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Overcoming innovation barriers in large, traditional companies: understanding, tools & techniques David Pender Principal, Knowledge Perspectives

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Overcominginnovationbarriersinlarge,traditionalcompanies:

understanding,tools&techniques

DavidPenderPrincipal,KnowledgePerspectives

“TheinnovationgeneismissingfromourDNA”

President,LargeSingaporeanEngineeringCompany(4000+employees)

Today• The“off”switch• The“on”switch• Potentialconsultingapproaches• Amodel

The“off”switch

Organisation

• Noagenda• Noseniorexecutiveresponsibility• Budget(other thanR&D)• Lackofaplatform

Culture

• Fixedmindset• Needforcontrol, stronghierarchies• Myopia• Stronginternalfocus

People

• Innovationskills• Mistakenbeliefthatyouneed“creatives”• Headspace

Butitisnotallbadnews….

Collaboration Creativity

Culture &Climate FacilitationAlignment

WIIFMNetworks Tools

OutletsCulture &ClimateSkills

Facilitation

Innovation

New RevenueStreams Reduced Costs

TheCollaboration/Creativity ConnectionThecollaboration-creativitynexus

Finance Process Offerings Delivery

Businessmodels

Networks&alliances

Enablingprocesses

Coreprocesses

Productperformance

Productsystems

Service Channel Brand Customerexperience

Thewaywemakemoney

Thewaywejoinforces

Whatsupportscoreprocesses&employees

Directlycreateandaddvaluetoourofferings

Design&functionality

Platformformultipleproducts

Beyond andaroundourproducts

Gettingouroffering tomarket

Identify&communicateouroffering

Howourcustomers feel

The“on”switch(fundamentals)

Responsibilities Budget Culture

Skills Externalfocus Platform

Responsibilities

Innovationnetwork(role)

Innovationnetwork(SM)

Innovationnetwork(betweenSM)

Innovationnetwork(betweenMM)

Budget

Culture

Culture- SingaporeLargeCompany

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40Clan

Adhocracy

Market

Hierarchy

Sensemaking

Sensemaking

Situationalawareness

Futureactions

Cognitivegapdriver

Environmentalchanges

Unintelligible

Chaos

Complexity

Uncertainty

Mentalmodels

Plausiblestories Identity

Skills

SkillsPersonal

Selfleadership

Creativity

Communication

Trust,respectetc

Innovation

Ideacuration

Decisionmaking

Problemsolving

Projectmanagement

Systemsthinking

Networks

Workingx-disciplines

Enablers

Organisationallearning

Engagement

Headspace

Recognition

Platform

“Ba”

Externalfocus

Platform

Amaturitymodelforinnovation

Unaware•Prevailingconditions donotpromote innovation.Littleawarenessexists.

Conscious•Awareofconditions impactinginnovation andstarting toaddressthem.

Functional •Enablingconditions aresomewhatpatchybutmomentumisbeinggained.

Promising •Conditions whichsupport innovationareusuallyeffective.Benefits arebeingrealised.

Leading•Conditions optimallysupport innovation.•Strongbenefitsrealised

Aplatform

Leadership

Strategicclarity

InnovationLeadership

Environment

Trust&respect

Staffengagement&empowerment

Risktaking

Organisationallearning

Physicalworkspace

People

Alignmentofskills

Diversity

Innovationskilldevelopment

Connectedness

Transparency

Connectivity

Multi-disciplinarypartnerships

Customer/vendor

engagement

Resources

Resourcesufficiency

Headspace

Infrastructure &technology

Approach

Internalprocess

Pathtoimpact

Recognition &reward

Governance

So,whoneedstodowhat?

Employees

MiddleManagers

Executive

Potentialconsultingapproaches

Culture Networks AppreciativeInquiry

Leadership Knowledgemanagement Strategy

andmanymore…

OR,aX- disciplinaryapproach

TheKP3model

Howdowebuildasandbox?

Contacts

DavidPenderPrincipal,KnowledgePerspectives

[email protected]

[email protected]

AKMAPPROACH

KMroutinesforinnovation• PreparedforI

– Pickupsignals– Processthat

information• Managerssharean

understandingof– Innovationprocesses– Creationofstructures

etc• StrategicportfolioofI

projects

• MobilisetacitandexplicitK

• Enable&managetheKcreation&deploymentprocesses

• D-R-Nprocess

ProcessmodelKMfor

innovation

Discovery

Search

Capture

Articulate

Realisation

Contextualise

Apply

Nurture

Evaluate

Support

Re-innovate

Phases

Routines

Phase:DiscoveryGenericroutine DescriptionSearch Thepassive&activemeansbywhich

potentialknowledgesourcesarescannedforitemsofinterest

Capture Themeansbywhichknowledgesearchoutcomesareinternalisedwithintheorganisation

Articulate Themeansbywhichcapturedknowledgeisgivenclearexpression

Phase:RealisationGenericroutine DescriptionContextualise Themeansbywhicharticulated

knowledgeisplacedinparticularorganisationalcontexts

Apply Themeansbywhichcontextualisedknowledgeisappliedtoorganisationalchallenges

Phase:NurtureGenericroutine DescriptionEvaluate The meansbywhichtheefficacyof

knowledgeapplicationsisassessed

Support Themeansbywhichknowledgeapplicationsaresustainedovertime

Re-innovate Themeansbywhich knowledgeandexperiencearere-appliedelsewherewithintheorganisation

Organisationallearning(Huber1991)

Organisation

Group

Individual Intuiting

Interpreting

Integrating

Institutionalising

Organisationallearning

Informationdistribution

Informationinterpretation

Organisationalmemory

Congenitallearning

Experientiallearning

Vicariouslearning

Grafting

Searching&noticing

Knowledgeacquisition