2. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
“If you want a leading indicator of what your
organization will look like three to five years
from now, where would you look?"
“Where you will be is typically reflected in your
project portfolio. It's the truest measure of
organizational intent."
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Cathy Benko – Vice Chairman , Deloitte
6. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
Case Study - Web Team (50+)
What they were working on
Keeping the lights on
○ Basic site upkeep and maintenance
○ Ensuring online transactions running smoothly
○ User research, surveys, and usability testing
○ Acquisition campaigns/marketing
Incremental improvement
○ Inbound functionality requests (backlogged)
○ Re-design for CMS
○ Data schema updates
○ Keeping front end in synch with backend
○ Etc.
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7. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
The Big Picture Areas for Innovation
Only 20% of
customers use web
services
Significant
customer churn
Low loyalty
Low perceived
value
Lag competitors in
online offerings
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12. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
Innovation at UC Berkeley Haas
Ambitious Innovation Leadership Development
agenda
Through IBI, one of the largest dedicated efforts
to study and advance the art and science of
innovation
○ Lester Center – Entrepreneurship
○ Fisher center - CIO leadership
○ Garwood Center – corporate innovation
Center for Open Innovation
Berkeley Innovation Forum
Haas @ Work
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13. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
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Via Haas@Work, an applied innovation program offering
companies the opportunity to partner with students and
faculty to address a significant business challenge.
Substantial Hands-On Industry Experience
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14. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
A 16 week course is built around a specific company
opportunity or challenge.
Innovation/consulting agency model, with a defined
framework, structure, and faculty oversight.
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Haas@Work
17. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
Experi-
mentation
- Customers are switchers
- 100+ nationalities in Dubai
- Average order time 6 Min
- Nothing in fridge= pizza
Instant store specific
ordering tool.
Push of a button, at
fridge, info/preference pre-
shared.
Expect xx% increase
<< ACTUAL 500% >>
Fast and inexpensive
($9K), with measurement
and feedback.
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Insight based idea
generation
Concept
design.
Modeling
Innovation
Insight generation and
opportunity assessment.
How this would look through the funnel
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@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
Traditional Portfolio Rejection Triggers
Integration into existing systems and multi-unit
footprint issues = big project
Complex issues with supporting multiple customer
environments
Other post-implementation customer and store
level support issues
Unknown business case and impact
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20. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
Lean Startups Mindset
“Focus on having more swings at the bat or shots on goal,
or whatever the metaphor is…the goal isn’t to fail fast, but
to succeed fast. We can do that by iterating rapidly.”
- Steve Blank
In other words:
If you try 5 pizza buttons one will work, but you may need
to try it 5 times.
Also worth noting:
Successful innovation are built on a platform of deep and
novel insight.
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25. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
Insight vs Data
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60%
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90%
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2010 2012 2014
(proj)
Android/Chro
me
IOS
Windows
Data Insight:
Find the
“why behind the what”
26. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
Beware of What You Know You Know
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?
H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers
“With over fifteen types of foreign cars already on sale
here, the Japanese auto industry isn’t likely to carve out a
big share of the market.”
Business Week
“640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
Bill Gates
Jumpstart innovation by rethinking what you know about
users and customers.
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27. Innovation
@ Berkeley
Rochlin 11/2012
Process, Resources, and Organization
No Free Lunch – dedicated group or resource set-aside
Not stage gates, but a process for each step
Partner with business owners and other stakeholders
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Welcome ….I am Audience …..2-3 questions??How many od you have innovation (new products , business models, processes) baked into your corporateHow any of you have projects in your portfolio that have a high probability of failure … ….Should preface that with intentionally How many think you have a good process and resources to truly innovate
Had a chance to interview Cathy Benko a few years ago for my book. At the time, alignment was the big idea on everyone’s mind, Asked her about this, and she pointed out the best way to assess the long term health of companies.Read quote:What do you guys think?
EVERYONE talks about innovation.Hear form students that it is “someone else job…”Everyone has ideas, but often it is hard to understand how ideas turn into something. It is actually tough dirty work , and a team based activityHere is where traditional IT mgmnt and PPM processes become an issue
One side ….on the other….((Each line}}IT portfolio practices are often inconsistent with an innovation mindset
Results of traditonal approach is very good at staying the course, making iterative changes ….not so good at exploring other innovation pathsNew unmet needsWhite spaceEmerging oppty
As an example….
When our team came in…we focused on several significant issues that needed attention.Known….but somehow not resourced.So they couldn’t <<CLICK>>>We encouraged them to work on new ways to build revenue, create loyalty and differentiate.
So I think you can and do need to do both….You can stay alignedandsend out expeditions.
Anyone use PPM processes like this?- Highly valuable - Groups go around it?What do you do for flexibility?
The idea of a approaching some of your project workThrough the lens of an innovation funnel
The idea is to invest in Generating real insightUsing insight for new ideas Exploring concepts / prootypes/ different methods for developing the ideasDoing some modeling, but designing experimentsFiltering at each level Deciding problems to solve firstLooking at a large # of approaches etc
Show one of my favorite innovations …
How this might have moved through the funnel….<on click>>INSIGHTCustomers are switchers- 100+ Nationalities in Dubai- Average order time 6 Min- Nothing in fridge= pizzaIDEA BASED ON INSIGHTInstant store specificordering tool.CONCEPT/ DESIGN Push of a button, at fridge, info/preference pre-shared.MODELINGExpect xx% increase<< ACTUAL 500% >>EXPERIMENTATIONFast and inexpensive ($9K), with measurement and feedback.
Could not happen with a traditional approach
Here’s how they did it
How many have fromal processes to agree on what the data says and hwattheopportutntiy isD
Conumerization of dataMobilityLoss of pc based usage due to…other tools??
End with E 2.0 from the conference website..circled a few Agility FlexibilityFuzzy BoundariesSimpleOn DemandShort time to marketNeed to support this on the inside.