About Us

Led by Dr. Tamara Carleton, Innovation Leadership Group LLC (ILG) is an innovation firm based in Silicon Valley specializing in bridging from strategic foresight into innovation. We help companies build a capability for continuous innovation through a shared mindset, methods, and metrics. Our client list includes the Global 1000, as well as leading universities and governmental groups worldwide. We also work with a network of partners, coaches, and facilitators who have been trained in our approach and tools. Methods from our Foresight Framework have been taught at Stanford University at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels for more than a decade, as well as used by teams worldwide.

Final showcase for the Silicon Valley Innovation Academy program we lead at Stanford University

Final showcase for the Silicon Valley Innovation Academy program we lead at Stanford University

 
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“Innovation Leadership Group has helped us lay fertile ground for our company’s innovation journey – both in practice and building a strong culture. I am already hearing a new lexicon being used as our business units and teams plan for future change.”
— DEBRAJ GHOSH, HEAD OF STRATEGY AND TRANSFORMATION, BANK OF THE WEST
 
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“IATA’s country and regional managers work on constantly evolving programs, using a mix of best practices, intuition, and other tools to help them plan and collaborate. The methodology from the Innovation Leadership Group team was well defined, covering all major dimensions of foresight and vision strategy, and well supported with examples. Our teams were able to broaden their projects’ horizons and also identify possible opportunity areas more systematically.”
— Rafael Schvartzman, Regional Vice President, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
 
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“Since we first met, I have had unwavering confidence in Tamara Carleton and her team’s ability to train our company’s top performers to be more innovative, strategic leaders. In fact, I have already asked Tamara to bring her vision and tools to my next big educational initiative.”
— GUY KEMPFERT, GLOBAL LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT, SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
 
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“Dr. Tamara Carleton gave us the confidence and tools we needed to frame and tackle an interagency Grand Challenge problem that engaged a diverse mix of military, civilian, and other technical experts from across the United States government. She not only helped us develop potential solutions to a specific operationally relevant problem, she also helped us understand what the underlying problem was and how to build long-term, organizational relationships enabling future problem solving.”
— RAY DICK, D.E., SR. MISSION MANAGER, NATIONAL SECURE MANUFACTURING CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S KANSAS CITY PLANT
Leadership program at the Tata Management Training Center in Pune, India

Leadership program at the Tata Management Training Center in Pune, India

Why work with us

Several factors set us apart from other groups:

  • COACHING MODEL — Instead of advising, we prefer to coach teams how to plan for the future and think bigger, so they gain their own ability and courage to be innovative leaders.

  • INTEGRATIVE — We bring a unique capability in integrating across multiple areas and organizational functions in order to embed lasting change.

  • TOOL DRIVEN — We have learned that our proven methodology gives teams an actionable and systematic way to work together on new ideas and projects.

  • GLOBAL — Our tools and models have been used by teams around the world, providing a shared and unified language across different cultures and roles.

  • NETWORKED — Anchored in Silicon Valley and affiliated with Stanford University, our team and partners operate as a fast and flexible global network.