BUILDING THE FRAMEWORK FOR AN AGILE INNOVATION PROGRAM ABLE TO ADAPT
WITH EVOLVING CUSTOMER DEMANDS WHILE REMAINING
FOCUSED ON THE ENTERPRISE’S STRATEGIC
GOALSby Coby Randquist
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Ok, so that title didn’t exactly role off my
tongue
Let’s try again...
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CultivatingInnovation
by Coby Randquist
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Who am I?Coby Randquist
@kobier on Twitter
CobyR on Github
I am a Technologist, a Rubyist, a Stacker, and an evangelist
Director of New Tech & Prod Dev Eng at AT&T
Organizer of the Los Angeles Ruby Conference (2014 will be our sixth year)
Organizer of Ruby on Ales in Bend, Oregon(2014 will be our fourth year)
Organizer of OpenStack on Ales in Bend, Oregon(First year coming up in two weeks, September 30 and October1)
Founder of Confreaks.com - a video production company and technology video aggregation web-site
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Disclaimer
I am speaking as an individual, NOT for or on behalf of AT&T, these are my opinions, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or objectives of my employer.
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So who are you?
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Are you...
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Are you...
involved with product development?
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Are you...
involved with product development?
involved with research and development?
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Are you...
involved with product development?
involved with research and development?
administration?
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Are you...
involved with product development?
involved with research and development?
administration?
finance
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Are you...
involved with product development?
involved with research and development?
administration?
finance
business development?
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Process Driven Innovation
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Process
proc·essa series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
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Driven
driv·enpast participle of drive.
drivepropel or carry along by force in a specified direction
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Innovation
in·no·va·tionˌthe profitable implementation of change
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Summary
A series of actions or steps taken in order to propel or carry along by force to implement profitable change.
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Paraphrased
profitable implementation of change created by a
series of intentional steps
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So how do you cultivate Change?
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Process doesn’t create change.
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Systems do not create change.
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People
*Create Change!
*if you have a culture that encourages it.
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Meaningful Change
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Meaningful ChangeRequires
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Meaningful ChangeRequires
Passion
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Meaningful ChangeRequires
Passion
Safety
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Meaningful ChangeRequires
Passion
Safety
Curiosity
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Meaningful ChangeRequires
Passion
Safety
Curiosity
Conflict
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Meaningful ChangeRequires
Passion
Safety
Curiosity
Conflict
Resolution
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Meaningful ChangeRequires
Passion
Safety
Curiosity
Conflict
Resolution
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Passion
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Safety
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Curiosity
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Conflict
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Resolution
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Motivation
“People engage in radical innovation not because they get paid for it, but because they want to.”
-Gene Meieran, Intel Fellow
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Ok, so you have change....
Can you:
Accept it?
Support it?
Implement it?
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Be aware of individual resistance
People like the status quo
They are good at it
asking them to change - requires them to be temporarily incompetent.
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Be aware of institutional resistance
Processes are created to be followed
make sure you have the ability to change your processes
religious enforcement of process can threaten innovation
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Change without implementation
!=Innovation
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Thanksfor
Listening
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Questions?
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