Start  Innovating Already.A Punk View of  13 Poisons          to Open Innovation& Building Engaged Communities Lisa ThorellRutgers University PDS - Keynote  Address, June 7, 2011Off the Grid PR
Build It All Yourself1POISONSource: © Henry Chesbrough, 2006Slow time to market        High Fixed Costs            Closed Pool of Talent
    That model arose in the early 1900s.Concerns of the day were…      Economies of scale – Coordinating large               	numbers of people – Limit Liability
Today we buy in more quickly…
We throw out more quickly…18     Months  from purchase to discard of a cell  phone for a person living in the US or UK.     Months  from purchase to discard  for a cell phone user in Japan.     The number of iPods you would own if you upgraded to every new iPod that had come onto the market from 2001 to 2009.1218Source: Rachel Botsman & Roo Rogers  book ‘What’s Mine Is Yours: How       		collaborative consumption is changing the way we live (2011)
Creating 100 gigapascals of pressureSource: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/The_challenges_ahead_for_supply_chains_McKinsey_Global_Survey_results_2706Nov 2010
Also rocking our world…Source: McKinsey Quarterly   Riding Asia’s Digital Tigers
Rocking it still more: Hyper InnovationSource: Adrian Ott, The 24-Hour Customer: New Rules for Winning in a Time-Starved Always-Connected Economy
What’s a way to go faster?Take in more ideas from outside?Spin out ideas for others to use?Solution:  Punch more holes in the funnel.
Open InnovationANTIDOTESource: © Henry Chesbrough, 2006
 Get to Market Faster
 Break into Partner Markets
Transfer risk to someone else
Make your customers crazy-scream with rage… …If they can’t get your product.
Employees as Lifeblood2POISON		    Expensive fixed assets   		    Salary independent of performance
As Bill Joy said,“There are always more smart people outside your company than inside it.”     Bill Joy,     Founder, Sun Microsystems     Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Crowdsourcing:Lifeblood on steroidsANTIDOTEExample: Netflix  $1 Million ChallengePay only on PerformanceOff the Grid PR
Crowdsourcing:Netflix $1 M ChallengeANTIDOTENetflix  $1 Million Challenge55,000 Engineers EnterA huge virtual workforce Decrease HR costs: Talent finds you!
Crowdsourcing:Netflix $1 M ChallengeANTIDOTEMovie Recommendation Engine Improved 10%Problem Solved: 5  2 years Decrease Time to Market
3The Human Resources Department
Hire People HR would Never HireANTIDOTE
People HR would Never HireANTIDOTE1760             A self-educated clock maker invents longitude1990’s           Design firm Ideo creates up the best-selling kid’s      	toothbrush by   working with   anthropologists            A home-schooled coder invents WikiLeaks       2007            An oil-industry outsider provides the solution  for cleaning	           up oil spills borrowing from the concrete industry..
Diversity + Will-to-Win Trump SuperstarsANTIDOTEOff the Grid PR
Trad Market Research4InterviewsSecondaryResearchRoundtablesFocus GroupsSurveysGreat…brilliant clarity on the past Usually company internalBudget-constrained sample size
Customer CrowdsourcingANTIDOTEUp-to-minute 24 x 7 customer feedbackCommunity vettedSocial Proof of Open BrandMyStarbucksideaBuild it? No!
Customer CrowdsourcingANTIDOTEOver 100,000 ideas
100 ideas launched
Note Starbucks did not     build this. They license the platform from SalesForce.comMyStarbucksideaBuild it? No!
ProfitabilityAnimate with Annual Report, Investors, SEC sliding up under NI.You own a company thatsells a product, like tee-shirts5Limits Shape-Shifting
Makes C-levels           risk-averseYou run a community thathappens to sell tee-shirtsANTIDOTEDecreaseTime to MarketSource: http://www.ithnk.com/category/co-creation/
Share Community II(The Sequel)Play your community forward  (new markets)ANTIDOTEAdvertiseAdvertiseDell laptops – Havaianas flipflops– Griffin iPhone accessories
Your BalkanizedWeb 1.0 Website 1.0)6You control. You make your customers come to you.
Problem: In 2008 the average public radio station listener visited their local radio station website only 2x per month.Source: http://www.slideshare.net/davewrightjr/redesigning-nprorg
Different NPR Customers needed Different news formatsDifferentplatforms
GiveItAway GiveItAwayGiveItAway Now NPR  Content  For Free400,000 new stories
 500,000 audio files
 30,000 blog posts
 Content from dozens of NPR station affiliatesANTIDOTE
An Open API for Developers to AccessResult: more formats, more platforms
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=125099093
Business as Usual77Own the facilityBuild out a kitchenOperate set hoursServe familiar foodCharge as much as the market will bear.Advertise in newspapers and radioOff the Grid PR
Business Unusual: LudoBitesRestaurant/ KitchenOperate StdBusiness Hrs.ChargeMarket PricesServe FamiliarFoodAdvertiseBorrow SomeoneElse’sKitchenAnnounce by Surprise +Limited openingPay ForwardSavingsServe One-of-a-KindFoodUseSocial MediaChef Ludo’s famousCheese CupCake
TheEconolapse“The main reason to thinkoutside the boxis there is no more oxygen leftinside the box.”.Lisa Thorell
You need to own it to sell it.8Under-utilized assets           Sitting inventory
The The New Share EconomyANTIDOTEYou broker others’ owned spaces.
Better  than  Zipcar…ANTIDOTEExample companies how they do it.You can broker others’ under-used cars.
ANTIDOTEExample companies how they do it.Saatchi & Saatchi showed you can even broker ad space in Out-of-the-Office email auto-replies.
ANTIDOTEExample companies how they do it.To cost-share its rent fees, Best Buy is offering shelf space to other retailers.
           IP Control & Lawyers9
Strategically Mine KnowledgeANTIDOTESource: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/05/stop_obsessing_with_ip_rights-.html
Netflix again…ANTIDOTEDatabase SharedSolutionGainedSolution Shared
ToToxic Boxes10Net IncomeSalesRevenueTaxesOperating ExpensesCost of SalesRegarding your industry cost structure as immutable & unassailable.
The monsters who guard the Net Income boxIt’s not that I’m against fiduciary responsibility. It’s the fear of  shape-shifting and risk aversion that the monsters can engender.Net income can beIncreased by payingattention to other boxes…Annual ReportSECInvestorsNet Income
 Exploring NonToxic Boxes: Service Blueprinting ANTIDOTEhttp://priyankashetye.com/html/medsystem.html
Business is serious stuff…11
Gartner Forecasts 50% of Businesses will Gamify by 2015ANTIDOTEUse of leaderboards to inspire frequent use & competence-by-competition.Reward points that can be converted to product upgrades or discounts .Badges for frequent contributions, levels achieved, other milestones.
How Many Prizes did Netflix Give away?ANTIDOTEhttp://offthegrid-pr.com/socially-responsible-pr/2009/9/28/six-marketing-lessons-of-the-netflix-crowdsourcing-experimen.html
The Excruciating Politeness of Poser Innovation12Observation:  OI consultants tend to PR their best client case studies.OpenInnovationWhitewashing ->

Start Innovating Already: 13 Poisons to Open Innovation

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    Start Innovating Already.A Punk View of 13 Poisons to Open Innovation& Building Engaged Communities Lisa ThorellRutgers University PDS - Keynote Address, June 7, 2011Off the Grid PR
  • 2.
    Build It AllYourself1POISONSource: © Henry Chesbrough, 2006Slow time to market High Fixed Costs Closed Pool of Talent
  • 3.
    That model arose in the early 1900s.Concerns of the day were… Economies of scale – Coordinating large numbers of people – Limit Liability
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    Today we buyin more quickly…
  • 5.
    We throw outmore quickly…18 Months from purchase to discard of a cell phone for a person living in the US or UK. Months from purchase to discard for a cell phone user in Japan. The number of iPods you would own if you upgraded to every new iPod that had come onto the market from 2001 to 2009.1218Source: Rachel Botsman & Roo Rogers book ‘What’s Mine Is Yours: How collaborative consumption is changing the way we live (2011)
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    Creating 100 gigapascalsof pressureSource: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/The_challenges_ahead_for_supply_chains_McKinsey_Global_Survey_results_2706Nov 2010
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    Also rocking ourworld…Source: McKinsey Quarterly Riding Asia’s Digital Tigers
  • 8.
    Rocking it stillmore: Hyper InnovationSource: Adrian Ott, The 24-Hour Customer: New Rules for Winning in a Time-Starved Always-Connected Economy
  • 9.
    What’s a wayto go faster?Take in more ideas from outside?Spin out ideas for others to use?Solution: Punch more holes in the funnel.
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    Open InnovationANTIDOTESource: ©Henry Chesbrough, 2006
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    Get toMarket Faster
  • 12.
    Break intoPartner Markets
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    Transfer risk tosomeone else
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    Make your customerscrazy-scream with rage… …If they can’t get your product.
  • 15.
    Employees as Lifeblood2POISON Expensive fixed assets Salary independent of performance
  • 16.
    As Bill Joysaid,“There are always more smart people outside your company than inside it.” Bill Joy, Founder, Sun Microsystems Partner, Kleiner Perkins
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    Crowdsourcing:Lifeblood on steroidsANTIDOTEExample:Netflix $1 Million ChallengePay only on PerformanceOff the Grid PR
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    Crowdsourcing:Netflix $1 MChallengeANTIDOTENetflix $1 Million Challenge55,000 Engineers EnterA huge virtual workforce Decrease HR costs: Talent finds you!
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    Crowdsourcing:Netflix $1 MChallengeANTIDOTEMovie Recommendation Engine Improved 10%Problem Solved: 5 2 years Decrease Time to Market
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    Hire People HRwould Never HireANTIDOTE
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    People HR wouldNever HireANTIDOTE1760 A self-educated clock maker invents longitude1990’s Design firm Ideo creates up the best-selling kid’s toothbrush by working with anthropologists A home-schooled coder invents WikiLeaks 2007 An oil-industry outsider provides the solution for cleaning up oil spills borrowing from the concrete industry..
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    Diversity + Will-to-WinTrump SuperstarsANTIDOTEOff the Grid PR
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    Trad Market Research4InterviewsSecondaryResearchRoundtablesFocusGroupsSurveysGreat…brilliant clarity on the past Usually company internalBudget-constrained sample size
  • 25.
    Customer CrowdsourcingANTIDOTEUp-to-minute 24x 7 customer feedbackCommunity vettedSocial Proof of Open BrandMyStarbucksideaBuild it? No!
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    Note Starbucks didnot build this. They license the platform from SalesForce.comMyStarbucksideaBuild it? No!
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    ProfitabilityAnimate with AnnualReport, Investors, SEC sliding up under NI.You own a company thatsells a product, like tee-shirts5Limits Shape-Shifting
  • 30.
    Makes C-levels risk-averseYou run a community thathappens to sell tee-shirtsANTIDOTEDecreaseTime to MarketSource: http://www.ithnk.com/category/co-creation/
  • 31.
    Share Community II(TheSequel)Play your community forward (new markets)ANTIDOTEAdvertiseAdvertiseDell laptops – Havaianas flipflops– Griffin iPhone accessories
  • 32.
    Your BalkanizedWeb 1.0Website 1.0)6You control. You make your customers come to you.
  • 33.
    Problem: In 2008the average public radio station listener visited their local radio station website only 2x per month.Source: http://www.slideshare.net/davewrightjr/redesigning-nprorg
  • 34.
    Different NPR Customersneeded Different news formatsDifferentplatforms
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    GiveItAway GiveItAwayGiveItAway NowNPR Content For Free400,000 new stories
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    Content fromdozens of NPR station affiliatesANTIDOTE
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    An Open APIfor Developers to AccessResult: more formats, more platforms
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    Business as Usual77Ownthe facilityBuild out a kitchenOperate set hoursServe familiar foodCharge as much as the market will bear.Advertise in newspapers and radioOff the Grid PR
  • 42.
    Business Unusual: LudoBitesRestaurant/KitchenOperate StdBusiness Hrs.ChargeMarket PricesServe FamiliarFoodAdvertiseBorrow SomeoneElse’sKitchenAnnounce by Surprise +Limited openingPay ForwardSavingsServe One-of-a-KindFoodUseSocial MediaChef Ludo’s famousCheese CupCake
  • 43.
    TheEconolapse“The main reasonto thinkoutside the boxis there is no more oxygen leftinside the box.”.Lisa Thorell
  • 44.
    You need toown it to sell it.8Under-utilized assets Sitting inventory
  • 45.
    The The NewShare EconomyANTIDOTEYou broker others’ owned spaces.
  • 46.
    Better than Zipcar…ANTIDOTEExample companies how they do it.You can broker others’ under-used cars.
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    ANTIDOTEExample companies howthey do it.Saatchi & Saatchi showed you can even broker ad space in Out-of-the-Office email auto-replies.
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    ANTIDOTEExample companies howthey do it.To cost-share its rent fees, Best Buy is offering shelf space to other retailers.
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    IP Control & Lawyers9
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    Strategically Mine KnowledgeANTIDOTESource:http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/05/stop_obsessing_with_ip_rights-.html
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    ToToxic Boxes10Net IncomeSalesRevenueTaxesOperatingExpensesCost of SalesRegarding your industry cost structure as immutable & unassailable.
  • 54.
    The monsters whoguard the Net Income boxIt’s not that I’m against fiduciary responsibility. It’s the fear of shape-shifting and risk aversion that the monsters can engender.Net income can beIncreased by payingattention to other boxes…Annual ReportSECInvestorsNet Income
  • 55.
    Exploring NonToxicBoxes: Service Blueprinting ANTIDOTEhttp://priyankashetye.com/html/medsystem.html
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    Gartner Forecasts 50%of Businesses will Gamify by 2015ANTIDOTEUse of leaderboards to inspire frequent use & competence-by-competition.Reward points that can be converted to product upgrades or discounts .Badges for frequent contributions, levels achieved, other milestones.
  • 58.
    How Many Prizesdid Netflix Give away?ANTIDOTEhttp://offthegrid-pr.com/socially-responsible-pr/2009/9/28/six-marketing-lessons-of-the-netflix-crowdsourcing-experimen.html
  • 59.
    The Excruciating Politenessof Poser Innovation12Observation: OI consultants tend to PR their best client case studies.OpenInnovationWhitewashing ->