Lightning talk given at UX Scotland 2014 on some of the way companies fail to create a culture of innovation in their organisation

1. Innovation, innovation,
bloody innovation…
Adrian Howard (@adrianh)

2. http://memegenerator.net/instance/47661956

3. Lean Startup
Customer Development + Agile + Lean
buildlearn
measure
productdata
ideas

4. Lean UX
Lean Startup + UX + Design Thinking
makethink
check

5. http://memegenerator.net/instance/48326193

6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/enerva/8562826375

7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Car_crash.jpg

8. r/K selection theory

9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Humpback_stellwagen_edit.jpg

10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TaraxacumOfficinaleSeed.JPG

11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1986_beached_whales_in_Flinders_Bay_(2).JPG

12. makethink
check

13. makethink
check

14. http://memegenerator.net/instance/47661587

15. — Steve Blank
“a startup is not a smaller
version of a large company”

16. “A startup is a temporary
organization designed to
search for a repeatable and
scalable business model.”
— Steve Blank

17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tabulating_Machine_Co_Organization_Chart.jpg

18. — Some fat bloke with sideburns
“A startup is not just a
project or department”

19. https://www.flickr.com/photos/janramroth/1347283750/

21. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Norman_Foster_dresden_061110.jpg
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“The customary way of designing is that
the architect is trained to design and then
to bring in engineers to translate that
design - make it stand up. I think that's
[a] totally inadequate way of designing. I
want to know whilst I'm in the process of
designing. I want to know what the
possibilities are.”
— Norman Foster

22. balancedteam.org

24. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tabulating_Machine_Co_Organization_Chart.jpg
Conway’s Law
"Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce designs which
are copies of the communication structures of these organizations."

25. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tabulating_Machine_Co_Organization_Chart.jpg
Apply the Reverse Conway

26. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/5402412374

27. All models are wrong, but some are useful.
Void where prohibited. Some assembly
required. Batteries not included. Any
resemblance to real persons, living or
dead is purely coincidental. Apply only
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some viewers. Caveat emptor. Article is
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Other restrictions may apply.

28. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_in_the_bluemountains.jpg

29. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_in_the_bluemountains.jpg
Thank you
adrianh@quietstars.com