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Is agile good enough for innovation ?
The document discusses factors that support innovation and whether agile is enough to drive innovation. It argues that while agile promotes collaboration, creativity, experimentation and flexibility, innovation also requires: 1. Diverse thinking among team members to bring different perspectives and problem solving approaches. 2. Strong leadership that embraces failures and is willing to take risks, as exemplified by Jeff Bezos at Amazon. 3. An environment where there is no fear of failure and individuals have time and space to experiment freely with new ideas.
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- 1. IS AGILE GOODENOUGH FOR INNOVATION ? Melbourne Agile Meet up group 1
- 2. • 2002 Startedwith XP • Agile coach • Blogger: http://aglileworld.blogspot.comhttp ://agileworld.blogspot.com • Author, Advisor and Writer http://www.techwell.com/users/venkatesh-krishnamurthy) p://agile.dzone.com/users/venky_nk Venky Krishnamurthy
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- 4. Where did thisstart ? 4
- 5. Plan for thenext hour… • Sources of Innovation • Pillars supporting Innovation • Conclusion 5
- 6. What is thesource of INNOVATION ? 6
- 7. Goal Oriented Accidental Hobby/Curiosity Necessity Wealth andMoney Any combination 7
- 8. Accidental 8 Game NeverEnding Minnesota Miningand Manufacturing company Weak Glue - Sticky paper for his music notations
- 9. Goal Oriented 9 Page andBrin Mouse - Englebart Xerox- Carlson Spent 10 years researching this
- 10. Curiosity/Hobby 10 George de Mestralinvented Velcro in response to the burrs he found on his clothes after a hike. Linus Torvalds began Linux as a hobby: a way to learn about software and explore making some of his own.
- 11. Necessity 11 Craig Newmark, founderof Craigslist. org, needed a way to keep in touch with friends about local events. The simple email list grew too popular to manage and evolved into the website known today
- 12. 12 What common traitdo you see among all these inventors and inventions ? • Ha • Individuals • Passion • Time at their disposal • No pressure to deliver • No fear of failure • Right Tool availability
- 13. Goal Oriented Accidental Hobby/Curiosity Necessity Wealth andMoney Any combination 13 Companies- Innovation to
- 14. 14 • Collaborative space •Passionate/ Creative people • Time to experiment • Flexible Delivery Schedule • No fear of failure • Right tool availability Whether the innovation is done by individuals or companies, the fundamental concepts remain the same. • Ha • Individuals • Passion • Time at their disposal • No pressure to deliver • No fear of failure • Right Tool availability
- 15. 15 • Collaborative space •Passionate/ Creative people • Time to experiment • Flexible delivery schedule • No fear of failure • Right tool availability
- 16. 16 Since we willbe working with other employees in building innovative products, Collaborative and spaces igniting creativity are highly essential.
- 17. Provide Creative space:Google office 17
- 18. Provide Creative andcollaborative space 18
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- 20. 20 • Collaborative space •Passionate/ Creative people • Time to experiment • Flexible delivery schedule • No fear of failure • Right tool availability
- 21. 21 The Difference: Howthe Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies Diversity in Perspectives Diverse interpretations Diverse Problem solving techniques Diverse way of analyzing situation
- 22. Does your projecthave diverse thinking people ? 22
- 23. Lesson Learned: Withoutconsciously making effort to have diverse thinking people in the team, Agile or Lean can’t help in building innovative products. What is the lesson learned ? 23
- 24. 24 • Collaborative space •Passionate/ Creative people • Time to experiment • Flexible delivery schedule • No fear of failure • Right tool and its usage Leadership
- 25. If it’s stillAmazon’sphilosophy to make bold bets, I would expect that maybe some of them wouldn’t work out, but I am just not seeing that. So, my question is where are the losers?” 25 During 2011 Shareholders meeting, an interesting question was asked by a shareholder. If you invent frequently and are willing to fail, then you never get to that point where you really need to bet the whole company. AWS also started about six or seven years ago. And I can guarantee you that everything we do will not work. And, I am never concerned about that…. We are stubborn on vision.
- 26. How many managersor leaders are like Jeff Bezos embracing failures and willing to bet ? Lesson Learned: Strong leadership support is necessary for innovation to succeed. One could apply Agile, Lean but without a strong leadership like Jeff Bezos, innovation won’t succeed 26
- 27. Story: Who killedinnovation at 3M ? 27 1/3 rd Revenue through Innovation James McNerney
- 28. There is asaying….. 28 Process excellence demands precision, consistency, and repetition, innovation calls for variation, failure, and serendipity
- 29. 29 If Organizations wantsto build innovative products, embracing Agile, Lean is not sufficient… They need to be supported by What is the lesson learned ? • Collaborative space • Passionate/ Creative people • Time to experiment • Flexible delivery schedule • No fear of failure • Right tool availability
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