ANNA JOHNSRUD
"I believe in re-imagining what's possible.
I believe in empathy.
I believe in a bias toward action.
I believe in being a badass."
As a passionate and highly motivated innovation professional with over a decade of history in strategy and innovation, Anna brings expertise in standing up innovation culture and capability programs, driving project portfolios through the innovation lifecycle, and developing engaging innovation communications - all while having some fun!
With experience in strategic planning, process improvement, change management, communications, and innovation, her mind never stops figuring out how to lead teams from stagnation to action.
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With the belief that the status quo is unsustainable, Anna wants to be part of re-imagining what's possible and fighting for change by practicing empathy, bringing consumers into the conversation, collaborating with all stakeholders to solve the biggest problems, and challenging assumptions through prototyping and testing.
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She loves meeting and collaborating with new people so please feel free to reach out!
EXPERTISE
CULTURE & CAPABILITY
Producer and facilitator of human-centered design workshops designed based on stakeholder needs ranging from 90 minutes to 5-days and 5 people to 250 people. ​​
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Developer of specific innovation programming to meet people where they are comfortable and shift the traditional, organizational mindset to an innovation, growth mindset.
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Increased associate engagement 14% year over year (survey administered by Towers Watson) by building an internal
culture and capability program throughout an organization of 7,500.
INNOVATION LIFECYCLE
Leader of select high-profile projects including the management of cross-functional teams, key milestones, and presentations to business leaders.
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Spearheaded research, empathy, design, prototyping, and testing of an opioid toolkit, partnered with key business areas to deploy a pilot, and scaled the project to include additional training and communication campaigns.
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Collaborated with and managed a special project with Comcast and NBC Universal around the future of connected health that led to the creation of Quil Health.
COMMUNICATIONS
Creator and manager of social media strategies for Twitter, Instagram, and Medium to advocate, promote, and establish thought leadership for the organization.
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Writer of content for board reports, websites, organizational announcements, innovation success stories, and blogs published for both internal and external audiences.
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Community partner and member of human-centered design organizations including IDEO CoLab, Design Thinking Exchange, and the Design Thinking Meetup.
The output we got today was awesome, Anna was a rock star, facilitating 3 working groups and making sure we hit everything in the agenda. She was excellent.
Managing Director Network Strategies
Yes, Anna's kind of a big damn deal!
Chief Innovation Officer
Anna brings so much to the team in her level-headed, practical, credible and creative way of moving us all forward.
VP of Corporate Strategy
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