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Presented by: Kathie TopelAuthor & Vice President of Impact Insights

Innovation and the EnterpriseFostering our Creativity

Kathie Topel

Author of the book POWERSHIP®

Vice President, Impact Insights, an SPR Company

15 years as CEO of a Technology Consulting Firm

Certified in Supply Chain and Manufacturing

25+ years in Delivery of Technology Solutions

SPR Companies

IMPACT insights - Mission

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Putting IT at the Heart of Business

Success!

Premier, national source of business-IT

alignment and optimization solutions.

We are known for our unique ability to

build award-winning IT departments that

make enormous contributions to

business success.

Definition…

The Act of Introducing

Something New

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Innovate …..ME???

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Innovation Fear

• I’m not creative enough to innovate

• I’m not qualified to innovate

• My idea might be rejected

• I don’t know how to invent anything

• Where do I get ideas

• What if I can’t think of something new

• Will I have to implement my idea

• Is this part of my performance review

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Innovation Pressure

Frustration

Forced Ideas

Push Back

Disengagement

Key To Innovation Success

COLLABORATION

Culture

For

Innovation

Success

Maximize Innovation Impact

Step 1 - Guidelines

“Set the guardrails for the future. Identify objectives for

the innovation process to Maximize Impact.”

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M

P

A

C

T

Objectives

We want to be ready to

Act before our customers

are.

We want to link the

delivery of the innovation

to our strategy.

Streamline collaboration

on ideas.

Drive toward solutions

that give expanded value

to customers.

Go to market client

based innovation is the

focus.

Maximize Innovation Impact

Step 2 - Process

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Deliver

Develop Sales Incentive Plan

Develop Marketing Plan

Finalize Delivery

Recruit

Client Support

Select

Evaluate Success of Pilot

Present Impact and Value to Exec Team

Formal Announcement

Capture

Collaborate for Ideas

Brainstorm

Document Idea

Formulate

Refine Details

Get Peers involved

Determine Champion

Evaluate

Form a POC team.

Develop POC

Analyze POC for impact and value

Review with Executive Team

Pilot

Finalize Strategic Company for Delivery

Preliminary Intro to sales

Pilot

Develop Delivery Model

Innovation Process Management

Microsoft – Innovation Process 2007

Maximize Innovation Impact

Step 3 - Collaboration

Collaboration Methods

Collaboration

Idea sharing groups. Community of Practice

Teams of Technicians

Brainstorm sessions

Special Interest Groups within Professional

Organizations

Following Industry Blogs

Reviewing case studies

Applying past knowledge to current technology

Focusing in on a particular area (Example :

Mobile)

Customers

Organize a group

Identify a meeting location that is open and promotes thought generation

Identify the client or market (Target)

Identify the customer profile now and future for (Target)

Identify industry needs of the (Target) that need to be met

Identify the competition of the (Target) market

Identify the technology that we can bring to the (Target) market EXAMPLE : Cloud, Mobile

High Power Brainstorming – Saving all ideas

Mind Mapping Collaboration to assemble ideas into categories

Formulate possible solutions – Talk Value

Enter Idea for Consideration

EXAMPLE

Innovation

For

Impact

Session

Culture

For

Innovation

Success

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