Innovating from WithinInsourcing your innovation process to close your performance gap
Ahmed BenrekiaSenior Consultant at The Palladium Group EMEA
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Innovating from Within (IFW)Introduction1
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Innovating from within concept focuses on closingthe performance gap through engaging theemployees at all levels in the process of problemsolving and recommendations. Basically insourcingyour innovation process and becoming your ownincubator.
In a Nutshell
Outside the closed doors of the C-level meetingrooms which all performance reviews and decisionsare being made, are employees from differenteducational backgrounds, age groups, experiences,passion and potential entrepreneurs by nature whichare under-utilized and in most cases bored from theday to day routine. Imagine tapping into those assetsthat you already have and jump starting it toinnovate for your organization. To graphicallyvisualize the concept more ------------------------------
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Innovating from Within (IFW)How?2
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Create Innovation Register
Asses & Qualify
Launch &
Engage
Build a Case
Idea Box
Igniting Graduating
Launch as an Initiative Evaluate
Monitor
Reward
Report
The IFW consists of two major functions, the first being igniting the innovation process to create a registerthat includes all the performance gaps within the organization then launching it to the employees and startreceiving ideas and recommendations later assessing those ideas based on a specific criteria and building acase for those that do qualify. The second is graduating those ideas into initiatives and ensuring that theyare meeting their deadlines then evaluating the completed initiatives and analyzing whether they haveachieved the original goal (closing the performance gap) if so, reward the idea owner based on that.
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Innovating from Within (IFW)Who?3
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The following are the main stakeholders required in launching and sustaining the process of IFW:
Office of Strategy Management
• Creating the Innovation Register
• Assessing & Qualifying
• Evaluating
HR & Internal Communication
• Launch & Engaging• Rewards
Project Management Office
• Building a case• Monitoring
IT
• Creating Work Flows
• Archiving• Reports
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Innovating from Within (IFW)Why?4
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Engaging the employees
Increasing productivity
Closing performance gaps
Unleashing creativity
Reducing cost through insourcing
Creating synergies between stakeholders
Results!
Pros
The process is not sustainable if there is noleadership buy in
The process is not sustainable if thestakeholders are disengaged and it is not apriority
The process is not sustainable if it is notbranded and communicated to all
Cons
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Innovating from Within (IFW)Biography 5
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Biography
Ahmed Benrekia has been working for Palladium since January 2012 and is Balanced ScorecardCertified since July 2012. He has worked in different sectors such as Government, Utilities, Non-Profitand Banking in the Middle East. Ahmed’s experience includes several implementations of Palladium’sExecution Premium Process, Office of Strategy Management, Change Management, InitiativeManagement and is the Executive Strategy Manager “Performance Management Systems” Expert inPalladium EMEA. In addition to that, Ahmed has experience in facilitating and presenting Palladium’sStrategy Execution Bootcamps, client’s engagement sessions and training on the ESM for C levelmanagement and superusers.
Prior to joining Palladium, Ahmed gathered experience in the IT Consultancy industry mainly focusingon Performance Management Systems. He worked as a Performance Architect on a BI module calledActuate and mainly had implementations in the Government Sector. Ahmed holds a Bachelor’sdegree in Management Information Systems from American University of Cyprus and has obtained aMasters degree in Management Information Systems from the same educational institute.
Currently, Ahmed is a Senior Consultant helping organizations link strategy to operations, operate theOffice of Strategy Management and ultimately achieving effective strategy execution.
Had the pleasure to meet Dr.Kaplan the co-author of theBSC and XPP
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Thank You
Ahmed Benrekia // [email protected]
For any questions or comments you can contact me on the following:
Ahmed Benrekia
@ahmedbenrekia