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Innovation: Is There a Process for Serendipity? UKSG 2012 Ruth Wells Ideas Architecture

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  • 1. UKSG 2012 Ruth WellsIdeas Architecture
  • 2. The Plasticine Garden thatJames May put in the Chelsea Flower Show?
  • 3. Innovation is the meeting point of insight and invention
  • 4. All theseideas came from some kind of innovation process
  • 5. 1. How much time do you fit into yourday just to play, experiment andthink?2. Is play a valuable use of your timeat work?3. What value do you think the timeto create would have for your team?
  • 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU&feature=related
  • 7. Most innovation comes from a series of collaborations. Giving time and space to your teams to enable this encourages ideas. Create a culture where discussion and ideas exchange is welcome.
  • 8. Concise company vision and mission Understanding of the organisational values Strategic goals agreed and aligned Clear business objectives articulated and communicated Understanding of the need for project planning and resourcing Buy in from the organisational leaders
  • 9. CEO Senior Senior Management Management Employee Employee EmployeeGo Innovate!!
  • 10. Offsiteworkshops Creativity areas for discussion Allowing an hour a day of experimentation Regular focus groups Cross-functional working parties Routes to feedback ideas Response to ideas and progress reports
  • 11. Imagine you are at an offsite day tasked with coming up with as many solutions as possible. How would you structure the day? What seating arrangements would you request? Who would you invite? How would you capture the results? What happens next?
  • 12. Topic Driven Agenda Key Word Focus for Each Group Layout and Seating Arrangements Teamwork Challenge Facilitation and Energy Leadership and Liberation Recording and Acting on Outcome
  • 13. Encouragement Lead by Example Create Space for Discussion Actively Feedback on Ideas Direct not Control Accept Potential to Succeed or Fail Provide Resources
  • 14. Have we got the right people in the right places for the right amount of time?Do we have the right skills?How do we know?Do we have an innovation culture?
  • 15. Fail Fast and Frequentlyhttp://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2266
  • 16. How would you enable a nimble, scalable method ofdisseminating research from unpublished authors and offering a selection of publishing, marketing and related media services?
  • 17. Write the topic down which you want to discuss Give index cards to each player and ask them to silently write their ideas Pass the index card to the next person Ask the player to read the card and use it as idea stimulation and write more ideas Continue then collect the cards
  • 18. An Idea is a creative response to a problem without a solution. Ideas are rarely unique as others have often developed something similar. Your job is to take it to the next level! Radical ideas can be like gambling, what you may want to do is focus on the small, incremental ideas. Use a common set of evaluation criteria.
  • 19. Year 3 Year 2Year 1
  • 20. Cost of Delivery + Cost to Maintain = Total Cost of Ownership Revenue Potential Total Cost of Ownership = Total Return on Investment Qualitative Measures of Return Efficiency Savings External and Internal Image Maintaining Competitiveness
  • 21. Rapid Prototyping Selection Process Change Board Implementation Cycle Resources Timing Scoring System
  • 22. Stage 1 Filter Ideas in terms of potential value using the business case Stage 2 Research the idea in more detail to refine the costs, risks and value to the specific organisation Stage 3 Develop the concept Stage 4 Provide ongoing support or decide to abandon the idea
  • 23. Idea Idea 2 1 Idea 3 Idea 1 !
  • 24. Fluid Phase- Explosion of designs- Era of Radical Product InnovationTransitional Phase- Standardisation of design- Emergence of Process InnovationSpecific Phase- Contraction of Competitors- Era of Incremental Innovation
  • 25. Portfolio Projects OperationsStrategy Initiation Planning Executing Monitoring Closing Project Governance
  • 26. Highly Efficient Delivery Understanding Cost Accrual Allocation of Resources Backfilling Roles Preventing Scope Creep Handover to Operations Lifecycle of Product Development Roadmap
  • 27. Integration of New System with Existing Systems Alignment of Data Flows Marketing Presence Internal and External Launch Planning within the Organisation
  • 28. Define your process and strategy first Define what innovation means to your organisation Are you pro or anti risk? Do no harm. Prototyping can avoid technical ambiguity quickly Hone your skills at predicting failure Look at innovation as an integral part of your whole business
  • 29. Steve Kitowski Sheridan Technology Lab Steve Johnson Where do good ideas come from Making Sense of Change Management Cameron & Green Innovation Management & New Product Development Trott Gamestorming Gray, Brown, Macanufo
  • 30. Ruth [email protected]