What is innovation? What is "not" innovation? What makes innovation lean? What are the characteristics of an innovator? How can an innovator work within a big company? All these questions are answered in this presentation!

1. lean innovation
how to become an effective innovator by @ielshareef

2. I want my innovation back ...

3. what is innovation?

4. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
“There are risks and costs to action.
But they are far less than the long
range risks of comfortable inaction.”
- John F. Kennedy

5. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
“If you're not failing every now
and again, it's a sign you're not
doing anything very innovative.”
- Woody Allen

6. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
“Innovation comes from people
meeting up in the hallways or
calling each other at 10:30 at
night with a new idea.”
- Steve Jobs

7. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is not ideation

8. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is not research

9. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is not invention

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14. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
?!

15. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is creativity +
execution +
biz value +
evolution

16. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is creativity +
execution +
biz value +
evolution

17. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is creativity +
execution +
biz value +
evolution

18. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is creativity +
execution +
biz value +
evolution

19. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is creativity +
execution +
biz value +
evolution

20. inventor
+
innovator

22. inventor
+
innovator

23. in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
so

24. who is an innovator?

25. NOT

26. 1.dreamer

27. 2.fighter

28. 3.doer

29. invention?
or
innovation?
or
both!

30. - patent-heavy
- assumed business value

31. - patent-heavy
- assumed business value
- great invention
- failed innovation

33. innovating the lean way.

34. lean
what is innovation?

35. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
is creativity +
execution +
biz value (?) +
evolution

36. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
?? = high uncertainty

37. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
you think you know
what people want
but you don’t really
know.

38. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
a series of
discovery & failure

39. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
a series of
validated guesses aka hypotheses

40. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess 1 guess 6
guess 2 guess 7
guess 3 guess 8
guess 4 guess 9
guess 5 ....

41. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
product has
min. features to
validate your
guess

42. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess

43. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess
MVP

44. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess
MVP

45. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess
MVP
guess

46. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess
MVP
guess
MVP

47. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess
MVP
guess
MVP

48. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess
MVP
guess guess
MVP

49. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess
MVP
guess guess
MVP MVP

50. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
guess
MVP
guess guess
MVP MVP

51. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
follow the green
path

52. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
if all guess are
invalidated:
pivot OR keep going

53. corporate lean
innovation
has its own
challenges

54. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
in the corporate world
pros cons

55. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
in the corporate world
pros cons
people
funding
support

56. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
in the corporate world
pros cons
people people
funding roadmaps
support resources

57. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
in the corporate world
time is not
on your side

58. lean
in·no·va·tion (n.) /ˌinəˈvāSHən/
in the corporate world
know
your tools

59. measure everything

60. find your
allies

61. most importantly

63. one more
important
thing...

64. SELL IT

65. to recap ...

66. innovation is:
vision plus
execution plus
biz value plus
evolution

67. innovation requires:
trust plus
learning plus
focus plus
storytelling

68. remember

69. you will fail

70. you will fail
if you don’t .. you’re not innovating

71. @ielshareef
thank you