This document discusses building communities through collaboration, ideation, implementation, and value creation. It emphasizes bringing people together to work on complex projects, fostering an environment for new ideas to thrive and be implemented. Successful implementation requires engaging champions to move ideas forward and focusing on delivering value to stakeholders, as the purpose of innovation is to create business value. It concludes with a quote about the importance of staying hungry and foolish.

1. BUILDING
COMMUNITIES
by
Michael Kimathi (MK)
Twitter: @mikekimmathi

2. BUILDING COMMUNITIES
PEOPLE

3. WHY?
BUILD COMMUNITIES

4. COLLABORATION
• Silos
• Teamwork (Open innovation/Strategic doing)
• Listen & explore - What can we do together?
• Learn & adjust - How will we learn together?
• Focus & align - What should we do together?
• Link & leverage - What will we do together?
• Collaboration :To work, think & Act together (Relationships),toward
(process) something (purpose/outcomes) complex projects.

5. IDEATION
• Fresh New Ideas result to innovation
• Hospitable and intentional environment is required for this Ideas to thrive
• SMEs:
• inventory and understand policies and programs that
affect entrepreneurs in the community
• recognize the contribution of second-stage business
• serve businesses at all stages with expansion services
• build and enhance entrepreneurship support organization
• balance“hunting” and “gardening” resources

6. IMPLEMENTATION
• What good are new ideas if they are not put into
use?
• Engage the best people to champion their ideas
and keep those great ideas moving forward
• Technology and innovation are the new drivers of
economic sustainability.
• *note Not Technology or Innovation

7. VALUE CREATION
• No value to stakeholdes/customers = No innovation
• Effective value delivery
• Established (billion dollar/fortune 500) are closing
down/acquired everyday
• The purpose of innovation is to create business value
• Business vs Innovation business: Culture and timeline

9. STAY HUNGRY STAY
FOOLISH
-STEVE JOBS

10. Questions
THANK YOU

11. –MK
“Only the losers Win.”