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How might our team begin to assist you? Consistent with Harvard Business Press authors, Peter Skarzynski and Rowan Gibson's summary of the three preconditions that set the stage for breakthroughs, let's start with::
1) Creating time and space in people's lives for reflection, ideation and experimentation.
2) Maximizing the diversity of thinking that innovation requires.
3) Fostering connection and conversation - the "combinational chemistry" that serves as a breeding ground for breakthrough ideas.
Often, the hardest part of being creative and innovative is slowing down long enough to experience these preconditions. People we work with, our customers, our family members - most people we know - are so busy in the hustle of daily life, it prevents us from doing what is important, but does not seem urgent yet .
If we are not addressing the problems we currently face and have not even begun to consider what is good and could be better, slowing down with those around us may be the best first step. All successful endeavors are human endeavors ... a good place to start is with each other ... and then ... let's talk about what comes next!
Ready to move toward your Bold Vision with more and more Meaningful Results ahead?
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About Caron
Caron currently serves as Residential Psychology Faculty and Division Chair in Phoenix, Arizona for a large community college system and is also an artist, advocate, coach and consultant (aka social intrapreneur and social entrepreneur). Prior to higher ed, Caron's professional experience included sales/fundraising, marketing and management/leadership representing innovative organizations such as the American Diabetes Association, Novartis Pharmaceutical, Bristol-Myers Squibb, VideOcart Inc. and Procter & Gamble. In addition to her professional work in Corporate America and the Not-for-Profit Sector, Caron has demonstrated her leadership, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship through multiple family businesses and other entrepreneurial endeavors: Caron is the cofounder of Trendsetters through Education (with Sharon Eivinsen), a boutique service learning organization, and also cofounded Fun Moms (with Tamarha Evert) and Studio22 (with Valerie Charles). While Caron is currently focused on her career in higher education, caronsart.com serves as Caron's outlet for ongoing social entrepreneurship ventures.
Caron's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Master of Business Administration degree, and a PhD in Psychology (Industrial-Organizational Psychology/"the psychology of the workplace"). Caron also studied art with Rose Kelton and through the Scottsdale Artists' school. Caron's multi-industry, multi-role professional experience combined with her multi-disciplinary education serve as a strong basis for her ability to help leaders customize tools, navigate the uncertainty and ambiguity of organizational change and lead cultures of innovation/entrepreneurship "toward a Bold Vision with Meaningful Results to celebrate along the way."
Caron has been a learner through traditional and non-traditional institutions including Mesa Community College, Rio Salado Community College, Phoenix College, University of Arizona, Arizona State University, University of Phoenix and Walden University. Caron participated in undergraduate department research with Dr. D.E. Mowrer followed by her master's level research exploring nonprofit management issues (quantitative/qualitative methodology) and doctoral research exploring women's experiences of alternative work design and multiple life roles (qualitative methodology). Caron had the privilege of working with Dr. William Barkley who served as her doctoral chairperson. Dr. Barkley earned his PhD from Purdue University and works with graduate students at Walden University and Vanderbilt University.
Through community college and university courses, Caron has taught Innovation and Intrapreneurship, Business Planning for Entrepreneurs, Research Methods, Statistics, Introduction to Psychology, Psychology and Culture, Psychology and Gender, Abnormal Psychology, Social Psychology, and Industrial-Organizational Psychology. As community college faculty, Caron has led, and collaborated on, numerous initiatives including Career Psychology for Psychology Students, an Adjunct Faculty Mentoring Program, Civic Engagement (creator of An Advocate's Journey and served as a Civic Engagement Fellow), Student Research Mentoring, multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary campus wide events, and student success/entrepreneurial activities such as the implementation of the Z model. Caron created the Z Model as a social entrepreneur and has implemented it as a social intrapreneur.
Caron has led, and partnered on, several internal/external fundraising endeavors including the creation of the Z Connect Endowment and serving as Primary Investigator on an interdisciplinary team grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Caron's work has been featured nationally through the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) and the League for Innovation in the Community College.
Caron's team (based in the US and Canada) is available for short term/long term Organizational Consulting, Executive Coaching, Facilitation, Training, and Customized Public Speaking/Workshops.
