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Innovation separates the leaders from the laggards. While there’s no surefire path to the kind of breakthrough creative thinking that leads to the next big thing, organizations are on the prowl for ways to spark innovation.Vidhya Abhijith is the co-founder of Codewave Technologies in Bengaluru, India. The PMI Future 50 leader talks about the link between design thinking and innovation, and how team members can push one another to think differently.Yuri Bartzis, innovation manager at Pomerleau in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discusses how the company’s innovation teams seek out new technologies and working processes. He also talks about one of the innovation team’s pilot projects with Spot, an autonomous robotic canine. Key themes [00:42] Building cultures to spark innovation[03:19] How design thinking can help deliver innovative solutions[04:06] Stakeholders, team members, customers—all can share innovative ideas[08:10] Innovation initiatives to embrace new tech, work processes[10:48] Testing Spot, the autonomous robot, on a project site[12:26] Buy-in from upper management key to embrace innovation 

The World Bank estimates 1 billion people experience some form of disability. That means accessibility must be built into how teams approach every project—helping them deliver more value to everyone.Kathryn Rutkowski, PMP, senior program manager, Atlassian, Sydney, Australia, discusses how bringing in experts can help bring an accessibility sensibility to project teams. She also talks about designing projects with accessibility customers in mind to create a better experience for everyone.Matt Ligas, principal, Michael Graves Architecture & Design, Washington, D.C., USA, discusses a project to build accessible homes for military families and how feedback from the homes’ occupants has influenced design decisions. He also shares how architects play a key role in keeping an accessibility focus on projects.Key themes [00:57] Increased awareness, legislation for accessibility[02:36] Building accessible sensibility into project teams  [06:01] Design thinking: Think of accessibility customers as people with difficulties, not disabilities [08:07] Pushing Atlassian’s accessibility program forward[10:02] Making accessibility standard on projects, products[11:34] Personal experience puts focus on accessible design[13:29] Customer-focused design on Accessible Military Housing project[17:21] State of accessibility: We’re doing better than ever, but there’s still work to be done 

Without a permanent physical office, digital nomads are leading projects as they travel the world.Ott Vatter, managing director of the e-Residency program in the Republic of Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia, discusses how the project helped create a community for digital nomads. Christina Nguyen, PMP, strategy practice leader for Global Professional & Field Services, Dell Technologies, Austin, Texas, USA, talks about leading a project portfolio as a digital nomad. She also shares the lessons she learned and how the experience changed how she leads projects and teams. Plus, the value of online upskilling. Matt Koch, PMP, vice president and director of operations for the federal business unit at Atkins North America, shares how his team benefited from the online courses at PMTraining.com Key themes[03:28] The need for community among digital nomads[07:29] Discovering the “new normal” of the digital nomad lifestyle[10:17] Building connections through empathy[11:54] New challenges of remote working during COVID-19[15:21] Remote upskilling through PMTraining.com