Launched in 2022, Trend Hunter’s Innovation Strategy Awards spotlight the best innovation tactics gathered from our innovationstrategy.com interviews with the world’s leading CEOs, authors and speakers featured. Winners are selected based on a set of criteria across five innovation framework categories including Ability to Change, Culture of Innovation, Infectious Messaging, Opportunity Hunting and Adaptive Innovation. Those receiving Innovation Strategy Awards are not only recognized on the Future Festival World Summit stage, but are also presented with an epic 3D-printed rocket ship trophy. Celebrating today’s change makers, the trophy is representative of the inspiring and boundary-pushing efforts being led by each winner, both within their industry and beyond it.
Tactic: Leverage design thinking to support your community by fostering a culture of experimentation and collaboration. The $1 Reno-Innovate Fund provides new ideas with a two-year testing phase and reframes failure as a learning opportunity.
Tactic: Adopt a Customer 360 Approach leveraging cross-industry trends and consumer insights to address processing issues during times of chaos and uncertainty. During the pandemic, they relied on this approach to create better, more adaptable supply chain solutions.
Tactic: Approach innovation through a human-centric lens and cultivate a culture of innovation company-wide through initiatives that promote curiosity while challenging conventional thinking. Their Trend Collective and Curiosity Council facilitate collaborative ideation while enhancing knowledge and skills.
Tactic: Empower your people and challenge them to save the world. More specifically, for Vicki, this award recognizes her taking the bold leap and spending $1 Billion on a Direct Air Carbon Capture facility to extract pollution from the sky.
Tactic: Proactively address all possible fears with a solution-based state of mind across your organization. This mindset pushes teams to go beyond identifying challenges and opportunities, leading to more actionable solutions.
Our Innovation Award Categories are based on innovation frameworks modeled by CEO, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Gutsche. They include Ability to Change, Culture of Innovation, Infectious Messaging, Opportunity Hunting and Adaptive Innovation, with winners chosen through a self nomination or peer nomination process.
Redefining your brand message and evolving with today's fast-paced world
Encouraging and driving forward a culture of innovation on a macro level.
Identifying disruptive ideas and opportunities in unexpected places.
Adapting during times of chaos and facing challenges head on.
Rethinking your value prop and marketing to more effectively speak to consumers.
Integrating sustainability into business models and products.
Presented by Trend Hunter, the 2025 Innovation Strategy Awards will take place at Future Festival World Summit on October 1st, 2025. Celebrating inspiring tactics from the world’s top innovators, the awards are based on our renowned innovation frameworks and are sourced from our innovationstrategy,com interview database – spotlighting conversations with thought leaders, authors and Fortune 500 CEOs.
Eligibility:
A company or person entered into the Innovation Strategy Awards will be chosen based on actionable innovation tactics and must complete our enclosed survey to be eligible.
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