This presentation is created for specifically addressing the most important and foundational step in institutionalizing innovation in enterprises.

1. DRIVING INNOVATION
RENEWING ENTERPRISES

2. Driving Innovation
Is the dialog on Driving Innovation in
your enterprise similar to the snippet on
the right. Perhaps the answer to the
malady is a product?
Or is there hope that Innovation can
really succeed in our modern society?
What do you think?
Well, let me proceed with what I think
might help make up your mind!

3. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT POTENTIAL ENERGY?
WELL, IT IS THE STORED ENERGY READY TO BE USED WHEN NEEDED.
WHAT ACTIVITIES IN YOUR ORGANIZATION RESEMBLE
GENERATING POTENTIAL ENERGY?

4. BUT YOU DO EXPEND A LOT OF KINETIC ENERGY EVERY DAY…
DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOU COULD SAVE A LOT OF THAT
ENERGY IF YOUR ORGANIZATION FOCUSED A LITTLE BIT
MORE ON POTENTIAL ENERGY?

5. Does all the work you do
improve the quality of your and
other people’s life around you?
Why do you not feel joy with your work?
Do you get to express the joy of scoring
a basket in a basketball game every
time you deliver something in business?
Are you allowed to score a three pointer
or do you have your own team member
dodge the ball down to the ground
instead of allowing you to shoot?
Has it ever occurred to you that you
would rather play basket ball than work?

6. DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST GREAT PLAYERS VISUALIZE ANY ENTIRE GAME IN
THEIR HEAD EVEN BEFORE THEY STEP ON TO THE COURT?
NOW THAT IS POTENTIAL ENERGY. THE GAME THEY GO AND
PLAY ON THE COURT IS KINETIC ENERGY. AND YOU?

7. BOTH JOY & ENJOYMENT ARE CRITICAL FOR INNOVATION TO SUCCEED
IN SOCIETY, ENTERPRISE OR FAMILY…THIS IS CALLED HUMAN CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT. WHAT DOES YOUR ENTERPRISE DO ABOUT IT?
Joy is an individual’s soul expression…
Enjoy is a collective group’s soul expression for a
common purpose with individually distinctive
outcomes…

8. Preparation is Key
For Innovation to succeed, preparation is Key.
This preparation has got very little to do with the
physical. It is more the meta physical or what is in
the mind.
Now, can you point out what part of your body is
the mind …don’t tell me it is your brain or your
heart.
Mind is the confluence of Thought & Action. In an
enterprise, it is the Thought & Action of several
people; sometimes thousands of them that needs
preparation for Innovation to succeed.
You may be a great cook with a great recipe but
you cannot produce a great meal if you don’t have
the right ingredients, right?
A great idea is just the trigger to innovation. Actual
innovation is when the offering you have conjured
is consumed. In a global organization, it takes
thousands of people to commercialize an idea
successfully.

9. THE ENTERPRISE DESIGN RELATIONSHIP: FIRST DESIGN THE
ENTERPRISE FOR RELEVANCE, THEN EVERYTHING FOLLOWS. THE
MISSION OF AN ENTERPRISE MUST BE RELEVANT TO THE
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH IT OPERATES.
• Culture
• Leadership
Values
MISSION
Vision
Fundamental Economic
Purpose for the Enterprise
Performance
• Goals &
Objectives
• Management &
Processes
• Critical Success
Factors
• Key Performance
Indicators

10. HOW DOES YOUR ENTERPRISE THINK?
•
Does it know how and does it renew the
relevance of the enterprise?
•
Does it see the connection between
Mission, Values, Vision and Performance
of the enterprise?
•
Does it think Innovation is a buzzword or
a necessity to be relevant to the
economic environment of the modern
world?
•
Does it use more words like Agile,
Processes and resources like IT and
Money without understanding the
significance of what they can be made to
work for the enterprise?
•
Does the enterprise understand the true
meaning and value of Human Capital
Management?

11. ENERGIZING INNOVATION IS FIRST & FOREMOST RENEWING THE
RELEVANCE OF YOUR ENTERPRISE AND THEN PREPARING FOR
SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIALIZATION OF GREAT IDEAS / CONCEPTS IN
UNISON WITH THE ENTERPRISE ECOSYSTEM
Sensing
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