Kick-off document for Kemira's innovation community

1. Innovation community
Kick-off document
13 December 2012
Päivi Jokinen

2. Objective of this meeting
1. Get to know each other – understand expectations from all sides
2. Give input to priorities
3. Discuss elements critical for our success
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3. Contents of the presentation
1. Innovation community team
2. General expectations towards the team
3. Innovation process as we see it
4. Innovation community tasks
5. Critical success factors
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4. Kemira innovation community team
Name Segment/Function, Region Comments (e.g. specific competence)
Päivi Jokinen Think tank, Global Community leader
Jani Saarinen R&D, Global Secretary of the community, NPD perspective
Minna Koivula R&D, Global Business intelligence perspective
Michelle Xiao R&D, APAC APAC view
Amir Mahmoudkhani R&D, NA NA view
Dominicus Brendler BM, ChemSolutions, Global ChemSolutions view
Mats Berg Global BD/AD, Paper Paper view
Dan Detter Global BD/AD, O&G O&M view
Don Rutz Regional BD/AD, M&I NA M&I view
Carl Bristow Manufacturing, M&I, UK Manufacturing view
Leanne Fisher Talent management, NA HR view
Nilton Almeida Applications, Paper, SA SA view
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5. General expectations for innovation
community members
• Giving input to process, measures of success, help with benchmarking, piloting
and testing of ideas
• Drivers of change, making sure implementation happens
• Able to influence ways of working
• Cross-functional and global team with members from
 All segments
 R&D
 Business / BD/AD
 Manufacturing
 HR
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6. Innovation is a business process
B A
Screening & Classifying Process
Business
Product New Product Service Process Disruptive
Model
Modifications Development Development Improvement Development
Development
Stage Gate Process
Cross-functional gate Go-to-
Assign project number Establish cross Prepare for each keeper decisions at
& project leader functional team stage gate each stage market
strategy
and post-
launch
reviews
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7. Innovation community tasks
First half 2013
• Identify opportunities to improve innovation culture within Kemira
• Benchmark best practices for innovation outside Kemira
• Compare different ways to measure innovativeness and set a target for Kemira
• Define process and tools for collecting innovative ideas from within Kemira and
from our various stakeholders
• Define process for evaluation and screening of ideas
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8. Critical success factors
• A common goal
• Open sharing of information
• No right or wrong questions or answers
• Learning from each other
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9. Back-up

10. Setting up the communities
Purpose
• Define and develop best practices and knowledge sharing,
benchmarking, competence development etc. and secure
continuous improvement within the given scope
• Operational as of January 1st, 2013, except the EHSQ Community
as of October 1, 2012
Community Leaders
• Community leadership will be an additional role for a line manager
or a developmental role
• Objectives are set by the Management Board
• Reporting to the Management Board at least twice a year
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11. Innovation community starting point (1/2)
Innovation “outside of R&D“
Innovation as a business process
Open innovation
Idea management
Define „Innovation“
Skill pools – how to find the right talent within Kemira
Go back to „we drive performance and innovation“
What does it really mean for us?
How to involve everyone within Kemira in innovation?
How to utilize innovation for growth & better performance?:
Organization/key success factors
Only few R&D members
Diversity
Every region
Business development + marketing + sales
„future builders“
Chaired by „R&D Process development“ or marketing?
Deliverables
- Process for collecting business opportunitites
- from customers / own organization / other stakeholders
- Coverage of skill pool
- Benchmark & set target for innovation
How innovative do we want to be?
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12. Innovation community starting point (2/2)
Next steps agreed in Munich:
Appoint team leader
Draft objectives – „something for every member“
Check ambition level with MB
Nominate members
Map benchmark environment (B-to-B, not only chemical ind.)
Define Innovativeness from customers‘ viewpoint („customer need“ project)
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