3 hours
Innovation
Develop innovation capabilities and learn frameworks for driving breakthrough ideas in any organization.
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Learning Objectives
  • Understand different types of innovation
  • Apply innovation frameworks and tools
  • Build an innovation culture
  • Manage innovation portfolios
Topics Covered
  • Innovation Types & Models
  • Ideation Techniques
  • Innovation Frameworks
  • Disruptive vs Sustaining Innovation
  • Building Innovation Culture
  • Portfolio Management
Hands-On Activities
Innovation Portfolio Assessment 30 mins
Assess your organisation's innovation portfolio using the 70-20-10 model.
Instructions
  1. List all current innovation initiatives in your organisation
  2. Categorise each as Core (70%), Adjacent (20%), or Transformational (10%)
  3. Calculate your actual portfolio balance
  4. Identify gaps — are you over-investing in one area?
  5. Propose rebalancing recommendations
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Innovation Culture Diagnostic
25 min
Diagnose your organisation's innovation culture using a structured assessment framework.
Instructions
  1. Complete the Innovation Culture Assessment individually
  2. Score your organisation on 8 dimensions of innovation culture
  3. Identify the 2 strongest and 2 weakest dimensions
  4. Compare scores with your group
  5. Develop 3 actionable recommendations to improve
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Exercises
group · 25 min
SCAMPER Ideation Sprint
Generate innovative ideas using the SCAMPER technique (Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other use, Eliminate, Reverse).
  1. Choose a product or service to innovate on
  2. Apply each SCAMPER lens (2 min each)
  3. Generate at least 2 ideas per lens
  4. Select the top 5 most promising ideas
  5. Quick-pitch each idea to the group (1 min each)
pair · 20 min
Disruptive Innovation Analysis
Analyse a disruptive innovation case and identify the patterns that made it successful.
  1. Read the assigned disruption case study
  2. Identify: What did the incumbent miss?
  3. Map the disruption trajectory (low-end or new-market)
  4. Identify warning signs the incumbent ignored
  5. Apply the pattern to your own industry
Practical Examples
Manufacturing
3M's 15% Innovation Time
3M gives employees 15% of their time for personal innovation projects, creating a culture where experimentation is expected.
OUTCOME: Generated products like Post-it Notes and Scotchgard, contributing to 30% of 3M's revenue coming from products less than 5 years old.
Automotive
Tesla's First Principles Innovation
Tesla challenged every assumption in car manufacturing, from battery costs to sales models, using first principles thinking.
OUTCOME: Became the world's most valuable automaker, forcing the entire industry to accelerate EV development by a decade.
Industry Success Stories
E-commerce & Technology
Amazon
Challenge
Needed to maintain startup-level innovation speed at massive scale.
Approach
Implemented the 'Working Backwards' innovation process — starting with the customer press release before building anything. Combined with two-pizza teams and a culture of experimentation.
Result
Launched AWS (now $80B+ revenue), Kindle, Alexa, and Amazon Go — each born from the Working Backwards process.
Useful Resources
The Innovator's Dilemma — Clayton Christensen
BOOK
Service Design Tools
FRAMEWORK
Innovation Ambition Matrix (HBR)
ARTICLE
LUMA System of Innovation
TOOL
How Great Leaders Inspire Innovation (TED)
VIDEO
Key Takeaways
Innovation mindset development
Practical innovation tools
Culture transformation strategies
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