Innovation on a small budget:
punching above your weight
About me
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What is innovation?
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Some misconceptions
•	Innovation means you have to come up
with lots of new ideas out of nowhere
•	Innovation is expensive
•	Innovation is not important for your
organisation
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9 key stages of innovation
Problem Ecosystem
ResearchPivot or Amplify
Understand
Prototype
Audience
Ideas
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Low-cost prototyping
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Why small is beautiful - how to
use your size to win
SMALL BIG
Resource Sign off
Time & Money scarcity Internal competition
Getting noticed
Distance from cause &
beneficiaries
Unrealistic expectations
Risk appetite
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Innovation mindset - what is it?
Curious Persistent
Networked Audience-led
Resilient Resourceful
Agile Good-enough
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Persistence pays off
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Free or cheap tools you can use
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If you want a cheat sheet of
similar free tools
Text me on 07917015063
email: henry@flyingcarsinnovation.com
and I will happily send a list of top tools for you to use
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Understanding your audience
& why it’s important
▶▶ Having an innovation mindset doesn’t
cost a penny
▶▶ Use your size to your advantage, be quick,
bold and nimble
▶▶ Prototyping should be lean, cheap and fast
▶▶ Take advantage of the many free tools that
are available to understand your audience
and innovate
▶▶ Don’t be afraid to reach out and ask for help
Final thoughts
@henryrowling
0207 157 9504
hello@flyingcarsinnovation.com
www.flyingcarsinnovation.com

Innovation on a small budget