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A straightforward plan for leadership to implement an Innovation Strategy within your organization.
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“Innovation is not about big ideas. Innovation is about persistently pursuing a better way to do things, one possibility at a
time.”
Innovation Defined
“Innovation is the introduction of new ways to handle situations or problems that
provide a better result than the current methods.”
Presentation Focus
InternalExternal
Employee MoralFinancialsTechnologyBusiness ProcessesPolicies and ProceduresOperational Improvements
Sense of CommunityBusiness Success
Quality of LifePublic Policy
Citizen EngagementTrust in Government
Presentation Focus
InternalExternal
• Employee Moral• Financials• Technology• Business Processes• Policies and Procedures• Operational Improvements
Overview
Philosophy of Innovation
• Ideas Are Connected• Adjacent Possible• Types of Innovation
Leading Innovation
• Creating a Culture of Innovation• Importance of Trust• “Why” Mindset• Focus on Strengths• Provide Training
• Technology• Innovation Advocacy• Innovation Program
Multiple Discovery
Logarithms1614-1618
Oxygen1773-1777
Electrical telegraph
1837
Radioactivity1896
E=MC2
1900-1906
Jet Engine1939-1941
Polio Vaccine1950-1963
Endorphins1975
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_discoveries
Types of Innovation
Individual Initiative
• Creative Time• Individual Effort• Subject Matter
Experts
Process Improvement• Business Process
Improvement• Focus on Existing
Processes
Continuous Innovation
• Builds on Current Strengths
• New Products or Services
Disruptive Innovation
• New Business Models
• Disrupt Existing Business Practices
Types of Innovation
Process Improvement
• Business Process Improvement• Focus on Existing Processes
Continuous Innovation
• Builds on Current Strengths• New Products or Services
To have a sustainable innovation strategy organizations should focus on process improvement and continuous innovation.
Leading Innovation
Advocacy
CultureTechnology
Persistence
Don’t Rush Innovation
Understand the Role of Technology
Identify Innovation Advocates
Create a Culture of Innovation
PACT
Create a Culture of Innovation
PromoteTrust
ProvideTraining
Ask Why?
Focus onStrengths
• Don’t Micromanage • Failure is an Option
Create a Culture of Innovation
Add
to Every Employees Vocabulary
WHY?
Create a Culture of Innovation
Allow Your People to Develop Their Strengths
Passion Motivation Fulfillment Results
Does Not Mean That You Ignore Weaknesses!
Importance of Technology
“Technology is not just a tool to achieve innovation; it is the catalyst for Innovation.”
Understand Technology
Seat at the Leadership Table
Innovation Advocate Responsibilities
Stay Up on Innovation Topics
Gather Success Stories
Recommend Training Topics
Remove Roadblocks
Develop Innovation Strategy
Review Polices and Procedures
Manage the Innovation Program
Creating Challenge Questions
Ask for Pain-Points Identify Top Problems
Gather Responses Create Challenge Question
Identify Organizational Pain-Points
Establish an Ideation System
Innovation Strategy Components
Innovation Goals
Organizational Pain-Points
Innovation Advocate Responsibilities
Innovation Program
Training Requirements
Recognition System
“Innovation is not about big ideas. Innovation is about persistently pursuing a better way to do things, one possibility at a
time.”