Workshop by RiverRhee at Stevenage BioScience Catalyst, November 2012

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Consul.ng
2012
The
mindset
for
Open
Innova3on
Stevenage
Bioscience
Catalyst
November
15th
2012
Elisabeth
Goodman
&
Lucy
Loh
Enhancing
Team
Effec-veness
1
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Consul.ng
2012
Do
organisa.ons
have
the
right
mindset
for
(Open)
Innova.on?
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Consul.ng
2012
What
mindset
do
organisa.ons
need
for
OI?

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Consul.ng
2012
What
is
a
mindset?
Today’s
break-­‐out
will
explore:
1. How
Open
Innova.on
requires
a
certain
mindset
to
be
successful
2. What
this
mindset(s)
might
be:
– There
may
be
more
than
one
and
personality
types
will
also
have
an
influence
3. The
implica.ons
for
your
organisa.ons
4
A
set
of
assump-ons,
methods,
or
nota-ons
Cogni-ve
bias
,
mental
iner-a,
"groupthink”,
"paradigm"
Could
be
difficult
to
counteract
its
effect
on
analysis
and
decision
making
Adapted
from
Wikipedia

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Consul.ng
2012
Personality
types
could
influence
approaches
to
Open
Innova.on…
• Personal
preferences
&
behaviours
affect
the
way
we
interact
with
each
other
• They
also
affect
our
approach
to
work
and
so
to
Open
Innova.on
• There
are
lots
of
ways
to
gain
a
beBer
understanding
of
our
individual
personality
types
–
MBTI
is
one
of
these
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Ac.vist
Theorist
Judging
and
perceiving
Thinking
and
feeling
Shaper
Plant
Completer
finisher

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Consul.ng
2012
Summary
of
MBTI
preferences
Where
do
you
prefer
to
focus
your
aBen.on?
How
are
you
energised?
What
kind
of
informa.on
do
you
prefer
to
pay
aBen.on
to?
How
do
you
acquire
informa.on?
How
do
you
prefer
to
make
decisions?
Which
lifestyle
do
you
prefer?
EXTRAVERSION
-­‐
E
INTROVERSION
-­‐
I
SENSING
-­‐
S
INTUITION
-­‐
N
THINKING
-­‐
T
FEELING
-­‐
F
JUDGING
-­‐
J
PERCEIVING
-­‐
P
Key
to
Innova.on

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Consul.ng
2012
Impact
on
Innova.on..
SENSING
-­‐
S
INTUITION
-­‐
N
Influence
what
kind
of
ideas
people
are
drawn
towards
JUDGING
-­‐
J
PERCEIVING
-­‐
P
Influence
how
ideas
are
implemented
Innova.on
is
the
implementa.on
of
ideas….
Incremental
improvements
Original
/
breakthroughs
Reach
decisions
a.s.a.p
Keep
op.ons
open

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Consul.ng
2012
Different
preferences
will
be
drawn
to
different
innova.on
phases
• NJs
• Emphasis
on
adop.ng
and
original
ideas
• SJs
• Emphasis
on
efficiency
and
adapta.on
• NPs
• Emphasis
on
different
and
original
ideas
• SPs
• Emphasis
on
refining
and
adap.ng
ideas
1.
DEFINE
What
is
it
we
are
trying
to
resolve?
2.
DISCOVER
Generate
a
variety
of
ideas
3.
DECIDE
Reduce
the
number
of
ideas
4.
DELIVER
Implement
(or
decide
against)
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Adapted
from
Damian
Killen
&
Gareth
Williams.
Introduc.on
to
Type
and
Innova.on
CPP,
Inc.
California,
2009
EXTERNAL
ORGANISATIONAL
FOCUS
INTERNAL
ORGANISATIONAL
FOCUS

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Consul.ng
2012
Implica.ons
for
organisa.ons
1. Different
MBTI
types
are
naturally
drawn
to
the
different
steps
2. But
each
step
also
has
the
complete
cycle
within
it
3. So
an
organisa.on
needs
all
the
different
types,
but
their
strengths
will
come
to
the
fore
at
different
.mes
4. Organisa.ons
typically
have
a
concentra.on
of
specific
personality
types
within
individual
teams,
and
at
different
levels
of
the
organisa.on!
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Define
Discover
Decide
Deliver
Added
complexity
for
OI
of
collabora.on
&
working
across
mul.ple
organisa.ons!

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Consul.ng
2012
Henry
Ford
Slide
10
“If
I
had
asked
people
what
they
wanted,
they
would
have
said
:
‘faster
horses’.”

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Consul.ng
2012
Open
innova.on
from
cross-­‐
fer.lisa.on
• Opera.ons
Research
…
ac.on
learning
…
skunk
works
…
Nobel
prize
winners??
• Boundaries
define
difference,
inside
is
different
to
outside
– Organisa.onal
/
technical
/
market
/
sector
• Each
has
its
own
assump.ons
and
logic
• If
you
want
to
innovate,
cross
boundaries
and
invite
strangers
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2012
How
innovators
think
12
BIG
PICTURE
Taking
in
ideas
&
informa.on
DIFFERENCE
Learning
&
change
SYNTHESIS
Processing
ideas
&
informa.on
MOTIVATIO
N
Towards
INTERNAL
Judgements
&
decisions
PROBLEM
SOLVING
Op.ons
Work
with
the
“strangers”

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Consul.ng
2012
How
innovators
think
13
BIG
PICTURE
Taking
in
ideas
&
informa.on
DIFFERENCE
Learning
&
change
SYNTHESIS
Processing
ideas
&
informa.on
MOTIVATIO
N
Towards
INTERNAL
Judgements
&
decisions
PROBLEM
SOLVING
Op.ons
50%
50%
50%
50%
50%
5%
Posi.ve
astude
&
focus

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Consul.ng
2012
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“The
three
great
essen.als
to
achieve
anything
worthwhile
are
first,
hard
work;
second,
s.ck-­‐to-­‐i.veness;
third,
common
sense.”
Thomas
Alva
Edison

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Consul.ng
2012
What
are
the
implica.ons
for
your
organisa.on?

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Consul.ng
2012
Thank
you!
• Any
final
ques.ons
/
comments?
Elisabeth
Goodman
and
Lucy
Loh
info@riverrhee.com
hBp://www.riverrhee.com
07876
130
817