“Innovation is not about big ideas. Innovation is about persistently pursuing a better way to do things, one possibility at a

time.”

Innovation Defined

“Innovation is the introduction of new ways to handle situations or problems that

provide a better result than the current methods.”

Presentation Focus

InternalExternal

Employee MoralFinancialsTechnologyBusiness ProcessesPolicies and ProceduresOperational Improvements

Sense of CommunityBusiness Success

Quality of LifePublic Policy

Citizen EngagementTrust in Government

Presentation Focus

InternalExternal

• Employee Moral• Financials• Technology• Business Processes• Policies and Procedures• Operational Improvements

Overview

Philosophy of Innovation

• Ideas Are Connected• Adjacent Possible• Types of Innovation

Leading Innovation

• Creating a Culture of Innovation• Importance of Trust• “Why” Mindset• Focus on Strengths• Provide Training

• Technology• Innovation Advocacy• Innovation Program

Multiple Discovery

Logarithms1614-1618

Oxygen1773-1777

Electrical telegraph

1837

Radioactivity1896

E=MC2

1900-1906

Jet Engine1939-1941

Polio Vaccine1950-1963

Endorphins1975

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_discoveries

Types of Innovation

Individual Initiative

• Creative Time• Individual Effort• Subject Matter

Experts

Process Improvement• Business Process

Improvement• Focus on Existing

Processes

Continuous Innovation

• Builds on Current Strengths

• New Products or Services

Disruptive Innovation

• New Business Models

• Disrupt Existing Business Practices

Types of Innovation

Process Improvement

• Business Process Improvement• Focus on Existing Processes

Continuous Innovation

• Builds on Current Strengths• New Products or Services

To have a sustainable innovation strategy organizations should focus on process improvement and continuous innovation.

Leading Innovation

Advocacy

CultureTechnology

Persistence

Don’t Rush Innovation

Understand the Role of Technology

Identify Innovation Advocates

Create a Culture of Innovation

PACT

Create a Culture of Innovation

PromoteTrust

ProvideTraining

Ask Why?

Focus onStrengths

• Don’t Micromanage • Failure is an Option

Create a Culture of Innovation

Add

to Every Employees Vocabulary

WHY?

Create a Culture of Innovation

Allow Your People to Develop Their Strengths

Passion Motivation Fulfillment Results

Does Not Mean That You Ignore Weaknesses!

Importance of Technology

“Technology is not just a tool to achieve innovation; it is the catalyst for Innovation.”

Understand Technology

Seat at the Leadership Table

Innovation Advocate Responsibilities

Stay Up on Innovation Topics

Gather Success Stories

Recommend Training Topics

Remove Roadblocks

Develop Innovation Strategy

Review Polices and Procedures

Manage the Innovation Program

Creating Challenge Questions

Ask for Pain-Points Identify Top Problems

Gather Responses Create Challenge Question

Identify Organizational Pain-Points

Establish an Ideation System

Innovation Strategy Components

Innovation Goals

Organizational Pain-Points

Innovation Advocate Responsibilities

Innovation Program

Training Requirements

Recognition System

“Innovation is not about big ideas. Innovation is about persistently pursuing a better way to do things, one possibility at a

time.”