This is part one of a two part webinar developed for Global Giving. This first session aims to open participants up to a fresh view of their abilities, their organisations and the innovation opportunity. This will be followed by a series of booster creativity exercises and a further webinar that focusses on idea generation and effective implementation. The second webinar is scheduled for 11th May 11am 2012. For further information on 6heads or our learning programme, please contact us on info@6-heads.com Global Giving is an organisation that gives local CSOs around the world the chance to connect to sources of finance, learning and support. Their network includes over 2,000 nonprofits in 110 countries. This webinar is part of a programme of organisational learning and development and aims to encourage greater strategic thinking, creativity and effectiveness in the sector. http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/

1. Innovation Series
Nicola Millson
6heads
www.6-heads.com
April 2012

2. Impact, Inspiration, Innovation
…create new and better
leaders
organisations
planet
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3. Impact, Inspiration, Innovation
• What is the most innovative thing you have seen /done
recently?
• What is the biggest problem you'd like to solve or
opportunity you'd like to exploit? Frame this as "I wish
my organisation could..."
• What are the barriers stopping you from making this wish
come true?
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4. Agenda: Impact, Inspiration, Innovation
A six part series:
1. Frame the series: Understand
2. Set the scene: Prepare
3. Think like Yunnus: Develop the challenge
4. Do “20/40” exercises: Build capability
5. Explore new options: Create new ideas
6. Act: Develop a plan
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5. 1. Understand: Unnovation
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6. 1. Understand: Innovation
“…new and
creating value
for society”
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7. 1. Understand: Innovation
“…new and
creating value
for society”
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8. 1. Understand: Why?
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9. 1. Understand: Why?
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10. 1. Understand: Why?
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11. 1. Understand: Why now?
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12. 1. Understand: Why me?
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13. Agenda: Impact, Inspiration, Innovation
A six part series:
1. Frame the series: Understand
2. Set the scene: Prepare
3. Think like Yunnus: Develop the challenge
4. Do “20/40” exercises: Build capability
5. Explore new options: Create new ideas
6. Act: Develop a plan
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14. 2. Prepare: Role
“Leaders don’t just make
products and decisions,
leaders make meaning”
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15. 2. Prepare: Mindset
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16. 2. Prepare: Role
Invite
others
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17. 4. Prepare: Constraints
“innovate
inside the
box”
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18. 5. Prepare: Scale
Scale
Transformational
2. 4. 5.
1. 3.
Incremental
Product Process System
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19. Agenda: Impact, Inspiration, Innovation
A six part series:
1. Frame the series: Understand
2. Set the scene: Prepare
3. Think like Yunnus: Develop the challenge
4. Do “20/40” exercises: Build capability
5. Explore new options: Create new ideas
6. Act: Develop a plan
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20. Develop the challenge: What made
them special?
Apple iPod Grameen
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21. Develop the challenge: Stretch
“You will only answer the problem you
are trying to solve”
What do you want to do?
I wish:
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22. Develop the challenge: 5 Why’s
Will provide you with fresh perspective on the problem and
identify if you are not addressing a root cause:
• Why?
• Why?
• Why?
• Why?
• Why?
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23. Develop the challenge: Stretch example
I WISH “We had more revenue”
Why?: We can do more projects
Why?: Our current projects aren't bringing in enough revenue
Why? They aren't having the impact we expected
Why? NGO’s aren’t responding to them
Why?: They don’t think they are useful
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24. Develop the challenge: Stretch example
I WISH “We had more revenue”
Is the real challenge how to better meet the needs of NGO’s?
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25. State your fresh challenge
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26. Develop the challenge: Other ways to
stretch your challenge
Re-expression Related worlds Revolution Random Links
• Use alternative • Other Redefine your • Pick a random
words organisations assumptions: item. How is
• Use different • Other people • Exaggerate your problem
senses with related • Reverse like this item?
• Use someone expertise
• Oppose
else’s • Science,
• Reduce
perspective history, nature
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27. Develop the challenge: Other ways to
stretch your challenge
Re-expression Related worlds Revolution Random Links
• Use alternative • Other Redefine your • Pick a random
words organisations assumptions: item. How is
• Use different • Other people • Exaggerate your problem
senses with related like this item?
• Use someone expertise • Reverse
else’s • Science, • Oppose
perspective history, nature • Reduce
I WISH “We had more revenue”
“I wish we had NO revenue”
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28. Develop the challenge: Other ways to
stretch your challenge
Re-expression Related worlds Revolution Random Links
• Use alternative • Other Redefine your • Pick a random
words organisations
assumptions: item. How is
• Use different • Other • Exaggerate your problem
senses people with • Reverse like this item?
• Use someone related
• Oppose
else’s expertise
• Reduce
perspective • Science, history,
nature
I WISH “We The very
had more rich banker
revenue”
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29. State your fresh challenge
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30. Agenda: Impact, Inspiration, Innovation
A six part series:
1. Frame the series: Understand
2. Set the scene: Prepare
3. Think like Yunnus: Develop the challenge
4. Do “20/40” exercises: Build capability
5. Explore new options: Create new ideas
6. Act: Develop a plan
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31. Preparation: Personal Experiments in
20/40 Vision
Daily to do -
• It would be cool if…? • Learn something new: go
• I am inspired by…? to a lecture/download one
• A trend I spotted today…? on a topic you’ve never
• New route I’ve taken to heard of…
work/coffee machine/etc….?
• Talk to someone random
• 1 thing said/done that I don’t
agree with…? (for at least 10mins)
• A new things I did that aren’t • Map someone else doing
meant for me…. E.g. visit something e.g. shop
games arcade, get a facial,
drive a truck…
• Find a crazy idea
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32. Preparation: Organisational
Experiments in 20/40 Vision
To do To reflect
1. Have lunch with someone • How could I use this insight to
you don’t know think differently about my
2. Take your team out… for a organisation?
walk, for shopping, for a bus
ride, for a tourist visit, for a • What would this mean for my
child experience customers?
3. Play music first thing • New challenge?
4. Have a children's problem-
solver competition
5. Re-write your job
description as an explorer,
astronaut or artist
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33. “The greatest danger for all
of us is not that our aim is
too high and we miss it
but that our aim is too low
and we reach it”
Michelangelo

34. Next Steps Q&A
• Contacts and follow-ups…
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