Anthony Mills Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

I provide executive leadership to Global Innovation Institute (GInI), the world's leading professional certification, business accreditation, and membership organization in the field of innovation. GInI provides certifications to individuals and accreditations to businesses globally - serving the needs of those whose lives depend on making innovation a reality.GInI publishes international certification standards and training materials for Innovation Professionals, Design Thinking Professionals, Innovation Strategists, and Chief Innovation Officers. GInI accredits Certified Innovative Organizations (CInOrgs) - a highly-esteemed recognition of an organization's level of innovation maturity and capability - as assessed by GInI's independent Authorized Innovation Assessors (AInAs).GInI is the only accreditation body focused exclusively on international-caliber, practice-oriented accreditation standards in the field of business innovation for explicit use and application in business enterprises (both private and public sector). Most importantly, GInI's certification and accreditation standards focus on the clear, real-world need of businesses all over the world to deliver tangible innovation results, as opposed to a purely academic knowledge of innovation. This sets GInI apart in the world.GInI operates through a global network of Authorized Providers around the world. These providers offer training and consulting services on behalf of, and via, the Institute.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

This groundbreaking book addresses the idea of corporate growth with deep and challenging questions that business leaders need to ask of themselves regarding how they use innovation as a means for growth.This book tasks these leaders with considering the long-term implications (including unintended consequences) - for all stakeholders - of the new innovations they are pursuing, developing, and launching - for the betterment of all society.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

I founded and lead Legacy Innovation Group - a globally-recognized strategic innovation consulting firm - on the principal that strategic innovation, when used properly, will not only accelerate business growth, but will ensure the ongoing relevance and long-term resilience of any business organization.Legacy Innovation Group serves its clients in three important ways… exploring the opportunity space around them to figure out 'what's next'; designing what they need to capitalize on these new opportunities; and rethinking their strategies, cultures, processes, and workplaces to become highly effective at driving future innovation and growth. In this context, our team works with organizations to build new businesses, new brands, new products, and new services – and to reinvent existing ones.The firm's consulting and training services cover growth & innovation strategies and corporate innovation programs - including innovation management, engagement, intrapreneurship, open innovation, corporate venturing, portfolio alignment, workplace experience, and innovation spaces. Additionally, the firm offers market, technology, and venture scouting services. The firm also develops breakthrough product and service innovations for its clients using a proprietary approach to NPD, as well as customer-experience and business model innovations, each using the firm's own proprietary methods.Legacy Innovation Group serves business organizations from all over the world, spanning a broad range of industries, in both B2C and B2B markets, and in both the private and public sectors. It has services tailored to meet the needs of businesses of any shape or size.The firm's ultimate goal is to help its clients create a lasting legacy of innovation the world will remember.

Birmingham, England, Gb

Authored the book Designing the Human Business: Leveraging Design Thinking to Craft Powerful and Innovative Business Models.This comprehensive book is the first to define a way to truly intersect Human Centered Design with Business Model Innovation. It does so by breaking the business model down into both structural and functional models, and then applying the Human Centered Design Process (focused on customer empathy) to each of those business model artifacts. No prior work had ever done this.The book also uses a powerful case study involving the new venture Intensifi to illustrate this process in a powerful way.

I serve as an Advisory Member to The Factor-Y's Board of Advisors, helping to refer new innovators to its unique, dialed-in business model, and helping the firm vet prospective new innovations for their commercialization merit.

Dubai, Uae, Ae

I deliver bespoke training and consulting on Strategic Innovation to Transform Alliance's clients around the world, spanning primarily Europe and the Middle East.

Contributing Author to this thought-provoking book examining 17 critical questions on Artificial Intelligence – answered by 60 of the world's leading thinkers in this field - of which Anthony is one.In this book, Anthony addresses the question: What is the impact of AI on society and everyday life?

Contributing Author to this thought-provoking book examining 22 critical questions on corporate innovation – answered by 60 of the world's leading thought leaders in the field of innovation - of which Anthony is one.In this book, Anthony addresses the following three (3) questions:1. How important is culture to corporate innovation?2. Does corporate innovation need a methodology?3. How does innovation help to solve the most pressing global problems?

Wilmington, Us

Charter member of this highly-regarded, highly-impactful, and very forward-looking think tank.On the Twentieth Anniversary of the Agile Manifesto, we collectively crafted "The Future Fit Manifesto" - a manifesto that charges organizations with proactively shaping their futures, not simply reacting to the future as it unfolds - a recipe that no longer works given the pace of technological change we are witnessing.This think tank will constantly champion the cause of the Future Fit / Future Ready organization - organizations capable of remaining relevant to the world of today, while also resilient to the ongoing sea of change happening all about us. These are the organizations who will still be creating tremendous value - not years, not decades, but centuries from now.Further In and Higher Up...

New York, Ny, Us

I participate in the GLG platform to deliver micro-consulting to an extremely broad range of client organizations - consulting on topics pertaining to strategic innovation and innovation-driven growth.Topics have included: Growth Strategy, Corporate Innovation Programs, Innovation Management, Corporate Venturing, Open Innovation, Partnership Management, Brand Licensing, Portfolio Management, Technology Applications, Design Thinking, and Emerging Market Trends (IoT, connected products, etc.).Chaired the Summer Dinner Forum: "Implementing and Managing Disruptive Innovation Frameworks" (Minneapolis, MN) with two dozen senior executives from some of the world's largest and most successful Fortune 500 businesses. The opening question was "What - right now - could disrupt your business as it currently operates?"

GICSSA was a group of Cyber Security experts working toward a globally reliable source of professional certifications in Cyber Security.

Benton Harbor, Michigan, Us

I conceived and championed the Vessi homebrewing appliance - an entirely new product category for Whirlpool. This included leading the upfront concept definition, market research, user research, design, branding, brand language, IP, financial modeling, go-to-market strategy, and ultimate business justification for the project, seeing it through numerous rounds of development and approvals. Vessi began production in early 2017.I also led teams in the development of technology innovations for the Fabric Care Advanced Development Group. This included financial impact assessment and business case justification, as well as technical design work.I led execution of the visual brand language (VBL) for the next-generation premium washer / dryer line, as well as the design of select components for this line.

Danbury, Connecticut, Us

I led all technical and strategic marketing efforts, focusing on 3 primary areas: 1) NPD, with emphasis on expanding market opportunities by executing a product roadmap designed to fill portfolio gaps; 2) Global OEM Applications - delivering bespoke product derivatives for OEMs in NA, Europe, & Asia; and 3) Portfolio Maintenance - implementing product improvements, cost-reductions, & process optimizations.I also served as an active member of the organization's Board of Directors, with full fiduciary and P&L responsibility for the business.• Engaged peer executives in ongoing strategy discussions to continuously refine product strategy.• Developed rolling 36-month product roadmap aligned with business strategy and designed to maximize ROI while managing technical risks. Used this to galvanize support for new product launches and align resources for focus and timely completion of projects.• Led the successful & timely commercialization of 5 major new products – MPV, ERV, ERV 2.0, 03x Minivalve, & 150L3 High-Flow Valve. These generated significant revenue growth from new OEM projects. The ERV product line represented a blue-ocean game-changer for the company.• Oversaw hundreds of OEM application projects that accounted for >10% incremental revenue each year.• Pursued numerous strategic partnerships with technology firms in Europe, the US, Australia, and Japan. Commercialized one from the US and two from France.• Drove NPD execution through cross-functional teams, regular project meetings, and focused vendor management to bring product launches to timely completion. Reduced launch cycles from historical 40-month average to a <18-month cycle and reduced NPD labor costs by 40%.• Led the implementation of Enterprise PDM to integrate the global BCF organization in the US, UK & PRC.• Restructured change-control process from paper-based to fully electronic, enabling consistent processes and a reduced error rate from 27% down to 0%.

Mequon, Wi, Us

Following the acquisition of three key systems / component manufacturers (per HBG’s goal to emerge as a full-line provider to the bicycle market), I built and led a newly merged Engineering Department, moving it toward a unified vision, organizational structure, and process discipline.This involved a focus on 3 areas - talent assessment & recruitment; integrating disparate product development practices into a unified, coherent system; and improving coordination / effectiveness of HBA, the company’s Asian sourcing unit.Met or exceeded all 2008 business goals for the organization, including those relating to new product launches, breakthrough product development, supplier quality improvements, regulatory compliance, and business process effectiveness.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Cork, Ireland, Ie

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Brentford, Middlesex, Gb

Raleigh, Nc, Us

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Halma Executive Development Programme, International Business

Halma Executive Development Programme, Executive Leadership

Six Sigma Black Belt Program

Masters, Management

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

High School Diploma