, 2014
“How to Create Better Ideas Faster”, October 13, 2014
“What is Innovation?” October 6, 2014
Salon (www.salon.com)
“This is the end of marriage, capitalism and God. Finally!” February 6, 2016
Fortune (www.management.fortune.cnn.com)
“So, you want to be a creative genius?” September 13, 2013
“Oh, the joys of screwing up,” March 18, 2013
“Why innovation is so hard,” January 16, 2103
“Why the ‘most innovative’ companies aren’t,” March 13, 2013
“7 deadly sins of business growth,” September 5, 2102
LinkedIn Influencers (www.LinkedIn.com)
“Omphaloskepsis aka Contemplating Your Own Navel,” May 5, 2104
“Complexity First; Simplicity Last,” April 28, 2104
“The Mongolian Barbeque Effect on Innovation,” April 14, 2014
“It’s Time We Invented a Holodeck,” April 7, 2014
“Trying to Create Tomorrow’s Company with Yesterday’s Rules and Tools- Pat III, Moving from
the Old to the New,” March 31, 2014
“Trying to Create Tomorrow’s Company with Yesterday’s Rules and Tools- Pat II, The New
Rules and Tools,” March 24, 2014
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“Trying to Create Tomorrow’s Company with Yesterday’s Rules and Tools- Pat I, The Need for
Speed and Magnitude,” March 17, 2014
“Mastering the Five Levels of Creativity- Part V,” March 10, 2014
“Mastering the Five Levels of Creativity- Part IV,” March 3, 2014
“Mastering the Five Levels of Creativity- Part III,” February 24, 2014
“Mastering the Five Levels of Creativity- Part II,” February 17, 2014
“Mastering the Five Levels of Creativity- Part I,” February 10, 2014
“Doing the Creative Work the Company Cant- Part III, How You Innovate is What You
Innovate,” February 3, 2014
“Doing the Creative Work the Company Cant- Part II, The Rise of the Creativizer,” January 27,
2014
“Doing the Creative Work the Company Cant- Part I, The Way of the Café,” January 20, 2014
“Collaborative Innovation, The Cure for Pharama’s Innovation Affliction?” January 13, 2014
“Is this the Accidental End of Marriage, Capitalism and Religion,” January 6, 2014
“Innovation is Messy, Navigating the Twists,” January 2, 2014
“Embracing Failure and Working at the Edges,” December 23, 2013
“Innovation as Deviation, Embrace the Unknown,” December 16, 2013
“From Theory to Action, Taking Purposeful Action,” December 10, 2013
“Master the Art of SODOTO- See One, Do One, Teach One,” December 2, 2013
“Wholonics-The Structures and Dynamics of Wholeness,” November 25, 2013
“The Discoverers”, I Learned to See the Bigger Picture,” November 19, 2013
“My First Job I was Henry Ford in Reverse,” November 12, 2013
“In Praise of Control Freak Innovators,” November 4, 2013
“The Innovation Genome,” October 29, 2013
“The Pangloss Paradox or On Excessive Optimism,” October 21, 2013
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“Harvesting Winning Ideas,” October 14, 2013
“Stop Starting and Start Stopping if You Want Innovation to Happen,” October 8, 2013
“On Congressional Conflict and Constructive Innovation,” September 30, 2013
“Joyriding with Any Rand,” September 18, 2013
“The Art of Growing Old,” September 16, 2013
“The Two Faces of Facebook,” September 13, 2013
“The Innovation Do-Over List,” September 11, 2013
“A TED Talk on Changing Health Care from the Outside In,” September 9, 2013
“Learning to See the Future First,” September 5, 2013
“Multitasking There’s an App for That,” August 29, 2013
“Out with the New and in with the Old,” August 26, 2013
“Save Us, Creativity!” August 22, 2013
“Creating Your Secret Identity,” August 20, 2013
“Making Stone Soup- How to Really Make Collaborative Innovation Work, Where You work,”
August 12, 2013
“The Joys of Screwing Up,” August 5, 2013
“Why the Most Innovative Companies Aren’t,” August 1, 2013
“Why Innovation is So Hard,” July 30, 2013
“MacGyver Mind, McDonald’s Mind,” July 9, 2013
“For All the Go to Guy’s on Father’s Day,” June 10, 2013
“Class of 2013, The Graduation Speech I Didn’t Give,” May 7, 2013
“Alien Innovator Syndrome,” April 1, 2013
“On the Hypocrisy of Innovators,” March 4, 2013
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“Why Leaders Don’t Understand How to Play the Innovation Game,” February 11, 2013
“Your New Year’s Absolution,” January 16, 2013
“Changing into Your Christmas Culture,” November 27, 2012
“Rebalancing Your Portfolio Life,” November 15, 2012
“Recreating Your Company,” October 26, 2012
“Innovating Your Way to a Good Job,” October 2, 2012
Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com)
“Enlighten and Entertain,” September 5, 2012
“Show; Don't Tell,” August 29, 2012
“From Theory to Practice,” August 22, 2012
“Take Multiple Shots on Goal,” August 15, 2012
“Getting Better Every Day in Every Way,” August 8, 2012
“Apprentice the Sorcerer,” July 26, 2012
“Go Double Dutch,” July 13, 2012
“Hide Inside Trojan Horses,” June 20, 2012
“Break Down the Game Film,” June 14, 2012
“Forget 80, 20; Use the 20/80 Rule Instead,” June 5, 2012
“Viva la Revolucion,” May 23, 2012
“Devise with Revisionary Eyes,” May 17, 2012
“Watch the Weather,” May 10, 2012
“Sync it Up,” May 1, 2012
“Inventory the Goods,” April 18, 2012
“Take a Higher Point of View,” April 3, 2012
“Exhibit the Artifacts of Life,” March 29, 2012
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“Empty the Bag,” March 22, 2012
“How to Grow – Part 2,” March 14, 2012
“How to Grow – Part 1,” March 8, 2012
“Thoughts on the Structure and Dynamics of Growth,” February 28, 2012
“A Capital Idea,” February 14, 2012
“Youtopia is Nowheresville,” February 1, 2012
“A Waldorf Salad,” January 25, 2012
“Deconstruct to Reconstruct,” January 16, 2012
“The Most American Thing in America,” January 11, 2012
“Customize the Contradictions,” January 3, 2012
The Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com)
“Creating Your Secret Identity,” November 6, 2012
“Save Us Creativity,” September 13, 2013
“Out With the New and in With the Old,” August 9, 2012
“Multitasking: There's an App for That,” July 10, 2012
“The Two Faces of Facebook,” June, 26, 2012
“We Are the Company - and Books - We Keep,” May 18, 2012
“Learning to See the Future First,” June 2, 2012
“The Art of Growing Old,” March 27, 2012
“MacGyvering Our Way Out of the Creativity Crisis,” May 19, 2012
“Joyriding with Ayn Rand,” February 28, 2012
“The Innovation Do-Over List,” February 10, 2012
“The All-Wheel-Drive of Republican Candidates,” January 17, 2012
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“The New Mass as New Coke,” January 6, 2012
“Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss,” December 15, 2011
“The Patron Saint of Mediocrity (or How I Would Settle for Merely Competent Leaders),”
December 12, 2011
“It's Education, Stupid (Not Taxes),” November 28, 2011
“On Congress, the Deficit and the 20/80 Rule,” January 16, 2011
“The Missed Call,” January 12, 2011
I regularly write numerous additional columns for the following publications and web sites:
American Express (www.openforum.com)
B2C (www.business2community.com)
Best Thinking (www.bestthinking.com)
Big Think (www.bigthink.com)
Chamber of Commerce (www.chamberofcommerce.com)
Examiner (www.examiner.com)
Management Innovation Exchange (www.managementexchange.com)
PBS Next Avenue (www.nextavenue.org)
Thought Leaders (www.thoughtleadersllc.com)
POPULAR PRESS CITIATIONS AND MEDIA APPREARANCES
Michigan Radio: The Next Idea (http://michiganradio.org/programs/next-idea)
I co-created a regular NPR segment and appear as a guest on Michigan Radio’s most popular
program and write essays each month:
“Forget net neutrality, regulatory neutrality is what we really need,” May 13, 2017
“The watch me web,” May 8, 2017
“Go to college or die early,” May 1, 2017
“Currency innovations like bitcoin could render bank deregulation moot,” April 3, 2017
“Maybe we should build a wall to keep our talented people in,” March 27, 2017
“Employment for all Americans is ideal, Protectionist trade policies are not the way to do it,”
March 6, 2017
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“When it comes to health care reform, innovation will matter more than politics,” February 23,
2017
“Americans now see the truth as relative. What comes next?” February 16, 2017
“Some games are over after one win or loss. Democracy is not that kind of game,” January 19,
2017
“What’s coming next in 2017? Hint: It’s not autonomous vehicles,” January 12, 2017
“Is this the end of marriage, capitalism, and God?” December 8, 2016
“The world is complex, so why do we let our candidates talk to us like simpletons?” November
7, 2016
“To both candidates, where exactly will the jobs come from?” November 3, 2016
“For better or worse, technology erodes boundary between personal and professional life,”
October 20, 2016
“Nobel Prizes show that the biggest innovations are happening at molecular level,” October 13,
2016
“To fight the system, ignore it and innovate now,” September 29, 2016
“When it comes to attracting corporations to Michigan, talent tops low tax,” Jun 6, 2016
“U-M business program seeks to create "renaissance in innovation" in Michigan,” April 18,
2016
“It's time to rethink liberal arts education in Michigan,” April 4, 2016
“Where do the truly great innovations lie?” January 7, 2016
“Despite politics, strides made in 2015 to break Michigan's status quo,” December 17, 2015
“Israel's innovation success shows Michigan could use more political courage”, November 23,
2015
“Today's open source movement takes cue from Ben Franklin”, November 16, 2015
“When efficiency hinders innovation, carmakers must learn to ‘just say no”, November 2, 2015
“More arts education key to creating Michigan's culture of innovation”, August 27, 2015
“The Kalamazoo Promise is working, so why is it only in Kalamazoo?” July 20, 2015
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“With our divisions growing, Michigan could use a common story”, June 22, 2015
“Michigan's missing the boat on its freshwater economy”, May 28, 2015
“Innovator says Michigan doesn't need radical public transit overhaul”, March 16, 2015
“New immigrants are crucial to Michigan's future”, February 26, 2015
“Technology not the cure-all for Michigan's classrooms”, February 12, 2015
“Standards and efficiency stifle innovation”, February 5, 2015
“Automotive innovations can help diversify Michigan economy”, January 19, 2015
“Let's try playing favorites to boost Michigan's economy”, December 15, 2014
“Time to turn Michigan's "three economies" into one”, December 15 1, 2014
“Michigan's future starts with new ideas”, November 17, 2014
Additional Citations and Appearances
Interview with Jeff DeGraff: Influencer and Dreamer, Episode 12, www.jumblethink.com,
March 2, 2017
Encouraging Innovation through Conflict with Jeff DeGraff, Episode 145,
www.awesomeatyourjob.com, April 19, 2017
Appearance on WJR program The Internet Advisor, “The Future of Consumer Electronics,”
January 10, 2015
How to Kickstart Innovative Thinking with Jeff DeGraff of the Michigan Ross School of
Business, Ross School of Business, Leading in Thought and Action video series, October 14,
2014
Appearance on NPR program Craig Fahley Show, “Michigan Economic Development”, March
26, 2014
Daily Business, “Five Qs: Jeff DeGraff on Innovation as it Relates to Michigan”, March 19, 2014
Appearance on NBC program Flashpoint, “Revitalizing Detroit”, November 27, 2013
“Innovation Mavens,” cover story, Human Resource Executive, June 16, 2007
“Leading Innovation: A Playbook for Growth,” Dividend, Spring, 2007
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“Profs: Build a New Generation of Leaders for Ongoing Success,” Enterprise Notebook, April
2007
“Summer Reading List from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business,” Michigan
Future, May 30, 2007
“On average, bosses getting younger,” Detroit Free Press, December 22, 2006; story also
appeared in the following publications under various titles: Columbia Daily Tribune, January
10, 2007; Providence Journal of Rhode Island, January 14, 2007; Honolulu Advertiser,
January 15, 2007; Columbus Dispatch, January 21, 2007; topix.net, January 21, 2007; San
Jose Mercury News, January 21, 2007; VenturaCountyStar.com, January 14, 2007; and Times
Argus, January 14, 2007
“IT Builds a Better Idea,” cover story, CIO, February 1, 2007
“CEA Attempts To Bolster PARA Confidence,” Twice Magazine, February 2, 2007
“Growth Gone Wild,” My Business, February 2, 2007
“Innovation drives growth but doesn’t require reinventing the wheel or the menu,” cover story,
R & I Magazine, October 2006
“Queen of Pop: Meet Mary Minnick. She’s blunt. She’s impatient. . .” cover story,
BusinessWeek, August 7, 2006
“Frankly speaking, haute dogs go gourmet,” USA TODAY, September 18, 2006
“Vacation? What’s that?: Some job-addicted Americans just can’t bring themselves to break
away,” Detroit Free Press, June 24, 2004
“Firm Services,” Partner’s Report for CPA Firm Owners, December 2004
"Innovate or Die Trying," cover story, Training, May 1, 2006
“Performance Management That Drives Results,” Harvard Management Update, September 1,
2004