Gaurav Sharma delivered a talk on innovation and collaboration. He argued that innovation is commonly misunderstood and misused, and is not simply an "epiphany" but rather the result of a collaborative process. Sharma also discussed how collaboration can drive innovation through open innovation and by breaking down organizational silos. He concluded that collaboration will become increasingly important for work in the future.

1. INNOVATION AND
COLLABORATION
Talk delivered by Gaurav Sharma
http://in.linkedin.com/in/gauravsharma1978
at IMRB Delhi (http://www.imrbint.com/)
10 September 2010

2. TheTRUTHabout
INNOVATION

3. INNOVATION…
OVER USED, ABUSED, MISUSED…..!!!!!
COLLABORATION…

4. collaboration [kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən]n1. (often foll by on, with, etc.) the act of working with
another or others on a joint project
2. something created by working jointly with another or others
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
innovation [ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən]n1. something newly introduced, such as a new
method or device
2. the act of innovating

6. What is common between all of them?

8. Innovation
is not
Epiphany

9. The light bulb analogy suggests that good ideas and innovations occur in an
instant flash of genius.
It also suggests that they are easy, just like turning on a light bulb.
And it suggest that they come from a single source
Faulty
understanding

10. Everything changes in our world
and all it takes is just time. The
mankind has started its evolution
more than 3000 years ago from the
invention of the fire and the
discovery of the circle, but during
this long period it has managed to
make a great progress and now we
do not talk about fire and circles
but Internet and Virtual Reality..

12. —John Cage

13. "Creativity involves breaking out of
established patterns in order to look at things in a
different way."
—Edward de Bono

14. Innovation is different from
creativity.
Creativity is an individual
effort, whereas Innovation is
the commercialization of
Creativity.

15. Innovation is like Ping Pong

16. It is okay to fail...
-
-How important do people in your organization see
innovation to be in their day-to-day jobs?
-How well is your organization recognizing and exploiting
the diversity of its people's talent?
-To what degree does senior management encourage
innovation by demonstrating that-'it is okay to fail'?

17. "The best way to kill creativity in a
team is letting the boss speak first."

18. INNOVATION KILLERS
Innovation killer #1: Believe that innovation will “just happen.”
Innovation killer #2: Tell everyone to “think outside of the box,” hold
a brainstorming session, then call it a day.
Innovation killer #3: Lay the success of innovation solely on IT’s
shoulders.
Innovation killer #4: Create an obstacle course for ideas.
Innovation killer #5: View “different” and “new” as bad.
Innovation killer # 6: Hand over the good ideas to the Legal and
Accounting departments.
Innovation killer #7: Be very, very afraid of failure

20. THE
POWER of
COLLABORATION

22. Open Innovation – The
MATRIX

24. Organizations without boundaries
will drive the next wave of PRODUCTIVITY
Enterprise 2.0

25. Your company’s biggest capital asset?
The collective brainpower, imagination, and
commitment of its workforce.
Invest in that!

26. And you thought IPOD was Apple device..
The iPODas a device is
manufactured with partners
across the globe ( disk drive from
Toshiba, display modules by
Matushita and Toshiba in
Japan, SDRAM by Samsung of
Korea , Video processors by
BroadCOM of Unites states, final
assemble in China ( by a
Taiwanese firm , Inventec) and
designed by Apple inc in
California . The Music content is
from large and small players
across the globe (iTunes) and it
is customized to the end users
requirements.

28. BRAZIL CARNIVAL

29. 2500 PHOTOGRAPHS
50+Photographers
50 Photographs per person on an average

30. In an OPEN Innovation~collaboration……
…The industrial age organization structure
is limiting in nature.

31. The evolution of work..
where are we headed???

32. Implications For The Future Of Work
COLLABORATION IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER
Where we workWhen we work What tools we useWho We Work WithHow we work

33. "It is the long history of humankind
(and animal kind, too) those who
learned to collaborate and
improvise most effectively have
prevailed." - Charles Darwin

34. QUESTIONS?
CONTACT details:
Gaurav Sharma
Email:sgaurav.sharma@rediffmail.com
Mobile :+91 9999049495
http://in.linkedin.com/in/gauravsharma1978