Why Your Growth Plan Is Missing
The Mark

(And How You Can Fix It)

COVID WREAKED HAVOC ON THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY

The problem is that most strategic growth plans have been rendered virtually useless due to the impact of COVID and the resulting economic climate. As a result, many leaders and their organizations have pulled back, hunkered down, and are struggling to recover in the aftermath. If they knew what actions would produce the greatest return, they’d step forward. But they simply can’t waste time, effort or money making the wrong decisions.

60%

of business closures as a result of the pandemic are now permanent.

We are working with a number of HEALTHCARE leaders today who ARE innovating, who are growing and thriving and who are boldly conquering new territory . . . and it’s paying off for all of them.

Our team at Innovation Junkie has developed GrowthDX, a comprehensive strategic growth diagnostic that helps you benchmark your company and your leadership team against a set of best practices across the areas of:

Our GrowthDX will not only help you identify the specific ailments that are silently plaguing your business but will also lay out the path to success, along with estimating the revenue and profit improvements that are locked up inside your business today.

Here's what to expect during our Strategic Growth Diagnostic

Our team will analyze the information your team provides, collect additional benchmark information from other companies in your industry and provide you with a detailed “heat map,” identifying critical focus areas for your business.

In addition, we’ll produce an ROI Analysis that details the financial returns that are currently locked up in your business and identify ways to release those financial returns with just a few critical actions

Finally, we’ll clearly outline a set of “next steps” to help you get a jump start on making those improvements and unlocking those hidden profits now!

Our Strategic Growth Diagnostic will help you build sustainable and strategic growth momentum in your business

Who doesn’t want the opportunity to pick the brains of a team of experts who have spent their lives helping companies grow? Schedule a completely free (no strings attached) Strategy Call now and walk away with tangible actions you can take now to improve your business. It’s a no-lose proposition.

COLLECTIVELY, WE’VE HELPED OVER 120 COMPANIES INNOVATE AND GROW

We have over 75 years of experience

JEFF STANDRIDGE

Dr. Jeff D. Standridge helps organizations and their leaders generate sustained results in the areas of innovation, strategy, profit growth, organizational effectiveness and leadership.

Formerly a Vice President for Acxiom Corporation, he has led established and startup businesses in North & South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Jeff serves as Managing Director for the Conductor, Co-founder of Cadron Capital Partners, and teaches Entrepreneurial Finance & Innovation Leadership in the College of Business at the University of Central Arkansas.

Dr. Standridge has been an invited speaker, trainer, and consultant for numerous companies, institutions, and organizations across five continents. He is also a two-time best-selling author of “The Innovator’s Field Guide: Accelerators for Entrepreneurs, Innovators & Change Agents” and “The Top Performer’s Field Guide: Catalysts for Leaders, Innovators & All Who Aspire to Be.”

Prior to his business career, Jeff spent more than a decade in healthcare, serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and as a member of the Angel Flight Helicopter Transport Team at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. He is also retired from the U.S. Army – Arkansas Army National Guard. Jeff holds the Doctor of Education with special work in Leadership & Organizational Development, as well as a Master of Education with special work in Human Resource Development.

JEFF AMERINE

Jeff is the Founder and Managing Director of Startup Junkie Consulting. Jeff is one of the key leaders nationally involved with the creation of lasting venture ecosystems. Jeff has held senior leadership positions in nine startups and three Fortune 500 companies, and he has made more than 90+ angel investments into new ventures and small businesses either directly or through the funds he manages. Jeff now leads Startup Junkie Consulting, Cadron Capital Partners, and the Tonic Regional Funds. Jeff served as Associate Vice Provost, Research and Economic Development, and Director of Technology Ventures at the University of Arkansas until leaving to pursue Startup Junkie Consulting full-time in January 2015. His work at the University of Arkansas canvassed every aspect of the commercialization of life science, biotech, medical devices, healthcare information technology, pharma, and other areas of scientific and technical innovation. Jeff is a recognized expert in lean startup methodology and customer development processes.

In addition, Jeff is an adjunct professor and teaches entrepreneurship at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at University of Arkansas. From 2008-2017, Jeff was a retained advisor for Innovate Arkansas, a Winrock International program chartered with the creation and support of a knowledge-based economy in Arkansas and has accounted for $300+ million in public and private financing for Arkansas-based small businesses. Jeff serves on multiple for-profit and non-profit boards for organizations such as Phigenics, Ozark IC, OsteoAdvantage, AR Health Ventures, Arkansas Capital Corporation, and SLS Communities.

Prior to all of this, Jeff served six years as United States Air Force Officer, working in the Strategic Air Command as a missile launch officer and later in research and development acquisition. Jeff graduated from United States Naval Academy in 1984 and holds a Master of Science in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas. He is a certified Project Management Institute Project Management Professional (PMP).

TESTIMONIALS

Clients Who Are Innovating

Three benefits of working with Innovation Junkie have been, the organizational review, the leadership connections, and the experience that we've been able to glean from their expertise in reshaping and reframing our old organizational components. We've been working with Innovation Junkie now for over a year and the opportunity for them to come along and both enact change in our organization but also guide us through that process has been instrumental as we've continued our own journey to overcome some of the challenges in our organizational environment and really have a forward looking process.

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