This presentation shares the key points from the Innovation theme in The New Reality online report about digital transformation for non-profit organisations.

1. HOW THE NEW REALITY AFFECTS:
Innovation
In 6 slides

2. To get most value from digital
transformation – and to keep up with the
rapid pace of technology change –
organisations must invest in structured
research and development (R&D).
#1

3. Three models for successful R&D were
identified in the study:
• R&D labs
• Innovation partnerships
• DIY Startups
#2

4. R&D labs:
• Focus on solving one problem at a time
• Use small cross discipline teams
• Have a creative space separate from the
main office environment
• Are free from the everyday constraints of
the organisation
#3

5. Successful innovation partnerships are not
treated as client-supplier relationships.
They work best when the partner is a
connected to the most senior levels of
management, and given permission to
question elements of core strategy.
#4

6. A DIY startup is where an established
organisations sets up a small, separate
part of the business designed to
challenge existing practice and thinking.
It takes bravery to do it – but success
stories like FutureLearn and TeamUp
show the potential gains.
#5

7. Get a bunch of
smart people in a
room and generate
some new ideas”
Steve Rogers,
Director EMEA, Google
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Credit: Gruff Ywain

8. Thank
you
JulieDodd
http://thenewreality.info
Insights taken from The New Reality
digital transformation report:
#NewReality