Innovation Workplan Sample

!Innovation Workplan

Driving a Culture of Innovation!

Contents 1. The Innovation Framework !

• What is holding ABC back from fulfilling its Innovation Ambitions?!

2. Recommendations!

• Clear Innovation Strategy /Platforms!

• Encouraging Culture !

• Empowering Process (Ideation Workshops)!

• Quality and Quantity of Ideas!

3. The Innovation Workplan Summary!

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The Innovation Framework 1. Start with Strategy - Clearly

communicate the Innovation Priorities / Innovation Platforms!

2. Build a climate that encourages and motivates contributions to Innovation amongst all staff!

3. Empower people with process and tools to discover new ideas!

4. All the above should place you well to have a quality pipeline of potential ideas to implement.!

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Innovation Workplan Task! How!

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S 1: Determine Innovation Priorities ! How: Conduct Executive Interviews!How: Innovation Priority Workshops!

S 2: Identify Platform Champions !How: Select Individuals / teams to own each platform!How: Provide $$ allocation for each platform!

S 3: Communicate Innovation Priorities !How: Company-wide Innovation Day!How: Create Posters to communicate each Priority Area!How: Follow-up Business Unit communications!

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ess! P 1: Establish a common Innovation Process Toolbox! How: Develop a set of Materials to communicate the Toolbox!

P 2: Educate and Familiarise Key Managers !in the Toolbox!

How: Innovation Facilitator Training!How: Establish a list of Process Toolbox Experts!

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C1: Innovation Audit of Climate! How: Online Culture Assessment!

C2: Leading Innovation Training! How: All people managers to undergo 2 day Leading Innovation Training!

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I 1: Involve all key stakeholders in Idea Generation!How: Invest in a robust Idea Management System: broadcast Innovation Challenges, submission of ideas, voting for ideas!How: Conduct Innovation Campaigns quarterly!

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How might we communicate the vision and roadmap? !How might we provide clarity on our vision?!How might we be clearer in connecting goals to ideas?!How might we connect Innovation to our business and personal aspirations!How might we resolve inter-department conflicts / contradictions?!How might we enable and empower employees to execute the idea?!How might we make Innovation simpler!How might we maximise participation?!How might we collaborate better for a common outcome?!How might we make room in our daily work for Innovation?!How might we Define and Communicate success?!How might we motivate employees to work on Innovation projects?!How might we revive the momentum, fire and passion?!Hoe might we reward innovation?!How might we drive a positive mindset to innovation?!How might we foster a culture of feedback and debate?!How might we we create a collaborative environment?!

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What is holding ABC back? ABC needs to communicate clear Innovation Priorities!

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Innovation Framework"

Innovation Priorities Innovation priorities help to focus Innovation work across Business Units!

Serve to fuel Innovation projects!Provide legitimacy for Innovation projects!

Innovation Platforms are thematic and future leaning!

All Innovation projects must be connected back to a specific platform.!

Platforms are defined by Senior Management, each platform is championed by a team, communicated to all staff.!

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Clinic Connection!

Prediction & Prevention!

Wellness Experience!

Destination Mayo Clinic!

Culture & Competency in Innovation!


Innovation Priorities: Healthcare Provider!

Looked for ways that Mayo physicians could share their expertise with colleagues and patients at a distance.!

Worked toward the prevention and early detection of chronic diseases, for example, through family medical history software and new education models to promote cancer screening.!

Promoting health education and healthy lifestyles.!

Improve the health care experience for outpatients at the main Rochester clinic.!

Diffuse innovation throughout the institution with classes, lunchtime discussion groups, and an annual Transform Symposium on innovative health care delivery.!

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Source: Doblin.com

Culture & Competency in Innovation!

Branding the Customer Experience (Internal and External)!

Greater Value through lower costs and flexible /temporary solutions!

Building office communities through Service value adds!

Building B2B service value adds!


ABC Innovation Priorities?

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Innovation Priorities: Recommendation"

Task 1: Determine Innovation Priorities How: Conduct Executive Interviews!How: Innovation Priority Workshops!

Task 3: Communicate Innovation Priorities How: Company-wide Innovation Day!How: Create Posters to communicate each Priority Area!How: Follow-up Business Unit comms!

Task 2: Identify Platform Champions

How: Select Individuals / teams to own each platform!How: Provide $$ allocation for each platform!

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Empowering Process How might we enable and empower employees to execute the idea?!How might we make Innovation simpler!How might we maximise participation?!How might we collaborate better for a common outcome?!How might we make room in our daily work for Innovation?!How might we Define and Communicate success?!

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Empowering Process: Recommendation"

Task 1: Establish an Innovation Process Toolbox

Task 2: Educate and Familiarise Key Managers in the Toolbox How: Develop a set of Materials to communicate the Toolbox!How: Innovation Facilitator Training!How: Establish a list of Process Toolbox Experts!

DISCOVERY DEFINE

INNOVATION CHALLENGE

IDEATION DEVELOP IDEAS

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Climate How might we Define and Communicate success?!How might we motivate employees to work on Innovation projects?!How might we revive the momentum, fire and passion?!Hoe might we reward innovation?!How might we drive a positive mindset to innovation?!How might we foster a culture of feedback and debate?!How might we we create a collaborative environment?!

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Task 1: Innovation Audit

How: Online survey to measure Innovation Culture!


Climate: Recommendation

Task 2: Leading Innovation Training How: All people managers to undergo 2 day Leading Innovation Training!How: Review policies and practices at ABC which may contribute or undermine a climate for Innovation!


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Quality and Quantity of Ideas • The idea attrition rate from seedling to

implementable idea is should be significant and therefore too few ideas carry all ABC’s Innovation Hopes.!

• ABC must expand the volume of Ideas in the pipeline.!

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Quality & Quantity of Ideas: Recommendation Task 1: Involve all key stakeholders in Idea Generation

How: Invest in an online Ideation System, one that allows for the broadcast of Innovation Challenges, submission of ideas, evaluation and voting on ideas!How: Conduct Innovation Campaigns quarterly to focus attention on key Innovation priorities.!

Task 2: Conduct real-world Ideation Bootcamps How: Select a single Innovation Platform to conduct a large scale Innovation Bootcamp, invite key business partners to contribute.!

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Summary Workplan Task! How!

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S 1: Determine Innovation Priorities ! How: Conduct Executive Interviews!How: Innovation Priority Workshops!

S 2: Identify Platform Champions !How: Select Individuals / teams to own each platform!How: Provide $$ allocation for each platform!

S 3: Communicate Innovation Priorities !How: Company-wide Innovation Day!How: Create Posters to communicate each Priority Area!How: Follow-up Business Unit communications!

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ess! P 1: Establish a common Innovation Process Toolbox! How: Develop a set of Materials to communicate the Toolbox!

P 2: Educate and Familiarise Key Managers in the Toolbox!

How: Innovation Facilitator Training!How: Establish a list of Process Toolbox Experts!

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C 1: Follow through on Ideas generated from Ideation Workshop! Explore development of VVV, Future Business Unit!

C 2: Leading Innovation Training! How: All people managers to undergo 2 day Leading Innovation Training!

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I 1: Involve all key stakeholders in Idea Generation!How: Invest in a robust Idea Management System: broadcast Innovation Challenges, submission of ideas, voting for ideas!How: Conduct Innovation Campaigns quarterly!

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Make it Tangible Make it Experiential Work on Real Issues

Innovation is too Conceptual,

Complex

ABOUT INVITRO INNOVATION"Service domain!

New Product Concepting Category Reinvention Commercial Innovation Design Thinking Deep Dives Defining Innovation Priorities Innovation Bootcamp Innovation Day Innovation Training Programs

Innovation! Brand Purpose / Visioning!

Vision and Values Brand Purpose Brand Experience Immersion

Seek to awaken Purpose within companies and Brands. We believe employees are better thinkers and

executors when guided by Purpose. We believe customers are drawn to Purposeful entities.

Seek to awaken the Innovation instinct within companies. We empower people with Process and Tools to solve

problems through ideas. We aim to make Innovation Tangible + Experiential.


ABOUT INVITRO INNOVATION"Clients!


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