Killer Innovations

Segment 1: Corporate Corruption Of Innovation

Phases of corporate adoption of innovation

• Ignore - hope that it goes away
• It's for others - not an issue for us
• Maybe its something we should look into
• URGENT - We are behind
  

Chief Innovation Officers does not equal innovation

How do you know if an organization is serious about innovation?

• Have interlatized the importance of innovation
• Has adopted innovation metrics that are transparent to everyone
• Have allocated dedicated resources (headcount, budget)
  

If a company wants to make innovation a core pf their culture and business success

1. Find the hidden creative individuals within the organization.  Give them the green light to come out of hiding.
2. Find successess - no matter how small
3. Find Failures
4. Tell Stories
5. Allocate resources
6. Set targets
   

The objective of the organization adopting innovation is NOT TO:

• create a new department/organization for the sake of creating turf/control
• Creating red tape -- that will come
• Faking the results by finding metrics that make you look good

The objective of the organization adopting innovation is TO:

• Find those "creatives" already in the organization and support them
• Motivate your people
• Ignite the passion
• Have REAL impact with REAL results

Segment 2: Killer Question of the Week

"What assumptions do we have about how our organization opeates?"

"What assumptions do we have about how we create new ideas/products/services?"

Segment 3: Closing Thoughts

"Change before you have to."  Jack Welch's

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