Anyway what is wrong Anyway what is wrong with our old way of with our old way of

innovating?innovating?

The Kennedy ReportThe Kennedy Report• The NHS is rubbish at innovationThe NHS is rubbish at innovation

– It doesn’t nurture innovationIt doesn’t nurture innovation– It doesn’t adopt innovationIt doesn’t adopt innovation– It takes too long for new, evidenced based It takes too long for new, evidenced based

practice to be embeddedpractice to be embedded• So we will have a standard way of So we will have a standard way of

nurturing innovation nurturing innovation • All other approaches will be ruthlessly All other approaches will be ruthlessly

suppressed (I exaggerate this a bit)suppressed (I exaggerate this a bit)

What I am not going to doWhat I am not going to do

• Give a detailed review of the paperGive a detailed review of the paper– If you are interested read itIf you are interested read it– It’s not about innovationIt’s not about innovation– Its about adopting NICE guidelinesIts about adopting NICE guidelines

• Pretend I am any good at innovation Pretend I am any good at innovation • Tell you how to do innovationTell you how to do innovation

What I am going to doWhat I am going to do• Play around with some ideas about Play around with some ideas about

innovationinnovation• Have a play with one particular Have a play with one particular

techniquetechnique• Hopefully prompt some more interesting Hopefully prompt some more interesting

thoughts about innovation than Sir Ian’sthoughts about innovation than Sir Ian’s

I’ve had a bright ideaI’ve had a bright idea• http://blog.ted.com/2011/12/06/http://blog.ted.com/2011/12/06/

massive-scale-online-collaboration-massive-scale-online-collaboration-luis-von-ahn-on-ted-com/luis-von-ahn-on-ted-com/

Three things strike meThree things strike me1.1.This bright idea got turned into a This bright idea got turned into a

productproduct

2.2.The product acts as the basis for the The product acts as the basis for the next bright ideanext bright idea

3.3.Roll out is dead easy because the Roll out is dead easy because the mechanism is already theremechanism is already there

My Bright Idea isMy Bright Idea is• Can we use reCapture to digitise the Can we use reCapture to digitise the

Health Records archiveHealth Records archive

• Write down your first three thoughts Write down your first three thoughts about my ideaabout my idea

• Put them away till laterPut them away till later

6 hats Thinking 6 hats Thinking (Edward de Bono, (Edward de Bono, 1985,1992)1985,1992)

• Lateral ThinkingLateral Thinking• Parallel thinkingParallel thinking• Avoids prematurely jumping to the Avoids prematurely jumping to the

wrong conclusion and making wrong conclusion and making decisions with insufficient informationdecisions with insufficient information

• Allows everyone to explore the topic Allows everyone to explore the topic from all sidesfrom all sides

  

 The White Hat calls for information known or needed.

 The Blue Hat is used to manage the thinking process.

 The Red Hat signifies feelings, hunches, and intuition.

The Black hat is judgment—the devil’s advocate or why something may not work.

The Green hat focuses on creativity: the possibilities, alternatives, and new ideas.

The Yellow hat symbolizes brightness and optimism.

Back to First ThoughtsBack to First Thoughts• How many of each kind of thought How many of each kind of thought

did you have?did you have?

White Hat thinkingWhite Hat thinking• What information is available?What information is available?• What information would we like to have?What information would we like to have?• What information do we need?What information do we need?• What information is missing?What information is missing?• Include both sides of disputed argumentInclude both sides of disputed argument• You may report on someone else’s You may report on someone else’s

feelingsfeelings

Green Hat thinkingGreen Hat thinking• We need further alternativesWe need further alternatives• We need to make a creative effortWe need to make a creative effort• Are there other ways to do this?Are there other ways to do this?• What else could we do here?What else could we do here?• How else might we carry through this How else might we carry through this

conceptconcept• What are the possibilities?What are the possibilities?• What will overcome our difficulties?What will overcome our difficulties?

Yellow Hat thinkingYellow Hat thinking• What are the benefits?What are the benefits?• What are the positives?What are the positives?• What are the values?What are the values?• Are there savings?Are there savings?• Is there a competitive advantage?Is there a competitive advantage?• Is there potential value?Is there potential value?• Is there a concept in this idea that looks Is there a concept in this idea that looks

attractive?attractive?

Now let’s look at InnovationNow let’s look at Innovation• Are we short of good ideas?Are we short of good ideas?

• Do we lack innovative products?Do we lack innovative products?

• Do we struggle to get take up?Do we struggle to get take up?

Action PlanningAction PlanningWhich ideas, who what when?Which ideas, who what when?IdeaIdea DeliverablDeliverabl

eeBenefitBenefit Who?Who?

(person(person//team)team)

TimescalesTimescalesDays/Days/monthsmonths

Step 1Step 1Step 2Step 2Step 3Step 3