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Some experiences and thoughts on driving informal innovative practices like unconferences, codejams in big, organised and classically innovative companies.
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Playing with BambiUnstructured innovation in large, well-structured organisations
Shourya SarcarRakesh Dutta
2 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
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/* employed by GE Healthcare */
/* anything stated are personal * opinions, not a company endorsed * view */
3 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
What is this talk about ?What is this talk about ?
• sharing experiences on driving unstructured innovation in a large, well-structured organisation
• progressive lessons learnt on
organising a codejam
• your experiences on similar
stuff and barriers you face in driving innovation
4 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
*(talk.purpose)*(talk.purpose)
take : let you share your experiences on unstructured innovations & implement relevant suggestions in our organisation.
give :share lessons learnt, get some more organisations to do these.
5 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
dude, whadya mean buh
Large and Well-structured Large and Well-structured ?? GE Healthcare == $17
billion Technology company CT, MR, PET, Digital Xray, Advance Imaging Applications, Healthcare Information Systems, Ultrasounds, Medical Diagnostics, Protein Separation ……..
R&D spend $1 billion
Technical Career Path
Strong IP portfolioThis is a top-notch structured innovation
company
6 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
Meet BambiMeet Bambi
1 week codejam
SIS: Influenced by Y! Hackday
Confined to our group ~ 70 people
Implement <anything>, in <any_lang>
2 people, email, flyers and A4 posters
BambiBambiFree-spirit Free-spirit developmentdevelopment
codeto ergo sum
Form your team of 2 - 5
Code anything you like in a week
Any language C++,Java,Ruby,Bash,Excel (VB) …
Pick from a given set of problems / puzzles
Or, think up your own problem to solve
May or may not be related to work, your choice
No losers, no winners, no prizes, no audits. Just code.
Register your team
(Choose a problem or cook your own)
Register your team
(Choose a problem or cook your own)
Code(Choose your own time)
Code(Choose your own time)
Demo(5 mins max per team)
Demo(5 mins max per team)
Fri
Fri
Weeklo
ng
cod
ing
8 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
Who is Bumbee ?
• that’s a butterfly, dude
• what is a codejam
• identity & brandingInnovation is neither ubiquitous nor uniformly defined
9 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
Boss, Bahut Kaam Hai
• got deliverables
• stretched 120%
• 5 days is too less
Top management needs to build time for innovation
10 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
wiifm
• is this going to be a part of my appraisal ?
• is this a competition ? NO ???
Don’t ignore incentives
11 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
Are we not innovative / geeky / techie enough ?
12 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
.. .. but my code will never run but my code will never run on my laptopon my laptop
• high bootstrap cost
• system unavailability
Pertinent innovation is quintessential. Don’t sell-out to easy-to-build-and-run.
13 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
• 7 projects
• ~14 people jammed
• desk-to-desk walkabout
• 1 invention disclosure !
• s-curve gen
• cafe y! widget
• game of life
• mltc
• flickrandom mashup
Bambi Bambi : Results
4 months 4 months later …later …
15 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
Bambi 2.0Bambi 2.0 • ~ 10 new people, young_blood
• 30 days
• forced team
• industry relevance + screening
• yes prizes
• demo to a Chief Engineer : visibility
• 2 senior ppl organising
• 5 days
• form yer own team
• code anything in any language
• no prizes
• not factored into appraisal
16 /Shourya Sarcar, BarCamp Bangalore
3 /04/12/23
Bambi 2.0Bambi 2.0 : Improved Results• 12 teams
• 50 people jammed
• 3 rounds of demo
• working on IP portfolio
• working on product roadmap alignment
• vibrant tech span: voice recog, y! 4.1, bluetooth
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3 /04/12/23
The Road The Road AheadAhead
Sustain
Spread
Measure
Evolve
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3 /04/12/23
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