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Innovation Workshop
This document outlines the agenda for a workshop on innovating and growing businesses. The workshop will cover defining innovation and its importance, assessing a business's current innovativeness through exercises, determining when innovation is needed, generating innovation ideas using open innovation principles, and making innovation happen within a business. Attendees will learn how to access the Innovation Advisory Service for free confidential assistance in developing innovation plans and actions. The overall goal is to help businesses learn how to start bringing innovation to their operations and activities.
Innovation Workshop
- 1. Innovate & Grow YourBusiness Thursday, 7th October 2010 Richard Hall Oxford Innovation Richard Crooks Oxford Innovation
- 2. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 3. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 4. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 5. Objectives What is innovation,why is it important? Develop some initial ideas about innovation for your business – through Action Learning Have fun!
- 6. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 7. Why Innovate? What isinnovation? Innovation - the profitable exploitation of new ideas Invention – generating new ideas
- 8. Why innovate? What isinnovation? not just technology and products, also services and new ways of doing things you cannot be innovative by looking harder in the same direction
- 9. Why Innovate? reason 1 it’sa fact – innovative businesses achieve profit levels 80% higher than similar businesses who do not innovate!
- 10. Why Innovate? reason 2 gettingbetter is not good enough, you have to be better and different
- 11. Why Innovate? reason 3 everythingchanges (but you don’t have to, right?)
- 12. SUMMARY INNOVATION = GOOD NOINNOVATION = BAD
- 13. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 14. Activity 1 Task: Tobuild the highest tower with the pack of cards supplied • you may not use any additional materials • fifteen minutes • highest tower wins. Aces High
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- 19. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 20. When to innovate understandingwhere your business is right now
- 21. Activity 2 Task: identify(individually) and discuss (on your tables) where your business is right now • the business itself (circle), the products / services (square), the sector / industry (triangle) • what are the implications? • ten minutes where is your business right now?
- 22. When to innovate don’twait until it is too late! best time to change worst time to change
- 23. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 24. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 25. We make hinges for cardoors for the automotive industry in the West Midlands Area of activityPotential 1) Defining what we do Potential
- 26. Example defines itself asproviding ‘peace of mind’
- 27. Activity 3 Task: re-definea business and its possibilities • chose one volunteered business in your groups / tables and find out about it - how does it defines itself? • challenge the definition – what knowledge, skills, capital equipment, distinctive capability does it have? What does this mean in terms other possibilities? • 15 minutes • choose someone to report back How do you define your business?
- 28. Horizon Scanning ...is thesystematic examination of trends and changes that may represent potential threats or opportunities
- 29. Some Trends • Agingpopulation • One person households • Globalism vs. localism • Social media revolution • Internet / wi-fi / mobile phones • Green issues • Celebrity Culture • Financial crisis / recession • User-customised services
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- 31. Types of Innovation Thereare many different forms of innovation • Incremental / Evolutionary • Disruptive / Revolutionary • Product / Technology • Service / Business model • User led • Open Innovation
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- 33. What is OpenInnovation The idea that by looking outside their own boundaries, companies can gain better access to ideas, knowledge and technology, than would be the case if they relied solely on their own resources What is Open Innovation?
- 34. Why Should CompaniesOpen Up? • To generate increased revenues • Gain access to new applications • Access specialist techniques and tap into additional manpower in other companies • Achieve critical mass whilst remaining lean • A window on the world - more ideas and better ideas • Dynamic small business sector part of an Entrepreneurial Economy. Firms should look beyond their own boundaries to enhance their competitiveness
- 35. Open Innovation Quotes ‘Ifyou’re too focused on your current business, it’s hard to change and concentrate on innovating.’ Bill Gates ‘Ideas that transform industries almost never come from inside those industries.’ Gary Hamel
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- 38. Activity 4 Task: Ideasto help a business from external sources • chose one business volunteered in your groups / tables and create new ideas based on another company – Disney, Amazon, McDonalds? • think about principles, attributes, processes • 15 minutes choose someone to report back Open Innovation
- 39. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 40. Making it Happen •practice it, build confidence and believe it • identify ‘quick wins’ • everyone’s responsibility, all of the time • define the area to focus on • quantity vs. quality • get different perspectives • understand your customers • be open-minded
- 42. And finally… “Those thatlive by the sword get shot by those that don’t” Gary Hamel
- 43. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 44. The IAS partnership •Managed by Business Link West Midlands • Delivered by Oxford Innovation and others in conjunction with BLWM • Funded by Advantage West Midlands.
- 45. Innovation Advisory Service •Bureaucracy free and flexible help • Specific problem solving • Helps businesses improve profitability through innovation in products, processes, business models and skills • Aims to raise regional competitiveness by increasing innovation among businesses.
- 46. Working together To raiseregional productivity the WM IAS is working in partnership to support companies looking to innovate and grow • Advantage West Midlands • Business Link West Midlands • IAS • MAS • Universities
- 47. Working with IAS Meeting Agreed Company Analysis Aimsfor innovation Ideas generation Action Plan IAS Assistance Follow up Confidential Prepaid – free at point of delivery Access via Business Link West Midlands
- 48. SUMMARY How can youstart to bring innovation to your business? • Generate ideas and think differently • Access external sources of ideas and innovation • Contact BLWM for an IAS Adviser meeting.
- 49. Agenda 9.30 Welcome andopening remarks 9.35 Workshop objectives 9.45 Why innovate? 10.00 How innovative are you? A hands-on innovation exercise 10.30 When to innovate? 11.00 Coffee, refreshments, networking 11.15 How to bring innovation to your business? 12.45 Making it happen 12.55 Closing remarks 13.00 Lunch and networking 13.30 Close
- 50. Objectives What is innovation,why it is important? Develop some initial ideas for your business – through Action Learning Have fun!
- 51. Innovate & Grow YourBusiness Monday, 7th June 2010
Editor's Notes
- #9 Process innovation lean thinking
- #18 So what can be learnt from this exercise apart from it being a bit of fun? It shows how we can become creatures of habit who are resistant to change Demonstrates that in order to move forward it is sometime necessary to destroy what came before
- #19 So what can be learnt from this exercise apart from it being a bit of fun? It shows how we can become creatures of habit who are resistant to change Demonstrates that in order to move forward it is sometime necessary to destroy what came before
- #35 Many larger companies search for new technologies in a systematic way through Open Innovation initiatives with existing and new suppliers. MoD Grand Challenge is another example.
- #37 Banbury based Innoval were keen to pursue a number of developments aimed at the defence sector including woven aluminium modelling for the production of high performance bullet proof vests. Oxford Innovation provided support on the Defence Procurement process and provided some useful contacts to the company.
- #38 Some months later while working on the IAS pilot in the West Midlands Oxford Innovation were introduced to a building company, based in Southam in south Warwickshire, who were developing blast proof buildings technology for the construction of Embassies, Consulates, Government Ministries and of course military buildings, based on an aluminium frame system. Oxford Innovation consultants realised that not only were the companies technologies complimentary but that the companies were located less than ten miles apart. Under suitable confidentiality the two companies were introduced to each other. So, look out for that public building with a bullet proof vest....
- #41 Stress free welding using ultrasound was a theoretical possibility pursued by many countries in the sixties. By the seventies only France and the Soviet Union were in the game and even the French gave up in that decade.
- #42 Stress free welding using ultrasound was a theoretical possibility pursued by many countries in the sixties. By the seventies only France and the Soviet Union were in the game and even the French gave up in that decade.
- #45 Stress free welding using ultrasound was a theoretical possibility pursued by many countries in the sixties. By the seventies only France and the Soviet Union were in the game and even the French gave up in that decade.
- #46 Stress free welding using ultrasound was a theoretical possibility pursued by many countries in the sixties. By the seventies only France and the Soviet Union were in the game and even the French gave up in that decade.
- #47 Stress free welding using ultrasound was a theoretical possibility pursued by many countries in the sixties. By the seventies only France and the Soviet Union were in the game and even the French gave up in that decade.
- #48 Stress free welding using ultrasound was a theoretical possibility pursued by many countries in the sixties. By the seventies only France and the Soviet Union were in the game and even the French gave up in that decade.
- #49 Stress free welding using ultrasound was a theoretical possibility pursued by many countries in the sixties. By the seventies only France and the Soviet Union were in the game and even the French gave up in that decade.