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Accelerate growth by
changing customer and
employee behavior, fast
CONSULTANCY OVERVIEW
February 2019
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How Internal Comms Can
Build a Culture of
Employee-Led Innovation
A WEBINAR FROM DAGGERWING GROUP
March 5, 2019
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5.5X
the revenue
growth of peers
with a less
inclusive approach
to innovation
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HELLO!
JONNY HORSLEY
Managing Consultant
PAUL TEUTON
Senior Principal
MARIA DODD
Associate Principal
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We accelerate growth by changing
customer and employee behavior, fast.
20 35 70% Top 20
*ALM Intelligence, ALM Vanguard: Communications and Change Management Consulting Buyer Ratings Guide, March 2018
years as Omnicom’s
global Change
Consultancy
countries worked
across over the
past 2 years
of core clients in
the Fortune 500
rating for change and
communications
consultancies, based on ability
to create impact for clients*
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Daggerwing Group works
with many of the world’s
leading companies
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THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE THAT COMMS
PLAYS IN FACILITATING AND ENABLING
AN INNOVATIVE CULTURE
THREE WAYS COMMS CAN DRIVE
EMPLOYEE-LED INNOVATION
PRACTICAL DOS AND DONTS
QUESTIONS
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?
TODAY
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CHANGE WILL
NEVER BE
SLOWER THAN
IT IS TODAY…
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EMPLOYEES
=
UNTAPPED
RESOURCES
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THE COMMS STRATEGY…
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HERE ARE THE 3 WAYS YOU CAN
DRIVE EMPLOYEE-LED
INNOVATION
AT YOUR ORGANIZATION
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1FOSTER A
FEARLESS
CULTURE
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When managers
create a safe
environment to
express ideas and
make suggestions,
employees are…
31X
more likely to think
their workplace is
innovative.
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EMPLOYEES
=
UNTAPPED
RESOURCES
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BOLD
CREATIVE
INGENIOUS
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PSYCHOLOGICAL
SAFETY
EMPLOYEES
NEED TO FEEL
SAFE
POTENTIAL OF
FAILURE IS
NOT
NEGATIVE
ORGANIZATION
SUPPORTS THEM IN
CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE
THINKING AND
BEHAVIORS
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THE CULTURE
CHANGE AT HPE
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UNEASINESS
CORPORATE
BUTTONED-UP
SKEPTICAL
BOUND BY BARRIERS
VALUES AS WALLPAPER
FROM…
PRIDE
PEOPLE-CENTERED
FUN
POSITIVE/GROWTH FOCUSED
CLEARING PATHS
VALUES-DRIVEN
TO…
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2BUILDING A SYSTEM
OF INNOVATION
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Drive the activation of
employee ideation by
building in the formal
MEANS, STRUCTURES
AND CHANNELS
to innovate within the
organization.
The role
of comms
=
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5x Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
5x Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
5x Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
5x Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
5x Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
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ENGLISH SPANISH SLOVENIANFRENCH GERMAN JAPANESE CHINESE RUSSIANAssociates generate
ideas in our 8 most
commonly spoken
languages. Voting
on your preferences
and peer reviews
generate a top 5 for
each
40 ideas continue to
the global (English
language) round.
Voting on your
preferences and the
sponsor’s review
results in 5 global
finalists
The 5 finalists pitch their
ideas in a Global Pitch
Event to our panel of
‘investors’
5x Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
5x Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
5x Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
Ideas
HOW IT WORKED
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USING THE TOOL
ENGAGING A COMPANY-WIDE
NETWORK OF EMPLOYEES
USING CREATIVE TACTICS
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HOW COMMS WAS INTEGRAL
TO THE SUCCESS:
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THE GLUE THAT HELD THE
PROJECT TOGETHER?
INTERNAL COMMS.
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3COMMUNICATORS
AS CONNECTORS
AND CATALYSTS
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The rise of
enterprise
social
networks…
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64%
LATAM
15 followers
18%
AMEC
106 followers
15%
APAC
90 followers
64%
EMEA
373 followers
Where are followers of
Innovation @ Philips working?
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MARKETING
HR EMPLOYEES
C-SUITE
INTERNAL
COMMUNICATIONS
Integrated partner, driving one
brand narrative, one corporate
story, one consistent voice
across all internal and external
audiences
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DOs & DON’Ts
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DO:
Share stories of successes and failures
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DO:
Share stories of successes and failures
Communicate what you want to achieve and why
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DO:
Share stories of successes and failures
Communicate what you want to achieve and why
Bring in the leadership team
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DO:
Share stories of successes and failures
Communicate what you want to achieve and why
Bring in the leadership team
Work with HR to create space
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DO:
Share stories of successes and failures
Communicate what you want to achieve and why
Bring in the leadership team
Work with HR to create space
Build a network of champions
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DO:
Share stories of successes and failures
Communicate what you want to achieve and why
Bring in the leadership team
Work with HR to create space
Build a network of champions
Support line managers to help them promote culture
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DON’T:
Place too much emphasis on right or wrong
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DON’T:
Place too much emphasis on right or wrong
Control creativity
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DON’T:
Place too much emphasis on right or wrong
Control creativity
Use a blanket approach to internal comms
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DON’T:
Place too much emphasis on right or wrong
Control creativity
Use a blanket approach to internal comms
Work with HR to create space
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DON’T:
Place too much emphasis on right or wrong
Control creativity
Use a blanket approach to internal comms
Work with HR to create space
Focus on the wrong areas
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DON’T:
Place too much emphasis on right or wrong
Control creativity
Use a blanket approach to internal comms
Work with HR to create space
Focus on the wrong areas
Forget to clearly identify what you want to change
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WHAT WE’VE COVERED….
THE FUNDAMENTAL
ROLE THAT COMMS
PLAYS IN FACILITATING
AND ENABLING AN
INNOVATIVE CULTURE
PRACTICAL
DOS AND
DON’TS
THREE WAYS
COMMS CAN DRIVE
EMPLOYEE-LED
INNOVATION
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QUESTIONS
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THANK YOU
JONNY HORSLEY
Managing Consultant
PAUL TEUTON
Senior Principal
MARIA DODD
Associate Principal
pteuton@daggerwinggroup.com mdodd@daggerwinggroup.comjhorsley@daggerwinggroup.com

How Comms Can Build a Culture of Employee-Led Innovation