This document outlines a two-day innovation workshop led by Dr. Vinay Dabholkar, focusing on effective innovation strategies, including idea generation and low-cost experimentation. It details workshop activities such as self-assessments, challenge framing, and the development of an innovation pipeline. Additionally, it highlights a 'what next' workshop for business teams to identify potential big bets and co-innovation opportunities.

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Innovation workshops
Acceleration partner in innovation journey
Vinay Dabholkar, Ph.D.
Catalign Innovation Consulting
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vinay@catalign.com
+91 99457-57913

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Innovation workshop
How to? What next?
• How to innovate
effectively?
• How to enable
innovation?
• How to foster a
culture of innovation?
• What is the next big
bet?
• What is the next
critical experiment?
• What is the next step
in innovation journey?

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“How to” workshop
For innovators For Managers
Design
Thinking
Primary focus:
How do I innovate more
effectively?
Primary focus:
How do I enable and
manage innovation?
Primary focus:
Customer centric
innovation through
empathy & rapid
experimentation

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A sample outline of a
2-day “How to”
innovation workshop

5. Time Focus Activity / Exercise
09:30-11:00 Introduction to the “8-steps”
framework
Self-assessment on
innovation maturity
11:00-11:15 Tea/Coffee
11:15-12:45 Build a challenge book
Pain-Wave-Waste model
5 ways of framing a challenge
Case discussion
Build a challenge book
Frame /Re-frame challenges
12:45-01:45 Lunch
01:45-03:15 Idea generation & selection
Cost-impact matrix
Generate 5 to 15 ideas per
person
Select top 3 ideas / group
03:15-03:30 Tea/Coffee
03:30-05:30 Low-cost experimentation
Design low-cost experiments
Doing last experiment first
Experiment design &
presentations
Day-1: How to innovate effectively?
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6. Time Focus Activity / Exercise
09:30-11:00 Build idea pipeline :
Build participation
Role of business strategy
Design of an idea campaign
11:00-11:15 Tea/Coffee
11:15-12:45 Improve idea velocity:
Enable low-cost experiments,
Effective reviews
Bright spot analysis: What
works in our context?
12:45-01:45 Lunch
01:45-03:15 Enhance batting average:
Build an innovation sandbox
Open innovation /Platforms
Build margin of safety
Pre-mortem exercise
03:15-03:30 Tea/Coffee
03:30-05:30 Participant preparation Participant presentations
Day-2: How to enable & sustain innovation?
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“What next” workshop
Business Team Co-innovation
Primary focus:
What are our next big bets?
Typically involve:
A sponsor for the big bets
Biz leadership team
Concept plan presentation
Final go-ahead for next steps
Primary focus:
What should we jointly focus
on?
Typically involve:
Client + client’s clients / partners
A joint roadmap agenda
Intent to collaborate on innovation

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“What next” workshop outcomes
Business challenge book Potential big bets
Design of low-cost
experiments
Concept plans
Big Data
Mobility
Cloud
Return on Investment

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Clients

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Facilitator:
Dr. Vinay Dabholkar
8 years of consulting experience
18 years of industry experience
100+ innovation workshops
Visiting faculty at IIM Bangalore & TISS Mumbai
B.Tech. IIT Bombay & Ph.D. SUNY Buffalo
300+ blogs on innovation since 2007
Co-author “8 steps to innovation”

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http://www.8stepstoinnovation.com/
Related links:
http://catalign.in/
8-stps site:
Vinay’s blog:
YouTube channel
(Innovation Baba):
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5DOVqA
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