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06.06.202 2 Aalto/GSOM Block Seminar - Nokia Case 1 CEMS Block Seminar Innovate@Salo Group 1 Jenna Hakkarainen, Sven Ahrens Thomas Henry, Jan Kešelak

Improving Innovation Processes at Nokia Salo

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This presentation was part of a joint Nokia-Aalto workshop in order to improve the idea management and innovation processes at Nokia Salo

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Page 1: Improving Innovation Processes at Nokia Salo

08.04.2023 Aalto/GSOM Block Seminar - Nokia Case 1

CEMS Block Seminar

Innovate@Salo

Group 1Jenna Hakkarainen, Sven Ahrens

Thomas Henry, Jan Kešelak

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Nokia’s innovation process has poor stats1

• No transparency• Low ideator involvement/

“Black box”• Low implementation

ratio (1%)• Slow process (up to

3 years)• Partial specialists• Lack of motivation

“Idea Innovation” today

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Nokia is not alone: innovation barriers across industries1

Marketing or communcation failure

Death of ideas

Inadequate measurement tools

Poor idea selection

Limited customer insight

Risk-averse culture

Lack of coordination

Lengthy development/implementation

18%

18%

21%

21%

25%

26%

28%

32%

Innovation Barriers

Marketing or communcation failure

Death of ideas

Inadequate measurement tools

Poor idea selection

Limited customer insight

Risk-averse culture

Lack of coordination

Lengthy development/implementation

18%

18%

21%

21%

25%

26%

28%

32%

Innovation Barriers

Source: Boston Consulting Group

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Innovation will be process improved along several KPIs1

+

• Provide 100% process transparency• Offer 100% ideator involvement• Increase implementation ratio to 10%• Speed up “T2D” to 1 week for critical and 1 month for non-critical ideas• Guarantee 100% impartial assessment• Increase motivation along several dimensions

Target KPIs for the new innovation process

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Top management support and changes in working environment drive idea creation2

Nokia wants more innovation in Salo? Then there should be a company-wide spirit that encourages every single employee to drive every single of his/her ideas forward.

• Use time to work on ideas with colleagues

• “Idea corners”/garage

15% off-time1

• Annual awards for teams/individuals with more than €1m in 3 years (cost/add. revenue)

• E.g. trip to research labs

Recognition2

No immediate monetary incentives

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We propose a streamlined idea suggestion process2Idea(tor)

Automated screening

Standardized input tool Manage valves

• Urgency• Process related• Product related• Unrelated• Cost/Value

Category Red

Category Yellow

Category Green

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We propose a streamlined idea suggestion process2Idea(tor)

Automated screening

Immediate handling of idea1 FTE

Yes

Human screening

1-2 FTE

Case-by-case sorting

Action within 24 hours Action within 1 month

Category Red Category Yellow

Category Green

No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Budget and HR allocation, inclusion of ideator

Budget and HR allocation, inclusion of ideator

Budget and HR allocation, inclusion of ideator

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Bias is prevented through a cross-functional assessment board 2

Case-by-case sorting

Action within 24 hours Action within 1 month

Category Red Category Yellow

Yes NoYes No

Budget and HR allocation, inclusion of ideator

Budget and HR allocation, inclusion of ideator

Marketing/Sales

Continuous improvement specialists

Area specialists

Non-involved assessors

Open innovators (externals)

Plant management

1

2

3

4

5

6

Ideator

0

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Innovation process will improve along several KPIsS

+

• Provide 100% process transparency• Offer 100% ideator involvement• Increase implementation ratio to 10%• Speed up “T2D” to 1 week for critical and 1 month for non-critical ideas• Guarantee 100% impartial assessment• Increase motivation along several dimensions

Target KPIs for the new innovation process