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Speakers: Hal GregersenProfessor of Innovation and LeadershipINSEAD

Todd HennemanFreelance WriterWorkforce

Moderator: Ed FrauenheimSenior EditorWorkforce

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Speakers

• Ed Frauenheim, author and senior editor, Workforce

• Todd Henneman, writer and author of Workforce cover story on Innovation

• Hal Gregersen, INSEAD professor and co‐author of The Innovator’s DNA

Agenda

• The Context: Innovation’s Importance

• The Innovator’s DNA 

• Best Practices

• Our Research on the Innovative Workforce

• Q&A

Innovation Matters to CEOs

• #3 CEO Challenge in 2013

• #1 Challenge in 2012

Source: The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2013

Innovation Matters Less to Workforce Leaders

Source: 2012 Workforce survey involving 1,018 respondents

But They Are Getting the Message

Source: 2012 Workforce survey involving 1,018 respondents

Innovation Anxiety

• 4 in 10 organizations see themselves as ineffective at fostering innovation

Source: 2012 Workforce survey involving 1,018 respondents

TheInnovator’sDNA

HAL GREGERSENINSEADThe Business School for the WorldTwitter: @halgregersen

Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

fivediscovery 

skills

CatalyticQuestioning

Start with

Observing

Networking

Experimenting

Get to work with

DeepObserving

new ideaNetworking

Not like me

Profession or Education

Organization function

Organization

Industry

Gender

Age

Nationality

Political group

Religious group

Socio‐economic group

Marc BenioffFounder and CEO, Salesforce.com

ActiveExperimenting

Try out new experiences

Take apartproductsprocessesideas

Mir ImranChairman & CEO, InCube Labs and InCube Ventures

Test ideas

rapid pilotsrapid prototypes

AssociationalThinking

Finish with

Steve Jobs

“Creativity is connecting things.”

iPod

Help Wanted Ads

Help Wanted Ads

360 degree feedback

Help Wanted Ads 

360 degree feedback

fivediscovery 

skills

Everyone has more

creative capacity

than they think.

act different(ly)

think different(ly)

make a difference

the project

Best Practices for Innovation

Today’s formula

• Define innovation

• Communicate strategy

• Nurture trust

• Broaden perspectives

• Tap technology

• Embrace failure

• Reward collaboration

• Look at a lab: Xylem Inc.

Define Innovation

Communicate the strategy

Nurture trust

Broaden perspectives

Tap technology

Embrace failure

Reward collaboration

Case: Rise of Xylem’s innovation lab

Workforce Research on Workforce Innovation

Employees Are Key to Creativity

Source: 2012 Workforce survey involving 1,018 respondents

The Most Effective Strategies 

CollaborationAutonomyExpertiseTechnology

Source: 2012 Workforce survey involving 1,018 respondents

The Mismatch

Many Employers Don’t Provide Autonomy

Source: 2012 Workforce survey involving 1,018 respondents

Innovation Often Isn’t Measured

Source: 2012 Workforce survey involving 1,018 respondents

Your Questions

Thank You!

Ed Frauenheim

efrauenheim@workforce.com

@edfrauenheim

Workforce package on Innovation:

http://www.workforce.com/section/innovation

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