Laura Ryan - Creativity and Strategy

The guest in our third episode of the Creative Flow podcast series hosted by Kim Marie McKernan and Anthony Billoni, is Laura Ryan,  a change agent forging new ground in the area of strategy and creativity.  As an Advisor to the President, she responsible for Business Analytics and Strategy at Heritage Christian Services and uses the tools she learned in her Masters in Creative Studies and Change Leadership every day. Laura candidly discusses the reality of using creativity in large, complex organizations as part of an ecosystem for both strategy and implementation. As an engineer, she regularly combines Creative Problem Solving (CPS) with agile and lean methodologies to use the right approach for the situation. We also explore outcomes her organization has achieved such as reducing the time to onboard new employees from 20 to 5 days and how employees feel about the process. Equally important is Laura’s sharing her own creative journey and approach to creative flow. Don’t miss this episode to learn how Laura is changing the world.