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- Land Award -

1999 Land Award Winner:
Congratulations to the Federal Quality Consulting Group, the recipient of the 1999 George Land World Class Innovator Award. Click Here for an article by Cynthia Carlisle highlighting their achievements in the field of innovation.

1998 Land Award Winners:
Congratulations to the following winners of the George Land World Class Innovator Award: Clorox Research and Development, Dell University, Richard Saunders International's Eureka! Ranch and YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.

Overview

This is the only award that honors organizational innovation. All companies (or departments or operating segments of companies), schools, government agencies, or other organizations are invited to apply for this prestigious award. Awards will be presented in four organization categories:

1. Emerging: Less than 500 employees
2. Medium: 501 to 2,500 employees
3. Large Over 2500 employees ... and
4. Government, School or Non-profit

World Class Innovator winners and finalists will receive a prestigious art glass award (pictured at left) designed by the internationally known glass artist, Latchezar Boyadijiev, plus extensive press coverage through winner announcements and articles. Winners will be chosen from five finalists in each of four size categories.

Applications can be submitted until January 31, 2000 and the awards will be presented at Convergence 2000: Odyssey into Innovation, March 27-30 in San Diego, CA.

Nominations:
Companies, divisions, departments, associations, schools, government agencies, or community projects can apply. The entire process is confidential and no information will be seen by anyone other than the Innovation Network judging panel of experts.

Application:
An organization applies by requesting an application package, which consists of a short application form completed by the organization and a one-page recommendation rating form to be completed by three of the organization's customers and three suppliers. Electronic Applications can be found here:

http://www.thinksmart.com/landawardapplication.html

Application Fees:
The application fee for this award is $500 which is reduced to $250 for Innovation Network member organizations or organizations nominated by an Innovation Network member.

Judging:
Awards will be decided on the basis of the customer/supplier recommendations and the application form. Judging will be done by an Innovation Network panel of recognized leaders in the field of organizational innovation.

Up to four organizations in each award category will be honored as Innovation Stars and the winner in each category will receive the World Class Innovator award. If you do not have a complete application package, call today or complete an electronic application:

For more information, please call 303-308-1088.

Winner Articles

George Land Presents 1998 Awards

George Land personally presented the George Land World Class Innovator Awards to the four winners for this year at Convergence 98 in Santa Barbara. The winning organizations are Dell University, Chicago Metropolitan YMCA, Richard Saunders International and The Clorox Company.

The Land award, which was created to recognize innovation and creativity in organizations, was named in honor of George Land, CEO of Leadership 2000, author of Grow or Die and co-author of Breakpoint and Beyond. Land has helped organizations become more innovative for over 30 years.

In a panel discussion following the presentation, representatives of the winning organizations gave a brief overview of the innovation activities within their organizations. While it was easy to see some common principles and philosophies, the winners demonstrated a variety of approaches to creating an innovation organization.

For more information on the 1998 winners and other past winners, click here:

http://www.thinksmart.com/articlesgeorgeland.html

There is a bound overview of the winners' application and supplemental materials available for $59.95. This includes 1997 winners profiled above as well as previous winners: Lucent's IdeaVerse, Marshall Industries, SleepNet Corporation, Washoe Health Systems, R.J. Reynolds Research & Development, Ford MP&L Team Learning & Creativity Center and the Office of Finance & Administration of the Smithsonian Institution. Also available is an audio tape interview with the 1997 winners of this years awards talking more indepth about their innovation processes. See the product order form enclosed or call 303-308-1088.