Innovative people and teams

1. Frank Dethier

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
ONE HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK
Integrate Strategy, Process, Organization, People
& Culture in one holistic approach  this will
seriously improve your chances of success
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Strategy
Process
Organization
Resources
Culture

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
INNOVATION STRATEGY?
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Innova-
tion
Strategy
1. What’s your goal?
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2. A) How much investment? From where?
B) When?
C) Who?
3. Define & select your opportunities
(strategic innovation area’s)

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New &
Existing
Markets
Trends
• Technology
• Need
• Business
• Legal
Innovation
challenges
Dev
Projects to obtain
understanding of
• Technology
• Customer Need
• Business
Internal &
External Ideas
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Strategy
Idea
selection

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
ORGANIZATION
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Explore Exploit
Ambidextrous
Employee Innovation
Networks
Open Innovation

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Session 5: Resources

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
RESOURCES
Strategy, Process & Organization are important, but your People will
innovate!
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Right person,
Right job
Individuals Project Teams
Diversity
Leadership
Vision, listening
& advice

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
INDIVIDUALS
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Who are your best Innovators?
Most companies have a lot of experience identifying their best performers,
but not their best Innovators
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HOW TO INNOVATE?
INDIVIDUALS
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10. Frank Dethier –
HOW TO INNOVATE?
YOU
Run 2 exercises and get a good idea
1. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
2. http://www.standaard.be/innovatietest
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HOW TO GROW?
INDIVIDUALS
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 Curious
 Challenge status quo
 Take risks, difficult to
manage
 Creative, Intuitive
 Networking
Ideal to create ‘broad
ideas’
 Practical and eye for
details
 Respect rules &
authority
 Task oriented & like
to finish it
Ideal to implement
ideas
Starters – ‘NT’ Finishers – ‘SJ’
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HOW TO GROW?
RECRUITMENT OF INDIVIDUALS
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What kind of people do you recruit?
But we do expect different results?!
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HOW TO INNOVATE?
INDIVIDUALS
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Clarity
Context
Big Picture
& Create
Ideas
Plan solutions
& Develop
Take Action
& Implement
Creation Process
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Do you know your preference(s)?
Foursight identifies ‘best’ role of individual in Innovation project
 But not your potential in comparison with successful Innovators

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
INDIVIDUALS
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Clarity
Context
Big Picture
& Create
Ideas
Plan solutions
& Develop
Take Action
& Implement
Creation Process
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How would you staff a project team?

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
RESOURCES
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Right person,
Right job
Individuals Project Teams
Diversity
Leadership
Vision, listening
& advice

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
PROJECT TEAMS
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 Reaches quickly
consensus
 React consistently in
even predictable way
(based on their
preferences)
 Reaches more difficult
consensus
 Ideal for Innovative
assignments
 Synergetic effect
Homogenous Team Heterogeneous Team
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Disruptive Innovation

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
BRAIN DOMINANCE MODEL
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Data gathering as well as Problem solving
 Left & Right Brain thinkers
 Left: logical, analythical
 Right: non-linear, intuitive approach
 Problem solving preference
 Individually
 In grouop
 Learn & Experiment
 Abstract thinkers: learn before they experiment
 Experience thinkers: experiment before learning
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PROJECT TEAMS
BRAIN DOMINANCE MODEL - HBDI
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PS: serious simplification based on nowadays know-how
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Isaac Newton
PROJECT TEAMS
BRAIN DOMINANCE MODEL - HBDI
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Albert Einstein
Ghandi
J. Edgar Hoover
Great Brains in History
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PROJECT TEAMS
BRAIN DOMINANCE MODEL - DIVERSITY
20Heterogeen Team
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HOW TO INNOVATION?
PROJECT TEAMS
 Functional Diversity: ensure (besides thinking
styles/personality) that all functions are
represented in team
 Development
 Marketing
 Sales
 Financials
 Design
 ...
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PROJECT TEAMS
FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY
Design is also important driver of Innovation
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HOW TO INNOVATE?
PROJECT TEAMS
‘Ideal’ size of project team?
 Very small teams (e.g. 2 to 3 people) lack often
diversities (functional, personality) needed for
Innovation
 Very large teams (> 10 to 12 people) are too big to
exchange info in an effective and active way
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24. Frank Dethier –
HOW TO INNOVATE?
RESOURCES
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Right person,
Right job
Individuals Project Teams
Diversity
Leadership
Vision, listening
& advice

25. Frank Dethier –
HOW TO INNOVATE?
LEADERSHIP
 Most important individual in your
organisation to have successful
innovations?
 For example
 Creative Director?
 R&D Director?
 Head of Marketing?
 Creative genius?
 …
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HOW TO INNOVATE?
LEADERSHIP
 CEO = most important person
 Link Innovation & Strategy
 Create Focus, engagement & passion for Innovation
 Dedicated budgets and resources for Innovation
programs
 Accelerate good ideas into new products, Services or
business models
 Define Innovation process & metrics to ensure
Innovation becomes sustainable in the organization
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HOW TO INNOVATE?
LEADERSHIP
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Be genuinly
curious
Listen
profoundly
Ask
powerful
questions
Help reframe
challenge
Give
feedback
Reflect big
picture/
vision
Take
responsibility,
but allow
people to grow
Behavior that
stimulates
Innovation with
people
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HOW TO INNOVATE?
LEADERSHIP
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 challenge organizational norms,
encourage divergent thinking,
and push followers to develop
innovative strategies
 high standards of moral and
ethical conduct and who engender
loyalty from followers
 Inspiring vision for the future
based on values and ideals
 recognizing the unique growth
and developmental needs of
followers as well as coaching
followers and consulting with
them
 aimed at monitoring and
controlling employees through
rational or economic means
 provide tangible or intangible
support and resources to
followers in exchange for their
efforts and performance
 Setting standards and monitoring
deviations from these standards
Transformational
leaderschip
Transactional leadership
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HOW TO INNOVATE?
LEADERSHIP
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 challenge organizational norms,
encourage divergent thinking,
and push followers to develop
innovative strategies
 high standards of moral and
ethical conduct and who engender
loyalty from followers
 Inspiring vision for the future
based on values and ideals
 recognizing the unique growth
and developmental needs of
followers as well as coaching
followers and consulting with
them
 aimed at monitoring and
controlling employees through
rational or economic means
 provide tangible or intangible
support and resources to
followers in exchange for their
efforts and performance
 Setting standards and monitoring
deviations from these standards
Transformational
leaderschip
Transactional leadership
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Higher success
rate for
Innovation

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HOW TO INNOVATE?
LEADERSHIP
Managers that don’t like conflicts, fall often in
‘comfortable clone syndrome’
Surround themselves with people thinking the
same way
‘If we all think alike, then no one is thinking’
(Patton)
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31. Frank Dethier –
 Quote CEO Bekina: “Maar nieuwe ideeën en
verbetervoorstellen komen ook van onze eigen
mensen die aan de machines staan. Elke dag
komen we bij onze medewerkers meermaals
langs. Je kunt daar geleerde termen voor
bedenken zoals functionerings- of
evaluatiegesprekken - ik noem dat een ‘goeie
babbel’, en niet in mijn bureau, maar op een vat
of een pallet. ‘Wat wil je verbeteren op je
werkpost, voel je je goed in je vel?’ We hangen
hun verbetervoorstellen uit, en volgen ze op.”
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HOW TO INNOVATE?
LEADERSHIP

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INNOVATIEKADER
OEFENING
 Wat wil je veranderen in je organisatie?
 Persoonlijkheidsprofielen -> juiste job en rekrutering
 Denkstijlen en Innovatieve teams?
 Je eigen leiderschap?
 Bespreek dit met je buurman
 Tijd voorzien: 30 min
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 Heb je typische Innovatie profielen in je bedrijf?
Hoe ga je die gebruiken?
 Heb je een heterogeen/homogeen team? Hoe moet
je het team aanpassen/verbeteren?
 Wat ga je veranderen aan je eigen leiderschap?
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