Innovation Management
Perception Outpaces Reality
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• Full-service Consultancy
– Readiness and Culture Assessment
– Strategy Development
– Education
• Certified providers of DIcor Innovation
Workshops

About the Principals
– Carl Frappaolo (25 years in industry)
– Dan Keldsen (15 years in industry)
• Founding Members of the
Innovation Lab of Perot Systems
• 2x Judges of “The Innovation Challenge”
– The World’s Largest MBA-based Open
Innovation Project, run by Idea Crossing

Recent Engagements
• GE (5)
• HP
• Sun Microsystems (3)
• Centura Health
• Avaya Global Systems
• Kellogg’s (4)
• Velcro USA (4)
• Fish and Richardson (2)
• PepsiCo (3)
• Association of Equipment Manufacturers (4)
• United States Air Force/Air National Guard (2)
• Cooper Tire (2)
• Dialogic (2)
(Parenthetical # indicates multiple sessions,
typically classes of 20-30 people at a time)

Recent Engagements (Cont’d)
• Univ. of Tennessee Business School (5)
• Univ. of Denver Business School
• University of Toronto
• Ryerson University
• University of Scranton
• Capilano University
• Time Warner
• Eastman Chemical (3)
• FedEx (5)
• Buckeye Industries (2)
• Interaction Associates (2)
• Deloitte (Canada)
• Colorado/Iowa/Oklahoma Performance Excellence
(State Baldridge programs) (3)
• Chinese Government (STM)

Innovation Management
Perception Outpaces Reality
www.InformationArchitected.com

About the Research
– 182 Respondents
– Summer 2009
Demographics
– Across Verticals
– Across Size Organizations
– 63% North American

“Business has only two “The U.S. led the world’s
functions – marketing and economies in the 20th
innovation” Century because we led
- Peter Drucker the world in innovation.
Today, the competition is
keener; the challenge is
tougher; and that is why
innovation is more
important than ever.”
- President Barack Obama

How Important is Innovation to the
Success of Your Organization?
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My Organization has a Team or
Department Specifically Managing and/or
Promoting Innovation
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The Current Economic Crisis Has
Caused an Increase in the
Importance of Innovation in My Organization
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How Long Has This Innovation
Team Been in Existence?
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My Organization Believes that Innovation
Should be Managed as a Corporate
Resource and Process
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Biggest Impediment
To Managing Innovation
was cited as:
Lack of a
Systematic Innovation Process

2nd Biggest Impediment
To Managing Innovation
was cited as:
Lack of Leadership
Resources
Budget

In fact
Culture & Execution
dwarf
creativity, methodologies and processes as
Critical to Innovation

Defining
Innovation

82% agree
innovation does not
have to be
disrupTivE
in order
to provide
significant VALUE

Innovation
≠
Serendipity & Discovery

It is Imperative to Deliberately Leverage
Technology in Order to Maximize the
Capability & Value of Innovation
Management
56%
Agree
or
Strongly
Agree
Source: Information Architected, Inc.

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Research Underwriters
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Innovation Workshop
Less than one hour
of PowerPoint in the workshop
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“H ands-On” n ”
Focuses on Three Primary Areas: Join
– Individual Innovation Styles Over 5,000
– Culture and Innovation Team Management
Workshop
– Ten Tools & Techniques
Graduates
Technology & Product Independent

Innovation Management
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Carl Frappaolo Dan Keldsen
Co-founder, Principal Co-founder, Principal
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