grassroots innovation in the enterprise

HUGH MOLOTSI CEO • UJAMA

@HUGHMOLOTSI

Grassroots Innovation in the Enterprise

JEFF ZIAS GRASSROOTS INNOVATION LEADER • INTUIT

@JEFFZIAS

The biggest under-utilized assets in most companies

are the ideas in their employees’ heads.

The Insight-Decision Divide

Hewlett-Packard Steve Wozniak begged HP five times to make the Apple I

Missed Opportunities

Google Paul Buchheit built the first version of Gmail in one day leveraging Google Groups code

Empowering Employees to Drive Growth

Grassroots Innovation Model

Freedom

Leadership Support

Open Collaboration Time

Experimentation Culture

Time

Intuit’s Unstructured Time Program Provides employees time to tap into their passion to drive growth!

TurboTax Mobile App

Freedom

Atlassian’s ShipIt Days 1.  Work on whatever you want!2.  Assemble your crew!3.  You’ve got 24 hours…go!!

Jira Service Desk

Open Collaboration

3M Post-It Notes

Experimentation Culture

When you make decisions by experimentation, the

best ideas win.

The Lean Startup Model

Google Panda

Leadership Support

The boss is no longer the Caesar. S C O T T C O O K , I N T U I T F O U N D E R

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Great Coaching – Way of the Masters

3. Push for a Bold Vision

2. Use Storytelling

1. Use Inquiry Thoughtful inquiry is often more influential than advocacy

Skip the lecturing and engage with short “key lesson” stories

Setting a huge vision will inspire people to do greater work than they ever imagined

Five Coaching Tips 4. Amplify Energy

Energize the team by accentuating the positives and emphasizing what you liked

5. Do It Together Instead of telling them the answer, roll up your sleeves and scrimmage with the team

To bridge the Insight-Division divide, empower your employees to drive

growth

Thank you!

GRASSROOTS INNOVATION IN THE ENTERPRISE

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JEFF ZIAS GRASSROOTS INNOVATION LEADER

INTUIT @JEFFZIAS

HUGH MOLOTSI CEO • UJAMA

@HUGHMOLOTSI