an introduction to innovation: presented to aimia 1_10_08

innovation?better offeringsbetter processesbetter businesses

better world

kate o’keeffe: innovation associate innovation manager for south east waterwww.smoothinnovator.com www.linkedin.com/in/kateokeeffe

who am i?why innovate?creativity & ideation: the design paradigmimplementation

forget the warm and fuzzies

Source: Batterham, R (2000), The Chance to Change, Discussion Paper by the Chief Scientist, AGPS

Source: Johnson & Johnson

Warm coloured environments…

the need for slow brain

gather ideas in bursts: idea campaigns

go big

collaboration: go deep

share ideasshare problemsinvite their senior m’ment to your strategy planningcontribute to their campaignsmatch counterparts

Source: Johnson & Johnson

implementation is the hard bit

implementation should be non-discretionary:top down supportspeedywell resourced

$champions

rewarded & recognisedperformance managementconsider greenhousingfail fastoffer easy means to run it up the flagpole

remember:vuja de

field tripswarm coloured environments

deviant imagesslow brain

idea campaignscollaborate

throw energy behind implementationfail fast

build a culture around it

Thanks. www.smoothinnovator.com

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