Jeff DeGraff

SPECIAL SESSION: INNOVATION IN FOCUS
Every Company is a Healthcare Company: Innovating From the Outside In
Moderator

BIO:
Jeff DeGraff is Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Jeff’s research and writing focuses on leading innovation. He is co-author of several books including Creativity at Work, Leading Innovation and Competing Values Leadership. His public television program Innovation You introduces his ideas about innovation to viewers across America. Jeff’s opinions on contemporary business matters are covered by NPR, Business Week, US News and World Report, Fortune and the Wall Street Journal to name a few. He writes syndicated columns and blog for Psychology Today, Big Think, LinkedIn and the Huffington Post.  He has consulted with hundreds of the world’s most prominent firms and has developed a broad array of widely used creativity and innovation methodologies and tools. Dr. DeGraff founded a leading innovation institute, Innovatrium, with labs in Ann Arbor and Atlanta. Jeff got his nickname, the Dean of Innovation, while he was a member of the executive team at Domino’s Pizza when it was one of the fastest growing businesses in the world in the 1980’s.

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Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan