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WHAT INNOVATORS REALLY DO
HOW BUSINESS OWNERS AND PRODUCT PROFESSIONALS
INNOVATE
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YOU’RE DOING WHAT?
• RV road trip
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YOU’RE DOING WHAT?
• RV road trip + interviewing innovators, product professionals, and business owners
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YOU’RE DOING WHAT?
• RV road trip + interviewing innovators, product professionals, and business owners
– Business owners of large and small organizations
– Executives responsible for innovation
– Entrepreneurs
– Many happy encounters
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YOU’RE DOING WHAT?
• RV road trip + interviewing innovators, product professionals, and business owners
– Business owners of large and small organizations
– Executives responsible for innovation
– Entrepreneurs
– Many happy encounters
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WHY?
• An itch to scratch
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WHY?
• An itch to scratch• Opportunity to learn from a variety of
practitioners in different contexts– Larger– Small– Entrepreneurs
• Share insights
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About Chad
• Electrical Engineering• Software Development• Project Manager• Product Manager• Project, Product, Innovation
Certifications (PMI, PDMA, AIPMM)• PhD – Requirements and
Expectations• Educator• www.ProductInnovationEducators
.com
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MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
• Where have you been?
• What is your favorite place?
• What is your RV?
• Do you still like each other?
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6 QUESTIONS TO SHAPE INTERVIEWS
1. An example of innovation in your company? What makes this innovative?
2. Where did the ideas come from? Is that normal or are there other sources of ideas also?
3. What made it successful?
4. What is the most innovative person in your organization like?
5. Advice for business owners to be more innovative?
6. What else is important to innovation?
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SETTING THE STAGE
• Innovation is…
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SETTING THE STAGE
• Innovation is…
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SOME LESSONS
• Three areas of innovation focus:– Customer– Process– Differentiation
• Culture• Swim with the best
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SOME LESSONS
• Three areas of innovation focus:– Customer– Process– Differentiation
• Culture• Swim with the best
My goal…
provide you with at least one tangible action you can start doing today to be more
successful with innovation.
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LESSON: CUSTOMER FOCUS
• Can’t control the tangible product?
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LESSON: CUSTOMER FOCUS
• Can’t control the tangible product?
• Innovate the customer experience.
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LESSON: CUSTOMER FOCUS – MCDONALD'S
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LESSON: CUSTOMER FOCUS
• An aggressive focus on customers• Know your customers
– The task or job they want to accomplish– Their perception of value– Make connections
• How can you simply change the customer experience to create a higher value?
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LESSON: PROCESS FOCUS – LAUNDROMAT OWNER & SOFTWARE MOGUL
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LESSON: PROCESS FOCUS
• Know what the job is• Hire the right people and let them run• Do the right things at the right times
• Do you know what the problem or objective really is?
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LESSON: DIFFERENTIATION FOCUS – TIFFIN MOTORHOMES
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LESSON: DIFFERENTIATION FOCUS – TIFFIN MOTORHOMES
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LESSON: DIFFERENTIATION FOCUS
• Know what customers want• Offer something that competitors are not• Stay ahead of trends – see what is coming next
• When customers think of your product (goods or services), what stands out to them?
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LESSON: CULTURE SUBTEXT
• Culture answers:– What is honored?– What is avoided?– What is not tolerated?
• “More important than any of the individual elements, however, is the role played by corporate culture — the organization’s self-sustaining patterns of behaving, feeling, thinking, and believing…” (Booz & Co Global 1000 Report, 2011)
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Culture Through the Eyes of Kids
Tiffin Motorhomes
Vs
Winnebago Industries
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Culture Through the Eyes of Kids
Tiffin• Smiling faces• Craftsmen• Transparent• Personal• Not repeatable• Family operation
Winnebago• Neutral faces• Hourly employees• Secretive• Assembly line• Solid processes• Public corporation
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Influence of Culture on Innovation
Tiffin Winnebago
Business Strategy Extraordinary customer service
Minimize quality errors
Culture We are family Consistency
Innovation Service Centers Manufacturing Process
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LESSON: SWIM WITH THE BEST
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LESSON: SWIM WITH THE BEST
• Find the best people in your industry you can get unbiased guidance from.
• Look for ways to be sharpened and to sharpen others.
• Don’t just learn your trade, master it.
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PRODUCT INNOVATION EBOOK
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A FEW RECURRING THEMES
• Trends: SWOTT anyone?• Safety net• Prototype - test - refine - validate• Necessity• Slack time – stepping back
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Culture – A Tasty Example
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CULTURE – KEY TO INNOVATING AS A CHOCOLATE MAKER
• 45 artisan chocolate makers in the US. Problem – how to stand out?
• Apply 3 Ps:1. Personal: the mission is personally motivating2. Powerful: the story is bigger than themselves3. Persuasive: create raving fans that recommend the
business
• What is the story behind your product?