The Innovation Habit is a hybrid of BJ Fogg's Behavior Design Model® (starting with his Tiny Habits® process) combined with select innovation tools and methods, such as Design Thinking, Creative Problem Solving, Lean, Agile, Cognitive Buoyancy®, Explorative Inquiry™, The Innovation Cube™, and many more.

BJ Fogg, PhD is a professor at Stanford University and the Founder and Director of Stanford's Persuasive Technology Lab. He has written extensively on Behavior Design, Habit Formation, and Organizational Psychology.  And he is one of the world's foremost authorities on the psychology of behavior design and habit formation.

Charlie Garland, founder of The Innovation Habit, met BJ while attending his Behavior Design Bootacmp. That's where the collaboration began.

This unique combination of Fogg's methods and innovation tools results in a process for making innovative thinking - and, subsequently, innovative behavior - a habit.  This habit is one that can be created as a daily routine and/or as a response to familiar events, conditions, words, or other triggers within your daily routine. 

For example, one crucial mistake individuals make in the innovation process is neglecting to consider a wide range of alternatives (resources, people, methods, business models, etc.); instead, they naively rely on what is obvious to them ("conventional wisdom").  A new habit might be to ask a series of questions (to yourself or to a colleague) that help you explore for non-obvious approaches: "How else might we ..." In cases like this, we make challenging conventional wisdom a habit, triggered by a specific question or situation.  And with just a bit of practice, this can become an automatic response.

All of our coaching is done with a 100% Money Back Guarantee. If, at any time during a given pre-paid period (e.g. one week or month of coaching), you are not satisfied with the quality of our services, simply let us know and we will completely refund your payment for that period of time.  

 We work with you to achieve the important outcomes you want in your life (e.g. specific goals or aspirations). We help you identify the optimal behaviors that are necessary to reach those goals. And we then design your habit-formation process with you. This focuses on both the cognitive and physical (and/or verbal) behaviors that are crucial for lasting, successful change. 

Charlie Garland is the designer of The Innovation Habit® system. He is also a board member of the Creative Education Foundation. In addition, Charlie is the President of The Innovation Outlet, an independent team of innovation and business strategy consultants who train, coach, advise, and lead clients in the use of strategic innovation tools. He is also a Senior Fellow of HITLAB @ Columbia University Medical Center, researching the dynamics of human cognition and performance. 

Mr. Garland has developed an entire portfolio of innovation tools, methods, and logical models (Cognitive Buoyancy®, The Innovation Cube™, and many more), working with business leaders to improve strategies, with doctors to reduce diagnostic errors, and with NASA to increase astronauts’ cognitive function in preparation for the future Mission to Mars. He is certified in the FourSight® creativity assessment, methodology, and tool set. Charlie is also a Certified Tiny Habits® Coach as well as a graduate of BJ Fogg's Behavior Design Bootcamp. 

Charlie earned his MBA from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College and his BS in Engineering, with honors, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He lives and works in New York City, USA.

We have deep expertise and experience in various business and technical domains, including:

• Innovation
• Executive Leadership
• Entrepreneurship
• Product Development
• Creative Problem Solving
• Design Thinking
• Cognitive Science
• Quality Management

Beyond these basic functional areas, our team maintains significant experience in the following industries and domains:

• Education
• Financial Services
• Healthcare
• Information Technology
• Management Consulting
• Energy/Chemicals
• Manufacturing
• Non-Profits
• and more.

BJ Fogg, PhD is a professor at Stanford University as well as the Founder/Director of Stanford's Persuasive Technology Lab. He has written many books on the subject of Behavior Design and Habit Formation.  BJ is the expert who originally trained Charlie Garland in the Fogg Behavior Design model. BJ also assisted in training him for the Tiny Habits coaching method.

Linda Fogg-Phillips, MS is the Director of Tiny Habits Academy, the educational institute that trains and certifies coaches to utilize BJ's tools and methods.  Linda was the lead trainer and certification administrator in leading Charlie through Tiny Habits Academy.  She is a deeply experienced coach herself, having worked with a wide range of clients, including those in healthcare, wellness, families, and other areas of expertise.