small-scale innovation: keeping wildness in its place Nina Simon, Museum 2.0 [email_address]

Institution-wide innovation is not always the best option Institutions need… Innovations need… consistency accountability confidence security flexibility ability to take risks ability to fail chaos

consistency

accountability

confidence

security

flexibility

ability to take risks

ability to fail

chaos

Skunkworks and other limited innovation models small teams that work in parallel on the same problem funding/grants for small projects time alotted for side projects research groups and experiments

small teams that work in parallel on the same problem

funding/grants for small projects

time alotted for side projects

research groups and experiments

What role for leaders? be a benevolent visionary find the right places and people for innovation maintain overall stability

be a benevolent visionary

find the right places and people for innovation

maintain overall stability