is your company fully engaged towards innovation?
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IS YOUR COMPANY
FULLY ENGAGED TOWARDS
INNOVATION ?
“The difference between the
impossible and the possible lies in a man's
determination.”T. LASORDA
Today, innovation is mandatory for companies (*).
* See http://fr.slideshare.net/SebastienJuras/innovation-is-not-an-option.
It’s a question of life or death.
That’s why innovation is such a
popular word.
But innovation is almost
impossible for older
companies to embrace(*).
(*) See http://www.slideshare.net/SebastienJuras/innovation-part2-corrections
The key word of the last sentence is
almost.
Let’s focus on the three
behaviors that will
make innovation possible for
older companies.
1. Innovation makes senses only if it answers to
customers needs.
2. Only a full engagement to innovation will enable you
to survive.
A change of mindset is required, because…
Companies must move from a linear oriented process and predictable world to…
A world where the results of actions are unpredictable.
Today, companies have to work on enablers and regular controls to make success happen.
Success or failure depends on the ability of a company to activate consistently with all its enablers for transformation.
According to COBIT (*), an enterprise can play with seven enablers to transform itself.
(*) COBIT is a framework for enterprise ‘s governance from ISACA.
Principles, Policies and framework
Culture, Ethics and Behavior
Organizational structure
Processes
People and skills
Information
IS/IT
Are you sure that all of these enablers are activated in your
company?
Principles, Policies, and Framework
What ideas do you propose to your company so that
your day to day management is supporting
innovation?
Culture, Ethics, and Behavior
What are the
behaviors you are
promoting and
banishing to support
innovation?
Organizational Structure
How is your structure organized so as to give a chance to everyone to push a new
idea?
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ProcessesHow agile are your
processes to launch, test, and roll out new
ideas?
People and skills
Are you coaching
enough of your people to
increase their skills and
acquire new ones?
Do you push them to get out of their comfort
zone?
Information Information is the source of innovation. So how much
attention are you giving to this treasury?
IS/ITIs your IT department asked to provide features or enablers to
enhance your creativity?
The challenge to change is so difficult that everything that can contribute to this change must be activated.
The last behavior that will
make innovation possible for
older companies
…
3. Put all of your initiatives for innovation under
governance.
Because if you
succeed, but set up
good conditions
to ease creativity without control,
your company will be a mess.
Governance will help you make sure that all initiatives are coherent and supporting the strategy of the company.
Summary
Innovation must be driven by customer needs. Make
regular control with them to confirm you are in line with customer’s expectations.
Every enabler should be activated to allow the company to change
their mindsets.
Governance ensures that all initiatives are
coherent and supporting the strategy
of the company.
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