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Published best seller books by Jennifer Kenny

The Innovation Mindset

A Proven Method to Fuel Performance

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100% Capacity

The End of Gender Balance as We Know It

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Meet Jennifer

Jennifer Kenny – Architect of Innovation Systems | Creator of The Innovation Mindset™ | Designer of 100% Capacity™ | Corporate Performance Strategist

Jennifer Kenny is a transformational force in enterprise innovation and leadership systems design. With over 25 years of experience, she has helped some of the world’s most respected organizations turn innovation from aspiration into action—building the systems and introducing the practices that drive performance, scale strategic execution, and deliver measurable impact.

Her work is rooted in the conviction that innovation is not an initiative—it is a system of repeatable, collaborative practices. By reducing coordination overhead and designing for full-spectrum capacity, Jennifer empowers leaders to move faster, execute smarter, and lead with purpose.

Creator of The Innovation Mindset™

Jennifer is the creator of The Innovation Mindset™, a practical, system-based framework that turns innovation into a daily discipline. Drawing on Systems & Design Thinking, Language Action Design, and Human Coordination, this methodology enables teams to:

  • Shift from transactional task execution to strategic networks of commitment

  • Build agile, cross-functional collaboration structures

  • Sustain innovation across teams, products, and strategy

Adopted by global technologists and Fortune 500 teams, The Innovation Mindset™ delivers repeatable, scalable business outcomes by embedding innovation into the DNA of how work gets done.

Designer of 100% Capacity™: Engineering Competency for the Big 7

Jennifer is the designer of 100% Capacity™, a revolutionary competency redesign model that addresses a critical gap in corporate performance: outdated leadership frameworks that fail to reflect the complexity and capacity of today’s workforce.

Built to align leadership capability with the Big 7 Business Outcomes:

  • Innovation
  • Decision-Making
  • Risk Management
  • Customer Experience
  • Employee Engagement
  • Operational Excellence
  • Strategy


 100% Capacity™ is a systems-level approach to re-engineering corporate competency for resilience, agility, and strategic growth.

Her program suite includes:

  • Strategic Executive Briefings for C-suite alignment

  • Executive Workshop Series to architect next-gen frameworks

  • Leadership Activation Labs for behavior integration

  • Strategic Model Builds that deliver proprietary, future-ready competency models

Jennifer’s approach replaces soft-skill rhetoric with strategic system design, aligning leadership development directly with corporate performance goals.

Track Record of Execution and Impact

Jennifer’s career spans senior positions at Accenture, Booz Allen, and Gartner, leadership roles at Wells Fargo, Cisco, and the University of California, and serving as Chief Information Officer at SRI International, a Global Leader in R&D.

Her innovation systems consistently produce:

  • Reduced coordination friction

  • Accelerated decision-making and execution

  • Enhanced cross-functional innovation capacity

  • Improved enterprise alignment around strategic priorities

She has worked alongside some of the most advanced technologists and visionary leaders to design infrastructures that not only enable innovation, but make it executable

Thought Leader, Systems Thinker, Strategist

Jennifer is the author of two landmark books—The Innovation Mindset and 100% Capacity—and a recognized voice in reimagining the architecture of leadership and innovation for a fast-moving world. Her proprietary models—the Leadership Compass™ and Big 7 Performance Framework™—are being adopted by forward-looking organizations committed to building lasting capability.

In every arena, Jennifer brings the mindset of a builder, not just a thinker—and the results to prove it.

Outside the boardroom, she is a kayaker, diver, fisherwoman, gardener, remodeler, avid reader, proud mom, and passionate Irishwoman, always exploring with the same energy and curiosity she brings to every engagement.

Jennifer Kenny doesn’t just talk about innovation—she designs it, delivers it, and drives it. At scale. With purpose. For impact.



 

Meet Jennifer

Jennifer Kenny is an expert in leadership development, innovation, and inclusive workplace culture. With a deep commitment to empowering leaders and organizations, Jennifer helps you break through traditional limitations to create environments where innovation thrives, and people are encouraged to operate at their highest capacity.

Through her coaching, workshops, and books, she works with business leaders, teams, and individuals to unlock untapped potential, embrace change, and lead with purpose. With a focus on creativity, adaptability, and inclusivity, Jennifer is helping to shape the future of leadership and gender equality in the workplace.

The 3-Step Process That Gets Results

Shift Your Mindset for Growth

Cultivate a mindset that embraces change, fosters creativity, and drives continuous improvement.

Unlock Your Full Potential

Understand your own power and know the value you can and want to contribute. Align these to bring yourself joy and to deliver real value. 

Take Action for Results

Implement proven strategies and practical actions that produce measurable success and sustainable growth.

What clients say about Jennifer

Jennifer has a startling ability to turn teams within an organization who have warred with each other for years - in some cases unable even to talk civilly with each other - into a coherent, effective, single team.

Doug Okun

Global Head of Agile TransformationGlobal Head of Agile Transformation
Prudential Financial

Jennifer’s capacity for building a cohesive, dynamic team and managing team commitments is exceptional. Her leadership resulted in a refreshed and refocused IT program at SRI that is well-aligned with business objectives.

Jeff Klaben

Vice President of Information TechnologyVice President of Information Technology
Ouster

Jennifer drove our organization to implement a more effective, commitment-based management approach that led our teams to more creative thought processes and better collaboration which has lead to greater responsiveness and improved results.

Ryan Eustace

Senior Vice President, Human-Centric AI & Technology AdoptionSenior Vice President, Human-Centric AI & Technology Adoption

The turn around was completed ahead of time, went further than was anticipated and spurred the engineering team to achieve world class performance that delivered both significant cost savings and additional revenues within a year.

Ian Dunlop

Chief Product Officer
LeaseAccelerator

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