Technology & Innovation Management Jamil Khatib Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib Engineering day – Birzeit university 22.05.2007

Jamil Khatib

Engineering day – Birzeit university

22.05.2007

Contents Introduction to Innovations Innovation management tasks Innovation & organizations Innovation & strategies Innovation, people & creativity Technology forecasting methods Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Introduction to Innovations

Innovation management tasks

Innovation & organizations

Innovation & strategies

Innovation, people & creativity

Technology forecasting methods

Why this topic Engineers source of researches and inventions Engineers and management Lack of innovation in our region Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Engineers source of researches and inventions

Engineers and management

Lack of innovation in our region

(1) Innovation Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Innovation Innovation = Invention + Exploitation (Must be implemented and be useful) Something New or improved Perceived to be new (Intel inside) New market Away from routines Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Innovation = Invention + Exploitation (Must be implemented and be useful)

Something New or improved

Perceived to be new (Intel inside)

New market

Away from routines

Innovation dimensions Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Innovation core questions What is New? New for whom? Where does the innovation start or end? Is novelty equal to success? Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

What is New?

New for whom?

Where does the innovation start or end?

Is novelty equal to success?

Innovation process Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Sources of Innovation Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib Technology Market research institutes Products in other sectors Suggestions from the company Consultants Employees Competitors Technical services Suppliers Marketing research Universities & public researches Production Traders Patents Customers R&D External Internal

Why should a company be innovative Competitive advantage Consumer behavior is changing Products short life cycle Technology changes & new products New customers/markets Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Competitive advantage

Consumer behavior is changing

Products short life cycle

Technology changes & new products

New customers/markets

Why companies are not innovating No awareness of innovation (managers) High Costs of innovation Employees’ fear of innovation and failure Monopoly position Innovation needs long-term process Strategic decision to wait and observe No incentives for innovation (employees) The cash cow exists Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

No awareness of innovation (managers)

High Costs of innovation

Employees’ fear of innovation and failure

Monopoly position

Innovation needs long-term process

Strategic decision to wait and observe

No incentives for innovation (employees)

The cash cow exists

(2) Innovation management Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

R&D, Innovation & Tech. Management Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

(3) Innovation & organization Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Organizations “ An Organization that is designed to do something well for the millionth time is NOT good at doing something for the first time . Therefore, organizations that wants to innovate …. need two organizations, an operating and an innovating organizations.” Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

“ An Organization that is designed to do something well for the millionth time is NOT good at doing something for the first time . Therefore, organizations that wants to innovate …. need two organizations, an operating and an innovating organizations.”

Innovation & structure Project and organization structure Centralized/decentralized Close to market – fast reaction Degree of specialization Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Project and organization structure

Centralized/decentralized

Close to market – fast reaction

Degree of specialization

(4) Innovation strategies Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

(5) Innovation & people Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Innovation Promoters Innovation champion (not always true) Know-how promoter (barrier of capability) Power promoter (barrier of will) Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Innovation champion (not always true)

Know-how promoter (barrier of capability)

Power promoter (barrier of will)

Creativity “ Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction” Picasso Creativity:= knowledge + imagination + evaluation Creativity techniques Brain storming Lateral thinking Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

“ Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction” Picasso

Creativity:= knowledge + imagination + evaluation

Creativity techniques

Brain storming

Lateral thinking

Brain storming Part of problem solving involves ideas creation regardless of their initial worth Brain storming killers: Evaluation Criticism Large developed ideas Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Part of problem solving involves ideas creation regardless of their initial worth

Brain storming killers:

Evaluation

Criticism

Large developed ideas

(6)Technology forecasting Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Technology forecasting Scanning, Monitoring and Analyzing Portfolio approach Patent analysis Scenario development & road mapping Delphi-technique Technology S-curve Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Scanning, Monitoring and Analyzing

Portfolio approach

Patent analysis

Scenario development & road mapping

Delphi-technique

Technology S-curve

S-Curve Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Where to be used Innovation manager Product management Product life cycle Product & tech Portfolio management Change management (merge, new department) Technology Licensing Strategy planning Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Innovation manager

Product management Product life cycle

Product & tech Portfolio management

Change management (merge, new department)

Technology Licensing

Strategy planning

About me Msc. Technology & Innovation management Bsc. Electrical Engineering Consulting: Technology commercialization Product and Technology Strategy planning Change and Innovation management Creativity techniques Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Msc. Technology & Innovation management

Bsc. Electrical Engineering

Consulting:

Technology commercialization

Product and Technology Strategy planning

Change and Innovation management

Creativity techniques

Thank you website: www.geocities.com/jamilkhatib75 Email: khatib@ieee.org Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

Recommended books M. Dodgson: Technology and Innovation management C. Christensen: The Innovators Dilemma De Bono’s 6 thinking hats www.wipo.org Copyrights © 2007 Jamil Alkhatib

M. Dodgson: Technology and Innovation management

C. Christensen: The Innovators Dilemma

De Bono’s 6 thinking hats

www.wipo.org