Jeffrey Govendo helps corporate clients achieve desired outcomes through innovation and creative problem solving. In addition to working on specific business problems and opportunities, he works with many clients in a training, coaching, or speaking capacity, imparting the skills of creative thinking and high performance teamwork.

Jeff developed and refined his capabilities in this area as a former principal at Synectics, Inc., an international consulting firm recognized as the pioneer in the field of business innovation. Since 1990, he has worked with client teams from many industries inventing new technologies, re-designing manufacturing operations, creating new product and marketing concepts, identifying fresh applications for existing technologies, naming new products and businesses, and planning strategies for the future. He has also designed highly successful management conferences which feature exciting, creative approaches for addressing difficult corporate issues.

Jeff bases his practice on two core beliefs: (1) that his clients - and not any outside consultant - are the real experts in their businesses, and (2) that everyone has creative potential. He therefore concentrates on designing processes which maximize the impact of his clients' knowledge and talent in tackling the challenges they face. This approach has enabled him to work effectively in a wide range of business sectors, including manufacturing, high tech, food service, telecommunications, journalism, scientific research, and financial services. In addition, he has taught hundreds of work teams the principles of innovative problem solving and teamwork.

Jeff is a graduate of the University of Rochester, and holds graduate degrees in psychology from Northeastern and Boston Universities. He enjoys camping, cycling, hiking and kayaking - all the things you can't do sitting in your office. He is on the board of the Institute of Management Consultants, New England Chapter, and past president of his local Toastmasters International club, where he holds an Advanced Toastmasters certificate. He is a founding member of the Alliance for Professional Excellence. His business innovation and creativity articles have appeared in Innovative Leader, Decision Magazine (Ireland), Boston Business Journal, Executive Excellence, CIO, It's About Business, Mass High Tech and the Handbook of Business Strategy.

Alliances/Affiliations

We work closely with a number of other consultants and firms to bring the best possible talent and expertise to our client work, or refer to with confidence. Among them are:

• Atlantic Consultants - Bonni Carson DiMatteo, President
  Helps incresase performance, productivity and passion by building leadership and organizational excellence. Services include
• LWM Technology Services - Lynda Moulton, President
  Advises companies on methods, processes and technologies for improving management of enterprise intellectual capital in all forms.
  
• emerson consulting group - Ken Lizotte, President
  Transforms consultants, professional service firms and professional speakers into "thought leaders" by separating them from the competitive pack.
• Sequeira Consulting - Roy Sequeira, President
  Helps business owner/managers maximize profits by creating decision support tools, streamlining their business processes, and optimizing efficiencies across all functions.
  

The Innovative Edge, Inc.
Ph: 508-497-9096
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