Originally presented for NHS England at #CAHPO16 - this deck looks at innovation and working out loud It proposes that through digital technology we have a huge opportunity to join sectors and boost our capacity and capability for innovation and change

1. Sharing, learning and connecting
through open innovation
or the Bromford Lab guide to working out loud
Paul Taylor
I’m Coach at @BromfordLab
You can find me at @paulbromford

2. “
So many of us , right around the world , are working on solving exactly
the same problems.
Huge amounts of global talent seeking to address climate change, income
and health inequality, lack of affordable housing, unemployment, ageing,
digital exclusion and loneliness.
All uncoordinated and fragmented.

3. The challenge is connecting the players and closing the
gaps

4. Many of our most challenging business issues, fall into the category of
Wicked Problems
These aren't amenable to the single organisation, top down instinct to
define, analyse, dissect and process.

5. Do we want
ideas and
opportunities
explored
through
machinery?

6. Or
through
networks?
The Rebels
😆😈
The Pragmatists
🙈🙉🙊
The Idealists
😃😍
The Investors
😇😟
The Doers
👷👮
The Doubters
😬😤
Open
INNOVATION

7. The corporate intranet
The biggest innovation slayer in
existence today?

8. “
If we organise our work around the way we are currently structured we
lock ourselves to the present - restricting the ability for people to imagine
a different future
If we make our thinking private property we are effectively closing our
organisational borders to others

9. Traditional vs Networked Innovation
Traditional
Organisation based
Do it ourselves
Planned
Suggestion schemes
Controlled
Seeks standardisation
“The smart people are here”
Networked
System based
Do it with others
Can be chaotic
Open sourced
Fluid
Seeks diversification
“We need more input”

10. “Working Out Loud =
Observable Work
+ Narrating Your Work”
Bryce Williams

11. Open innovation - the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge
to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use
of innovation, respectively (Chesbrough, 2003)

12. However - it’s not the social sector who are leading the way in
transparency and openness

13. Problem
definition
12 weeks max
Coaching
Think 10x bigger
prototype
Test
Evaluate
Fail?
Prepare exit
resource for
scale

14. The Bromford Lab approach to open innovation
Think beyond organisation and sector - that means changing your jargon and tone of voice
Share everything you can - with a range of digital tools
Have an easily accessible dashboard so people can see what you’re thinking and doing
Act on report recommendations before writing more of your own
Ditch ideas when you can seen people are already working on them
Encourage partnerships that challenge your practice
Be social - respond to comments, welcome ideas and challenge
Make it fun and engaging - most people don’t want to read a boring report

15. The second incarnation of our Trello public dashboard

16. Sharing the journey of our learning

17. Sharing and connecting
knowledge across sectors
via:
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Trello
Periscope
Medium
Vine

18. Continual renewal. Provoker of change.
Maker of new products and services.
Problem Definition Design Test Pilot
Phased
Implementation
Delivery
Sharing the evolution of how we work

19. Sharing the successes and
learning from failure
Allowable failure rate of 70%
means we don’t have any
vested interests in spinning a
story
Imagine if all across the social
sector we shared the failures
as well as the successes?

20. The big public sector innovation challenge:
The need for innovation and
change is at an all time high
The capacity for innovation and
change is at an all time low

21. Who has asked for your bright idea?
Does it solve at least one problem for people?
What unique benefit does it have compared to what’s already available?
Three questions to
ask of any change or
innovation
programme:

22. Corporate Initiative-itis Vanity Projects Walking Dead Zombies
We need less talk of innovation and more about impact..

23. Digital technology means we can
share and learn in ways
unimaginable even 10 years ago
We have an opportunity before us to connect sectors and boost our
capacity for innovation and change. We must not waste it
Twitter: @paulbromford
Mail: lab@bromford.co.uk
Thanks!

24. Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and
released these awesome resources for free:
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◉Photographs by Unsplash