Discover The Innovation Garage®
What We Do
The Innovation Garage Delivers Change Management Consulting, Operating Models, and Educate First Programs for Strategy, Innovation, and Supply Chain.
We Turn Ideas into Measurable Revenue and Savings.
Problems We Solve
We design operating models for strategic alignment and execution using our four (4) pillar model of Innovate – Accelerate – Execute – Amplify®
Custom blending key elements of leadership, strategy, innovation, process design, project management, manufacturing, and supply chain operations
Building bespoke solutions and education programs that solve complex challenges
Delivering in monthly sprint cycles and phases of 90 days in duration
Creating new products, processes, or services for your industry
Working with your internal teams and external collaborators
Increasing speed and decreasing risk
Building capability and improving ways of working
Making standard work impactful and visible
Designing tools and technology stacks that scale
Complex engineering, product design and technical analysis
Intellectual property and patent creation
Taking a product, process, or service to scale
Manufacturing optimization and supply chain scaling
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Proof of Delivery and Trusted Results
Delivering Change Management Solutions of Measurable Value Across Diverse Industries.
Organizations
Trained
Projects
US & Global Patents
in Savings
Net Margin Revenue
Our Proven 4 Pillar Approach
We custom-build operating models around your organization. Blending strategy, innovation, and supply chain experience to solve complex problems
Working in ninety-day sprint cycles, participating teams design repeatable operating systems they can scale internally, so growth does not stall.
Real Results from Real Clients
Frequently Asked Questions
The Innovation Garage® is a strategy, leadership, innovation, and supply chain growth firm founded in 2012 by Jon Washington. We provide change management consulting, innovation training, project management support, tools and technology, and expert consulting for long term growth.
- We’re guided by our mission to Make Things. Make Things Better. Teach Others.®
- We deliver services using four proven strategic pillars – Innovate, Accelerate, Execute, Amplify®.
- We deliver our change management consulting services and education and innovation training programs based on client preference.
- Program delivery models are delivered in short sprints and 90 day phases that include:
- On-site Live
- Virtual
- Blended Hybrid – Live and Virtual
We partner with organizations worldwide. From start-ups and non-profits to government/DoD, mid-market privately held companies, and global public corporations. Our experience spans diverse industries such as automotive, aerospace, biotech, consumer packaged goods, education, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and many more.
- Our services are applicable across the entire organization and apply to key functions including strategy, innovation, product development, engineering, complex engineering analysis, project management and procurement/supply chain functions.
- If you have a complex business problem or challenge to solve and want to build stronger internal capabilities, then we’re the team for you.
See the organizations we support.
- Our clients have achieved over $1B in positive margin revenue and $350M+ in cost and service life-cycle savings. We’ve also collaborated on over 125+ U.S. & global patents building capability programs and training thousands of leaders and teams.
- We focus on real and tangible outcomes in innovation pipelines, speed-to-market, project management execution and supply chain optimization. Our results come from building real capabilities, not just advice.
- Explore our client impacts, learn about how we work, and the outcomes produced.
Unlike traditional consulting, that provides short-term fixes, our change management consulting, innovation training and all other programs are an educate-first model designed for lasting capability building.
- We focus on fundamental, analog and human centered skills building first.
- Drawing on neuroscience, organizational dynamics and psychology to develop a growth mindset.
- We blend strategy, hands-on education, systems science, and execution across our strategic pillars:
- Innovate – Innovation & Growth Mindset for Pipelines
- Accelerate – Rapid Experimentation to prototype and test
- Execute – Project Management Support for Rapid Commercialization
- Amplify – Supply Chain Enablement to Scale.
- We develop a custom capability building program with real world skills.
- Then we recommend layering in of processes, systems and technology stacks to scale.
- Ensuring your organization and its internal teams own sustainable growth for the long-term.
The Innovation Garage is also founder led company. Working at the intersections of strategy, leadership, innovation, supply chain and intellectual property, founder Jon Washington started the firm in 2012 to help organization’s grow.
Reach to us for a no obligation discovery conversation. We’ll listen to your specific challenges, share relevant examples for from other organizations and outline how our educate-first approach can create value for your team. From there, we can design a custom change management program, whether it’s a focused workshop, a multi-month capability building engagement, or a blended hybrid solution.
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