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Rob Bateman

Sr. Consultant & General Manager

ProModel International

[email protected]

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� Importance of innovation

� Nature or Nurture?

� Behaviors that promote innovation

� Types of Innovation� Types of Innovation

� Simulationists in an innovative organization

� Summary

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The ability to learn and innovate faster

than competitors is the only source of than competitors is the only source of

sustained competitive advantage.


GE Survey of 1,000 business leaders

- 95% innovation most important to company

- 88% innovation most important to economy

Key job criteria

Types of InnovationTypes of InnovationTypes of InnovationTypes of InnovationTypes of InnovationTypes of InnovationTypes of InnovationTypes of Innovation

�Entrepreneurs

�Intrapreneurs

�Product

�Service

�Process

�Business model

�Society

Nature or Nurture?Nature or Nurture?Nature or Nurture?Nature or Nurture?Nature or Nurture?Nature or Nurture?Nature or Nurture?Nature or Nurture?

�General Intelligence (IQ)o Studies of twins

o 80-85 % is genetics




�Creativity�Creativityo 30 % is genetics

o So where does the rest of it come from???

Original Principles

Early Days (Henry Ford)

Model “T” assembly line

Model “T” assembly line

Smooth flowSmooth flow

Minimum waste

Current Standard (Taiichi Ohno)

Toyota Production System

Smooth flow

Minimum waste

AND Greater variety and Higher Quality

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�Creativity�Creativityo 30 % is genetics

o So where does the rest of it come from???

o Answer: Learning

Behaviors that stimulate innovation Behaviors that stimulate innovation Behaviors that stimulate innovation Behaviors that stimulate innovation Behaviors that stimulate innovation Behaviors that stimulate innovation Behaviors that stimulate innovation Behaviors that stimulate innovation

�A learned skill

�Curiosity: The internet rewards it

�Lateral Thinking�Lateral Thinking

o Making connections between different fields

o “Creativity is connecting things.” Steve Jobs

�Courage and risk taking


�Courage and Risk Taking

o Don’t accept the status quo

o CEO: 50% more time doing five things

oAssociationoAssociation

oQuestioning

oObserving

oNetworking

o Experimenting


�Associating

o Bringing together ideas

o Different

�Industries�Industries

�Cultures

�Arts

�Politics

o Building block ideas


�Associating

o ‘Clusters’ (Florida: Who’s your city?)

o Can be forced

o As often when relaxedo As often when relaxed

o Create idea boxes (IDEO)

o Metaphors

o “How would I apply this to…?”


�Questioning

o More questions than answers

o School rewards answers

o More provocative (challenging) questionso More provocative (challenging) questions

oWho is the real customer for this?

oWhat are they trying to do with it?

oDifferent directions: ask in different ways

o 5 x Why?


�Questioning

o Change your questions: Change your life

o Constantly work at asking better questions

o Einstein: Can’t solve problems using the o Einstein: Can’t solve problems using the same questions or the same solutions that got us to where we are now.

o Every gifted innovator CEO was in the top 30% in associating and questioning


�Observing

o The anthropologist

o People “hire” a way to perform a task

oWhat are they really trying to do?

David Kelly

oWhat are they really trying to do?

oHow can it be applied elsewhere?

oWatch for ‘workarounds’

o Observe more things in more places


�Networking

o Resource vs Idea Networking

o How has someone else solved this problem

o TED, World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas o TED, World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas Festival

o Broader network is better

o Develop a personal network of creative people


�Experimenting

o Trying new experiences

oCross-cultural experience: 35% increase

o Taking things aparto Taking things apart

o Learn how they work

o Prototyping and testing

o Experimentation inverse to questioning, etc.

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� Innovation is not about patents



MotivationMotivation



�Motivation

PassionPassion



Motivation + Passion = PurposeMotivation + Passion = Purpose



�Motivation + Passion = Purpose

�Expertise (personal)



�Motivation + Passion = Purpose

�Expertise (personal)

�Culture (organizational)� People� People

� Processes

� Philosophies


�Culture�People

�Processes

�Philosophies


�People

�Good to Great (Collins)

� Productivity factors 3:3:3:1

� Jeff Bezos (Amazon)

� “Tell me about something you have invented.”� “Tell me about something you have invented.”

� Do they think they can change the world?


�Processes

� Reward innovative behaviors

� Questioning

� Including the status quo

� Observing

� And documenting

� Networking

� Internally and externally

� Experimenting

� Prototyping and simulating


�Philosophies

� Innovation as part of every job

� Heroes and stories

� Disruptive innovation (Christensen)

� Project teams

� Reward cooperation, not competition

� Smart risks: time and resources


�Philosophies

� “Fail early, fail fast” (IDEO)

� “Think Different” campaign (Apple)� “Think Different” campaign (Apple)

� “Care about something enough to do something about it.” (Branson, Virgin)

Essential ReadingEssential ReadingEssential ReadingEssential ReadingEssential ReadingEssential ReadingEssential ReadingEssential Reading

� The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovation

� Jeff Dyer

� Hal Gregersen

� Clayton M. Christensen

� Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World

� Tony Wagner

Innovation at Innovation at ProModel

Process Simulator 2014Process Simulator 2014Process Simulator 2014Process Simulator 2014Process Simulator 2014Process Simulator 2014Process Simulator 2014Process Simulator 2014

Microsoft Visio 2013

•Compatible with the 32-bit version of Visio and the new standard, compressed Office file format (.vsdx)

Change shape in existing diagram•Don’t like the shape used in one of your diagrams? Now you can easily replace it with another shape. And all logic, properties, etc. will be retained and exist in the newly replaced shape! No copy/paste. No disconnecting and reconnecting connections.

Percentage route in Scenarios

•Simply select percentage routings as scenario parameters and quickly do comparison analysis on different percentages.

Attach routing enhancements

•Attach by attribute value, in a specified time, and choose whether the attach occurs before or after activity logic.

Default Activity and Move times

•Specify what the default times given to activity duration and connection move times when these elements are first created in your diagram.

Released:

Q3 2013

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Colorfully-formatted Logic

•We’re adding a little color and formatting to the logic windows. Statements, functions, comments, variables, attributes, etc. are automatically colored and formatted for readability and ease of understanding.

Ribbon Interface

•Menus and toolbars are replaced with a Microsoft inspired fluent Ribbon UI

Probability route in Scenarios

•You can now enter macros in probability routings and use them as scenario parameters. And yes, other expressions can be entered there as well, including arrays!

Unconstrained Resources

•Well, almost@we’ve added a new Resource Search type called First Available which allows your model to only use the units it needs. Increase the total units of a resource, run the model, and see how many units are actually used.

New Components and Bug Fixes

•Output Viewer has the latest charting components and it’s look and feel is cleaner and more responsive. Of course there are always many fixes that we include in every release.

Anticipated Release:

Q4 2013

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Model Repository

•Upload your models from ProModel and Process Simulator into the repository and share them with other team members or clients.

Scenario Manager

•Create additional scenarios and run them concurrently. ProModel Cloud can simulate as many scenarios simultaneously as you want to configure it to handle.

Report Viewer

•Design and share your Dashboards of reports with others or keep them private until you are ready to share them. Add and compare results from multiple models.

What we have today…

Layout

•Design and diagram your process flow and facility layout in your browser. We are currently evaluating third party JavaScript diagramming components such as Draw.io and Lucidchart.com

Build

•Define your model elements and logic through tables and properties windows in your browser. We are currently designing the tables and properties user interface to be even easier to use than Process Simulator and ProModel.

Animate

•We will also eventually be looking into streaming the animation of scenarios being run.

What we’re working on…

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ProModel Cloud ApplicationProModel Cloud Application

Simulation ServersSimulation Servers�� Scenarios are

delegated to run

on multiple

servers

WebWeb InterfaceInterfacePerform

what-if analysis

by creating

multiple scenarios

Corporate Data

�� Historical

�� Actual

Database can be

populated from

external data sources

Application ServerApplication Server

� Model Repository &

Results database

Models can be uploaded

from ProModel client

applications

Data Files

Simulation servers

run scenarios and

write results back

to database

Web interface edits

and stores input data

and displays output

results

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What is it?

•Browser-based, collaborative location for an organization’s modeling projects to be proposed, initiated, approved, defined, forecasted, and managed.

Who is it for?

•Initially, existing customers who use ProModel and can immediately benefit from a central system for managing their modeling projects and associated IP.

Proof of Concept• Collaborating with Consulting team to create the solution flow ->

• Planning to use Microsoft Project server to handle work flow, project initiation, project prioritization, team collaboration, model repository, and project execution.

• EPS & Portfolio Dashboard used for rapid project scheduling and scenario creation with detailed resource capacity planning, risk analysis, and predictive analytics.

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