The home of the Ideas-to-Action Process

Leap Academy is the home of the Ideas-to-Action Process™—a proven approach to employee-powered innovation developed over 35+ years and tested across 500+ change initiatives worldwide.

What we believe

Your best consultants are already on the payroll.

Engagement without action is a sugar high.

Frontline ideas plus disciplined execution creates results.

Speed comes from simplicity, not complexity.

If you can read, you can lead.

Our story

1990

Inspiration in Japan

Studying Toyota’s employee-powered innovation sparks the vision for Ideas-to-Action.

Mid-1990s

Leap Technologies launched

Development of Action Workout™, a first-generation process for employee-powered change.

Late-1990s

Motorola University partnership

Introduction of Rapid Action Teams to engage employees in Lean Six Sigma.

Early 2000s

Large-scale transformations

Creation of Jumpstart and Innovation Sprint methods for enterprise-wide change.

2017

Launch of Leap Academy

Ideas-to-Action enters the digital age, with new tools for remote, hybrid, and in-person teams.

Today

ideastoaction.ai

Launch of the book and new Ideas-to-Action Solutions to help empower more leaders and teams worldwide.

Your partner in employee-powered innovation

Leap Academy provides a flexible suite of solutions to help organizations of all sizes apply the Ideas-to-Action Process™—through AI-assisted platforms, workshops, facilitated events, and coaching. Contact us to discuss the right starting point for your organization.

Empowering your teams

AI-assisted platforms and tools to facilitate collaboration, idea generation, and sprint execution.

Developing your leaders

Workshops and coaching programs to equip leaders at all levels with the skills to drive employee-powered innovation.

Driving strategic change

Facilitated events and coaching to address your organization’s most complex challenges and deliver breakthrough results.