The document discusses experiences and lessons learned from organizing an unstructured innovation initiative called 'Bambi' within GE Healthcare, a large, structured organization. The initiative involved a weeklong codejam where teams could develop projects without the pressures of competition or formal recognition, promoting creativity and collaboration. The results highlighted improvements in participation and project outcomes, emphasizing the importance of dedicating time for innovation and fostering a culture supportive of such initiatives.

1. Playing with Bambi Unstructured innovation in large, well-structured organisations Shourya Sarcar Rakesh Dutta

2. <std_disclosure.h> /* employed by GE Healthcare */ /* anything stated are personal * opinions, not a company endorsed * view */

3. What is this talk about ? sharing experiences on driving unstructured innovation in a large, well-structured organisation progressive lessons learnt on organising a codejam your experiences on similar stuff and barriers you face in driving innovation

4. *(talk.purpose) t ake : let you share your experiences on unstructured innovations & implement relevant suggestions in our organisation. give : share lessons learnt, get some more organisations to do these.

5. dude, whadya mean buh Large and Well-structured ? GE Healthcare == $17 billion Technology company CT, MR, PET, Digital Xray, Advance Imaging Applications , Healthcare Information Systems, Ultrasounds, Medical Diagnostics, Protein Separation …….. R&D spend $1 billion Technical Career Path Strong IP portfolio This is a top-notch structured innovation company

6. Meet Bambi 1 week codejam SIS: Influenced by Y! Hackday Confined to our group ~ 70 people Implement <anything>, in <any_lang> 2 people, email, flyers and A4 posters

7. Bambi Free-spirit development codeto ergo sum Form your team of 2 - 5 Code anything you like in a week Any language C++,Java,Ruby,Bash,Excel (VB) … Pick from a given set of problems / puzzles Or, think up your own problem to solve May or may not be related to work, your choice No losers, no winners, no prizes, no audits. Just code. Register your team (Choose a problem or cook your own) Code (Choose your own time) Demo (5 mins max per team) Fri Fri Weeklong coding

8. Who is Bumbee ? that’s a butterfly, dude what is a codejam identity & branding Innovation is neither ubiquitous nor uniformly defined

9. Boss, Bahut Kaam Hai got deliverables stretched 120% 5 days is too less Top management needs to build time for innovation

10. wiifm is this going to be a part of my appraisal ? is this a competition ? NO ??? Don’t ignore incentives

11. Are we not innovative / geeky / techie enough ?

12. .. but my code will never run on my laptop high bootstrap cost system unavailability Pertinent innovation is quintessential. Don’t sell-out to easy-to-build-and-run.

13. 7 projects ~14 people jammed desk-to-desk walkabout 1 invention disclosure ! s-curve gen cafe y! widget game of life mltc flickrandom mashup Bambi : Results

14. 4 months later …

15. Bambi 2.0 ~ 10 new people, young_blood 30 days forced team industry relevance + screening yes prizes demo to a Chief Engineer : visibility 2 senior ppl organising 5 days form yer own team code anything in any language no prizes not factored into appraisal

16. Bambi 2.0 : Improved Results 12 teams 50 people jammed 3 rounds of demo working on IP portfolio working on product roadmap alignment vibrant tech span: voice recog, y! 4.1, bluetooth

17. The Road Ahead Sustain Spread Measure Evolve

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