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INNOVATION IN INDUSTRY all talk and no ac*on…

INNOVATION’IN’ INDUSTRY’ · Who!is!this!guy?! • !Over!15!years!of!experience!in!innovaon!!and!industry:!Cookson,!YKI,!Electrolux,!!BASF,!Hybrid!Plas*cs!&!Phantom!Plas*cs!

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INNOVATION  IN  INDUSTRY  

   all  talk  and  no  ac*on…  

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Who  is  this  guy?  

•   Over  15  years  of  experience  in  innova*on    and  industry:  Cookson,  YKI,  Electrolux,    BASF,  Hybrid  Plas*cs  &  Phantom  Plas*cs  •   Serial  innovator:  many  inven*ons,  13  patents  &  2  Innocen*ve  cash  awards  •   Papers,  ar*cles,  book  chapters,    presenta*ons  &  workshops  •   Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of    •   Chemistry  &  Chartered  Chemist  

2  Dr.  Chris  DeArmiS  FRSC                  www.phantomplas*cs.com  

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Introduc*on  

•   What  is  innova*on?  •   Why  do  we  need  it?  •   How  do  we  approach  it  now?  •   What  are  the  weak  points?  •   How  can  we  prevent  or  ameliorate  them?  •   What  the  future  holds:  new  tools  •   Conclusions  

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What  is  innova*on?  

“idea&on  and  innova&on  are  not  synonyms.  The  former  deals  with  the  genera&on  of  ideas;  the  la8er,  with              

their  implementa&on.”                                                        Levi1  

•   Generate  ideas  •   Pick  the  best  ones  •   Generate  new  products  and  processes  

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Why  do  we  need  innova*on?  

•   The  market  is  dynamic  so  new  products    are  always  necessary  •   Compe*tors  do  not  stand  s*ll  •   Stock  holders  demand  a  return  on    investment  •   30-­‐80%  of  a  companies  valua*on  is  based    on  an*cipated  profits  from  innova*on  •   Even  the  most  successful  companies  do    poorly  just  5  years  later  (so  there  is  no    winning  formula)  

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Product  development  scheme  

   Marke*ng   R&D   Product  Development   Produc*on  

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What  are  the  weak  points?  

•   Iden*fying  the  market  needs  •   R&D  effec*veness  •   Project  transfer  between  func*ons  •   Project  monitoring  systems  •   Time  to  market  •   In  short:  everything!  

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Innovators  

“The  opportuni&es  of  man  are  limited  only  by  his  imagina&on.  But  so  few  have  

imagina&on  that  there  are  ten  thousand  fiddlers  to  one  composer.”  

                   Charles  F.  Ke1ering  

•   Anyone  can  have  ideas  •   However,  only  a  very  few  will  consistently    generate  valuable  ideas  •   Look  ader  your  innovators  •   Gain  access  to  a  larger  pool  (shown  later)  

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R&D  –  basic  research  

“Basic  research  is  like  shoo&ng  an  arrow  in  the  air  and,  where  it  lands,  pain&ng  a  

target.”  Homer  Adkins  (Nature,  1984)    

•   Many  scien*sts  look  down  upon  applied    research  •   The  Nobel  Prize  is  awarded  for  “cool”    work  of  doubjul  u*lity  •   Large  companies  are  safe  havens  for    scien*sts  to  play  

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R&D  –  applied  research  

“Knowledge  has  no  value  except  that  which  can  be  gained  from  its  applica&on  

toward  some  worthwhile  end.”                                      Napoleon  Hill  

•   Applied  research  is  more  challenging  and    more  personally  rewarding  

•   Done  under  constraints  on  *me,  money,    safety  and  prac*cability  

•   It  gives  tangible  products  to  help    companies,  people  and  mankind   10  

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Project  “management”  

“So  much  of  what  we  call  management  consists  in  making  it  difficult  for  people  

to  work.”                                    Peter  Drucker  

•   Project  management  tools  work  well  for    repe**ve  or  predictable  ac*vi*es  •   They  do  not  help  in  innova*ve  processes    as  they  are,  by  nature,  unpredictable  •   So,  why  do  we  use  them?  

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Project  “management”  

“When  you  do  not  know  what  you  are  doing,  do  it  neatly,  efficiently,  and  

decisively.”            anon  (Guidelines  for  Successful  Planners)  

•   Project  monitoring  tools  give  management    an  overview  •   By  implemen*ng  procedures,  one  creates    the  illusion  of  control  •   The  net  effect  is  to  slow  development  and    shid  focus  from  actual  work  to  paperwork  

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Idea  filtering  

“The  best  way  to  have  a  good  idea  is  to  have  a  lot  of  ideas.”  

                                 Linus  Pauling  

•   Genera*ng  ideas  is  not  that  hard  •   Good  ideas  are  however,  hard  to  find  •   Filtering  the  ideas  is  key  •   Experienced  staff  with  commercial    awareness  are  needed  

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New  informa*on  paradigm  “The  next  best  thing  to  knowing  something  

is  knowing  where  to  find  it.”    Samuel  Johnson  

•   The  informa*on  now  available  far    outstretches  mankind’s  ability  to    remember  it  •   We  have  to  shid  our  focus  from    memoriza*on  to:  

–   storage  –   searching  &  networking  –   filtering  –   cri*cal  thinking  

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New  informa*on  paradigm  

Useful  output  

Ever  faster  

+30%  per  year  

>20  exabytes  

1  exabyte  =  1018  bytes  

Informa*on  worldwide  

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Time  and  *ming  

•   Innova*on  needs  to  be  correctly  *med  to    hit  the  market  window  •   The  market  clock  *cks  independently  from    the  company  clock  •   Projects  need  be  accelerated  •   Ini*ate  projects  immediately  •   Run  ac*vi*es  concurrently  •   Fewer,  faster  projects  •   Leads  to  increased  return  

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World-­‐scale  woes  

“There  is  no  greater  barrier  to  innova&on  than  a  paid-­‐off  plant.”  

•   Economies  of  scale  are  needed  to  compete    in  any  market  •   This  means  ever  increasing  investments    needed  just  to  stay  in  the  game  •   Introducing  a  new  process  is  almost    impossible:  –   exis*ng  process  has  been  tuned  for  decades  –   no  viable  mechanism  to  scale  up  gradually  

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Talent  and  produc*vity  Talent  =  iniVaVve  x  drive  x  ability  x  focus      but  ProducVvity  =  iniVaVve  x  drive  x  ability  x  focus                  selfishness  

•   Companies  all  know  that  they  need    talented  staff  •   Unfortunately,  those  they  get  are  average  •   BeSer  employees  can  be  hired  with  the  aid    of  simple  tools  •   Get  beSer  staff  and…  •   Avoid  problem  people  

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Large  company  syndrome  

“In  any  great  organiza&on  it  is  far,  far  safer  to  be  wrong  with  the  majority  than  to  be  

right  alone.”                              John  Kenneth  Galbraith  

•   Almost  no  contact  to  the  customer  •   All  contacts  are  internal  (poli*cs  rule)  •   No  chance  to  affect  the  boSom  line  •   Decision  making  problems  •   Wrapped  in  red  tape  

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The  safety  seesaw  

output  

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What  does  the  future  hold?  

   New  tools  include:  •   Virtual  marke*ng  •   Open  innova*on  •   Innova*on  indexing  

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Virtual  marke*ng      The  old  way:  •   Hardcopy  market  studies  •   Limited  dataset  •   Subjec*ve  analysis  •   Out  of  date  informa*on  

   The  new  way:  •   Instant  internet  access  •   Vast  dataset  of  poten*al  customers  •   You  can  analyze  and  tune  the  analysis  •   Up  to  date  informa*on  

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Open  Innova*on      The  old  way:  •   Maintain  a  large  corporate  R&D    department  (fixed  cost)  •   Rely  on  internal  ideas  •   Low  chance  of  out-­‐of-­‐the-­‐box  ideas  

   The  new  way:  •   Maintain  a  small  corporate  R&D  •   World-­‐wide  ideas  and  more  ideas  •   Mul*disciplinary  with  breakthrough    poten*al  

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Innova*on  Index  Purpose:  Screening  collabora*on  partners,  op*mizing  structure      

Input  parameters:  

 Number  of  employees  (ð  number  of  chances  to  innovate,  N)    Annual  Sales  (ð  chance  to  affect  the  boSom  line,  P)    Number  of  levels  in  hierarchy  (ð  decision  making  ability,  D)    R&D  spending  as  %  of  sales  (ð  resources  allocated,  R)    Market  share  yet  to  win  (ð  incen*ve  level,  M)    Employee  frac*on  next  to  customers  (ð  market  contact,  E)  

         InnovaVon  Index  Ix=  N  x  P  x  D  x  R  x  M  x  E  

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Conclusions  

•   We  need  innova*on  to  grow  and  thrive  •   Most  companies  are  very  poor  at  delivering    innova*on  •   The  process  is  flawed  and  must  be  changed  •   New  tools  allow  major  improvement:  –   personality  profiling  for  beSer  employees  –   virtual  marke*ng  for  real-­‐*me  market  info  –   open  innova*on  for  beSer,  cheaper,  results  –   innova*on  index  to  select  partners  

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Further  reading  1.  P.  Doyle,  Marke0ng  Management  &  Strategy  3rd  Edi0on,  Pren*ce  Hall,  Essex,  UK,  2002.  

2.  C.  M.  Christensen,  The  Innovator’s  Dilemma,  Harper  Business,  New  York,  USA,  2000.  

3.  C.  M.  Christensen,  M.  E.  Raynor,  The  Innovator’s  Solu0on,  Harvard  Business  School  Publishing  Corpora*on,  MassachuseSs,  USA,  2003.  

4.  P.  G.  Smith,  D.  G.  Reinertsen,  Developing  Products  in  Half  the  Time  2nd  Edi0on,  John  Wiley  &  Sons  New  York  USA  1998.  

5.  M.  Michalko,  Thinkertoys  2nd  Edi0on,  Ten  Speed  Press,  California,  USA,  2006.  

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