Steve Franks
Corporate Strategy | Innovation | Mindfulness
Corporate Strategy
I work with Gensyn to create strategic plans that companies and nonprofits will execute, not leave on the shelf to gather dust.We use a facilitative approach blending Design Thinking and Systems Thinking techniques to bring great strategies to life.Prior to that I coached roughly 4,000 startup entrepreneurs and founded several venture accelerators around Northeast Indiana for two decades.Before that I worked as an Innovation Consultant for 6 years, helping companies invent breakthrough next-generation products and customer experiences.
AI Strategy
Gensyn is a member of the Co-Crafted collective, a group of AI experts, advisors, and educators. Gensyn helps companies understand the human elements of AI strategy.
Essays and Articles
My essays and articles about Entrepreneurship and Innovation are published at Substack.
Mindfulness Meditation Workshops
I lead mindfulness meditation workshops titled "This Is Not Magic" at the DNA Awakening School located in Fort Wayne's Art and Awakening Center.Sessions are designed to allow participants to experience mindfulness in their own way. Through contemplation and discussion we grow our ability to be in touch with ourselves and the world we live in."We see ourselves as individual coherent humans. But, we are made up of trillions of living cells. And we, along with trillions of other things, are parts of a planet. Which is part of a solar system. Which is part of a galaxy. And so forth. This is not magic."
DIY E-Books
I have published 2 DIY E-Books for startup founders and product innovators.Be Your Own Startup Coach is available for founders in both English and Spanish.Be Your Own Product Innovation Coach is available in English for new product developers.
About Me
A resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, I have nearly always worked around entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation, and technology.The first company I started was a software company "back in the day". Since that time I have started or co-started several companies or programs: including a technology accelerator program, a co-working space, several regional venture accelerators, and two student entrepreneurship programs.The icon for this section is a caricature by a talented young artist, Ashton Weir
@ash.art_0303 on Instagram.