Perhaps the most under-utilized assets in most companies are the ideas in employees’ heads. For that reason, this session aims to help attendees learn three key things: How to tap into employees' passions to drive growth A useful model for assessing whether your innovation programs are effective How to use our “recipe book” to build a cohesive innovation program that drives growth This session is meant to cover the case for employee-driven innovation – including success stories and data points. We'll also provide access to the tools, playbooks, and templates that can accelerate innovation programs in your company.

1. HUGH MOLOTSI
CEO • UJAMA
@HUGHMOLOTSI
Grassroots Innovation in
the Enterprise
JEFF ZIAS
GRASSROOTS INNOVATION LEADER • INTUIT
@JEFFZIAS

2. The biggest under-utilized
assets in most companies
are the ideas in their
employees’ heads.

3. The Insight-Decision Divide

4. Hewlett-Packard
Steve Wozniak begged HP five
times to make the Apple I
Missed Opportunities

5. Google
Paul Buchheit built the first
version of Gmail in one day
leveraging Google Groups code
Empowering Employees to Drive Growth

6. Grassroots Innovation Model
Freedom
Leadership
Support
Open
Collaboration
Time
Experimentation
Culture

7. Time

8. Intuit’s Unstructured
Time Program
Provides employees time to tap
into their passion to drive
growth!

9. TurboTax Mobile App

10. Freedom

11. Atlassian’s ShipIt
Days
1. Work on whatever you want!
2. Assemble your crew!
3. You’ve got 24 hours…go!!

12. Jira Service Desk

13. Open
Collaboration

14. 3M Post-It Notes

15. Experimentation
Culture

16. When you make decisions
by experimentation, the
best ideas win.

17. The Lean Startup Model

18. Google Panda

19. Leadership
Support

20. The boss is no longer the Caesar.
SCOTT COOK, INTUIT FOUNDER
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21. Great Coaching – Way
of the Masters

22. 3. Push for a Bold Vision
2. Use Storytelling
1. Use Inquiry
Thoughtful inquiry is often more influential than
advocacy
Skip the lecturing and engage with short “key
lesson” stories
Setting a huge vision will inspire people to do
greater work than they ever imagined
Five
Coaching
Tips
4. Amplify Energy
Energize the team by accentuating the
positives and emphasizing what you liked
5. Do It Together
Instead of telling them the answer, roll up your
sleeves and scrimmage with the team

23. To bridge the Insight-
Division divide, empower
your employees to drive
growth

24. Thank you!
GRASSROOTS INNOVATION IN
THE ENTERPRISE
HTTP://GRASSROOTS.GUIDE
JEFF ZIAS
GRASSROOTS INNOVATION LEADER
INTUIT
@JEFFZIAS
HUGH MOLOTSI
CEO • UJAMA
@HUGHMOLOTSI