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Ready…. Set…. Sprint!The art of building and breaking in

record time

Shachaf Snir, Global Innovation Business Lead

Amdocs

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The

commitment

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Builder

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Builder BreakerVs.

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“Organizations are built as

Performance engines, designed for Repeatable

and Predictable results.”

Vijay Govindarajan & Chris Trimble

“The other side of innovation”

Innovation

is a Non-routine and

Uncertain path

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Professional echo chambers

Barriers to your ecosystem

Decision making processes

The organizational rhythm

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The leading indicator predicting

affective innovation is diversity

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ecosystem

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Breaking your walls means

opening new doors

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processes

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Innovation is a path you must

discover, charting your map,

one step at a time

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organizational

rhythm

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The repeating organizational

“rhythm” is the sound of

ongoing operations

Innovation is a form of

jam session

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Innovation sprints

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Exploration

of emerging

technologies

Launchpad

Accelerating ideas

to life

Hot-House

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The Launchpad

Program

Launchpad is a cross organization

program, collaborating to accelerate

the understanding, impact and

relevance of latest trends and

technologies on Amdocs business

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Launchpad I timeline

• Leading corporations, startups and academic researchers

presented cutting edge solutions and concepts

• Initial ideation was done it teams (all through the day)

DAY 1

EXPLORING

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Launchpad I timeline

• Deep-dive to final concepts – BMC, LF Prototypes, Fast Pitch

• Pitching and receiving feedback from executive managers

(requesting support, mentorship or Sponsorship)

DAY 1

EXPLORING

DAY 2

DREAMING & REALIZING

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listO U T C O M E• 50 ideas were generated

• Top ideas are validated by intrapreneurs teams

today

Echo chambers:

50 Amdocs leaders

(cross organization)

Ecosystem:

30 startups, large

enterprises & leading

researchers from

Academia institutes

Decision making:

Present to angels’

and mentors’

committees

Organizational

rhythm:

all in 2 days

Launchpad

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Hot-House

The Amdocs version of Hot-House

was developed in collaboration

with the innovation experts from

A "Hothouse" is an agile innovation

process that combines the principles of

Build-Measure-Learn from Lean Startup,

design thinking, and agile development

to cut through the corporate overhead

and solve important business challenges

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Hot-House I timeline

• Analyze market trends and customer needs, market size and growth and the

competitive landscape

THE OPPORTUNITY

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3

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Hot-House I timeline

• Formulating the business model (LBMC), identifying hidden assumptions for validation

• Experts from inside and out of organization come in for “visiting hours”, supporting our

teams. Sales people, strategy, marketing, legal, finance etc.

THE OPPORTUNITY

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3

BUSINESS MODEL VALIDATION

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Hot-House I timeline

• Work with designers to visualize your solution – from logo to brochure demo

• Formulate a kick-starter clip for internal and external validation

THE OPPORTUNITY

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3

BUSINESS MODEL VALIDATION

MARKETING COLLATERAL

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Hot-House I timeline

• Capability assessment, Experimentation plan, risks management and key activities

planned for the next 30/90 days

• Each day hold an iteration – Peer2Peer, red team or angels committee

THE OPPORTUNITY

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3

BUSINESS MODEL VALIDATION

MARKETING COLLATERAL

THE OPPORTUNITY

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listO U T C O M E• 5 organizational startups with full sponsorship from

executive managers

• 2 solutions are developed today

Hot-House

Echo chambers:

Programmers and

designers, business

experts across the

organization

Ecosystem:

Content experts from

various domains

Decision making:

Present to angels’

and mentors’

committees

Organizational

rhythm:

3 intensive days

Tips for “the day after”

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Build and

support teams of

intrapreneurs

Tips for “the day after”

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Build and

support teams of

intrapreneurs

Engage executive

managers as

sponsors or

mentors

Tips for “the day after”

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Build and

support teams of

intrapreneurs

Engage executive

managers as

sponsors or

mentors

Leave the room

with clear

questions and a

solid plan

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Be a builder AND

a breaker:

• Professional echo chamber

• Boundaries from ecosystem

• Decision making

• Organizational rhythm

Re-imagine

structures and

boundaries.

Disregard rules that are

not written for you

The faster

you break, the

further you get!

Break the walls that stifle true potential –

it might just uncover

a view of the future!

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Thank You

Shachaf.snir@amdocs.com