This document discusses Ordnance Survey's need to explore new innovations and opportunities outside its traditional areas of expertise and processes. It outlines several "dilemmas" Ordnance Survey faces in operating both commercially and with a government remit. It then describes Ordnance Survey's processes for searching for new ideas internally through a "Dragons Den" program and externally through collaborations and networks. It emphasizes the importance of creating an environment that unlocks resources, supports innovative processes, propagates trust, changes perceptions, and provides opportunities.
1. What I’ll cover Ordnance Survey’s Challenges Creating Processes Gaining Resource Creating an Environment Building Opportunities Conclusion
2. What is Location Information worth? >13%GDPdepends on it 1.2M conveyances 200bn properties flood risk 80% business = location Ordnance Survey Turnover ~£116M Government Trading Fund
3. Our Geographic Innovations over the years First digital mapping First national geospatial database Worlds largest geospatial database First adoption open language …we haven’t survived 200 years by increment alone…
4. Why explore outside the box? A few dilemmas We publish… but what is happening to music publishers? We have a government remit… but operate commercially. We’re experts in our field… but now our field has entered the mainstream. We’re the best, undoubtedly … but others can now do what we do.
11. Why?Business Opportunity Knowledge management (+ mgmtof Trash) Checklist Ideas to opportunities at Ordnance Survey
12. How do we know what ideas to develop? Necessity is the mother of invention… Informal Network “First Tuesdays” The burning platforms Shape agenda of next First Tuesday
17. Use ProfessionalsBoundary of the firm Partner Product Ideas Ordnance Survey Product Development Research Organisational Boundary Source: H.Chesborough (2003) MIT Sloan Management Review
18. Co-create Radical Create a platform Just do it! innovation Incremental Beyond current… Current expertise domain Resource for Search 1 - Collaboration
33. Conclusions Search must be varied Threats are opportunities Create an environment that Unlocks resource and supports your process Propagates Trust Changes perceptions Feels Fun Looks Compelling Blossoms with opportunity
Notes de l'éditeur
Innovation spans spectrum from the incremental work in areas of comfort to more radical work in areas we’re not used to. The Grand Challenges take us out of our comfort zone. We have to do this together with the best of Emergent and Incumbent capability
Why we get involved with these? Recognise that in a complex world. Open Innovation (realise we don’t employ all the bright people), and besides our markets become interdependant as technologies converge. Sentience and IiT are two transport related projects where collaboration helps us understand needs of future markets.