BOF AMERICAS 2012: Relentless Innovation Presentation

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Relentless Innovation Presentation by Jeffrey Phillips, OVO

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Birds  of  a  Feather  Relentless  Innova3on  

June  7,  2012  

Relentless    Innova3on  

Ques3on  

How  do  we  get  ahead,  and  stay  ahead,  when  everything  is  so  uncertain?  

Agenda  

•  Introduc3ons  •  Five  Innova3on  Drivers  •  Where  and  why  we  lost  our  way  •  Why  “business  as  usual”  is  a  barrier  •  What  do  we  do  now?  

Introduc3ons  

•  OVO  is  an  innova3on  consul3ng  and  soHware  development  firm,  focused  primarily  on  development  of  sustainable,  repeatable  innova3on  processes  

•  I’m  Jeffrey  Phillips,  a  senior  consultant  with  OVO  and  author  of  two  books  –  Relentless  Innova3on  and  Make  us  more  Innova3ve  

Our  Publica3ons  Our Blog

Our whitepapers Our books

OVO  Capabili3es  

We  help  firms  Innovate  on  Purpose™  by  defining  strategic  goals  and  implemen3ng  consistent  processes  

Five  Innova3on  Drivers  

Disappearing  Trade  Barriers  

Free  trade  provides  access  to  markets  for  far  more  compe3tors,  increasing  offerings  and  heightening  compe33on  

Increasing  Rate  of  Change  

•  The  rate  of  change  is  accelera3ng  

•  Adop3on  rates  increasing  

•  ATen3on    spans  decrease  

Increasing  Customer  Expecta3ons  

•  We  want  more,  expect  more  and  demand  more  from  our  products  and  services  and  the  firms  we  buy  from  

•  As  technologies  improve,  we  expect  more  from  our  products  and  services  

Increasing  Access  to  Informa3on  

•  The  cost  of  compu3ng  power  is  dropping,  and  access  to  the  internet  is  increasing  

•  BeTer  informa3on  access  means  more  people  have  more  opportuni3es  

Decreasing  Cost  of  Entry  

•  The  internet  reduces  cost  of  entry,  reduces  marke3ng  costs  and  increases  awareness  

•  Anyone  can  sell  anything  to  anyone  else  

•  Costs  and  barriers  decrease  or  disappear  

Ready,  Set,  …  

Well,  how  did  we  get  here?  

The  “way  back”  machine  

Return  with  me,  if  you  will,  to  the  1970s  

1970s:    Balance  

There  was  a  3me,  not  so  long  ago,  when  there  was  greater  balance  between  efficiency  and  innova3on  

Innova3on   Efficiency  

Quality  Movement  

In  the  80s,  Japanese  imports  placed  great  emphasis  on  quality  

Six  Sigma,  Lean  

In  the  80s  and  90s,  programs  like  Six  Sigma  and  Lean  increased  focus  on  efficiency,  crea3ng  less  focus  on  innova3on  

Foreign  Compe33on/Outsourcing  

Other  factors,  such  as  lower  trade  barriers,  emerging  economies  and  outsourcing  redoubled  a  focus  on  efficiency  

Result?  

Innova3on  Efficiency  

One  Trick  Pony?  

Return  to  Today  

What’s  blocking  innova3on?  

Two  Barriers  –  BAU  and  Middle  Management  

Business  as  Usual  

Every  firm  relies  on  a  set  of  well-­‐defined  and  well  understood  business  processes,  expecta3ons,  perspec3ves  and  decision  making  policies  that  become  the  basis  for  how  the  business  operates.    This  “business  as  usual”  model  ensures  work  is  done  efficiently  and  effec3vely.  

Highly  Efficient/Second  Nature  

Business  as  usual  ensures  that  the  business  hits  on  all  cylinders,  driving  greater  efficiency  and  effec3veness.    Middle  managers  work  to  ensure  the  business  as  usual  opera3ng  model  is  constantly  improved  and  reinforced.  

No  room  for  Innova3on  

Innova3on  is  unusual  

Many  firms  aTempt  to  manage  innova3ve  ideas  in  their  “business  as  usual”  frameworks.    But  these  frameworks  reject  everything  about  innova3on.  Innova3on  detracts  from  the  efficient,  effec3ve  model  that  has  delivered  consistent  quarterly  results.  

You  are  cer3fiably  insane  

Insanity:    Doing  the  same  thing  over  and  over  again  and  expec3ng  different  results.    

The  Third  Way  

                                 Stop  modifying  the  ideas  and  start  modifying  the  processes.  

Guardians  of  Status  Quo  

Efficiency  Experts  

Middle  Managers  are  the  efficiency  experts  in  the  business.    They  know  how  to  get  more  done  with  less.    While  execu3ve  may  request  innova3on,  compensa3on  and  rewards  are  3ed  to  short  term  goals.    Middle  Managers  have  received  training  in  Six  Sigma,  Lean  and  other  efficiency  tools,  but  liTle  or  no  innova3on  training.  

Stuck  in  the  Middle  

Middle  Managers  are  stuck  in  the  middle,  aTemp3ng  to  balance  the  demands  for  innova3on  from  the  execu3ves  while  keeping  the  rest  of  the  organiza3on  working  to  an  efficient,  effec3ve,  consistent  model.    Middle  Managers  benefit  more  than  any  other  group  from  “business  as  usual”  

Crea3ng  an    Innova3on  Business  as  Usual  

Where  do  you  start?    With  the  things  that  mo3vate  your  team.  Communica)on  and  compensa)on  and  culture.    People  will  do  what  they  are  led  to  do  (communica3on),  what  they  are  paid  to  do  (compensa3on)  and  what  the  environment  indicates  they  should  do  (culture).  

Communica3on  

Compensa3on  

Asking  for  innova3on  but  compensa3ng  and  rewarding  for  business  as  usual  is  excep3onally  frustra3ng  to  your  team.    As  ra3onal  actors,  people  will  naturally  revert  to  their  “day  jobs”,  since  innova3on  is  risky  anyway,  and  not  part  of  their  compensa3on  or  reward  systems.    If  you  want  innova3on,  change  compensa3on  and  reward  structures  to  recognize  it.  

Culture  

One  of  my  favorite  sayings  is  “Culture  eats  strategy  for  breakfast”.    In  other  words,  corporate  culture  is  more  powerful  than  any  individual  or  strategy.    If  your  corporate  culture  is  structured  to  favor  business  as  usual,  innova3on  will  always  be  difficult.    You  must  change  the  culture  to  create  an  innova3on  business  as  usual.  

The  Fab  Four  

Create  Clear  Innova3on  Goals  

Link  innova3on  ac3vi3es  to  strategic  goals  and  define  innova3on  outcomes  

Rebalance  tools  and  skills  

Improve  innova3on  skills  while  maintaining  efficiency  

Define  and  sustain  an  innova3on  process  

Rework  culture,  incen3ves,  rewards  

Pavlov  told  us  that  people  will  do  what  they  expect  they’ll  be  rewarded  to  do  

Ques3ons/Contact  

To  contact  me:    

919-­‐844-­‐5644  x789  

jphillips@ovoinnova3on.com  

@ovoinnova3on