The document profiles Kazi Monirul Kabir, the founder and chief innovation officer of Spider Digital Innovations, a UAE-based innovation consultancy. It discusses how large, established companies often struggle with innovation as they grow in size and discusses three approaches for large corporations to foster innovation: thinking big but starting small and learning quickly from failures; empowering a group of change agents within the company; and making innovation a core part of the organization's culture and strategy.

1. Kazi Monirul Kabir
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
Spider Digital Innovations
Spider Digital Innovation
UAE based Innovation Consultancy & Tech Aggregator
Digital Commerce – Digital Security – Digital Innovations
19 Years across FMCG – Telco – Tech – Social
Google – Grameenphone – Banglalink – BATB
South & South East Asia, Middle East & North America
22 Years of entrepreneurship
7 Failed Ventures > 4 Successful Ventures YTD

2. CAN ELEPHANTS
DANCE?
Structuring Innovation at large corporates
@monirul www.kazimonirulkabir.com

3. Estd. 1880
147 K Employees
globally
Many early
innovations
Filed for
Bankruptcy in
2012
Estd. 2010
15 Employees
Sold to
Facebook for
US$ 1 Bln + in
2012
Estd. 2008
Valued at
US$ 30 Bln
2 Million rooms
in 191
Countries
Merged 2016
Valued at
US$ 17.8 Bln
1.1 Million
rooms in 110
Countries
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History repeats itself : with David and Goliath match-ups;
where the little guy wins against many odds !

4. Not in a large company !
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5. Its very, very hard for a company to
grow big and still remain innovative
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6. Very few large companies would take
big, bold risks and invest in future
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7. Being creative, impatient and disagreeable are
generally not admired in large corporates
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CREATIVITY : the
ability to see an
alternative and
the value in it
DISAGREEABLENESS
: the ability to fight
against a common
practice and
conformity
URGENCY: the
sense of completing
task in a timely
manner

8. “We’re going to do this, and we’re going to do this tomorrow!”
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9. “The easiest thing in the world is to slow things down,”
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10. So how do we make the elephant dance ?
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11. Three approaches to Corporate Innovation
Think big, start small, learn (or fail) fast
Create an empowered group of change agents
Put innovation at the core of the organization

12. Positioning Innovation in a large organization
Specific Broad-based
Product
Process
Spread
Focus
R&D
Process
Transformation
Business Model
Reinvention
Innovation
Culture

13. @monirul www.kazimonirulkabir.com