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Innovation Mandate

Changes in the Business and technology environment are impacting relevancy of the IT organization.

Without a defined Innovation mandate:

  • Cloud, outsourcing and other technology trends make IT less relevant to the organization.
  • Pursuit of innovation feels haphazard and episodic.
  • The Business continues to identify unmet needs and satisfaction with IT is low.
  • IT is unsure of what is needed and appropriate for structuring innovation within the company, or how to direct it towards strategic objectives.

Outcome of this workshop:

  • Clarity on how Innovation happens, and what is needed to institutionalize it across the organization.
  • High-level innovation plan tailored for your organization.
  • Innovation maturity assessment and Business needs assessment.
  • Innovation process with roles and responsibilities.
  • Ideas generation techniques.

Here's How: 5 Days Custom to you

 
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Innovation Workshop
8 AM
Explore Innovation
Understand current innovation efforts, identify gaps, and define innovation targets for the organization.
  • Innovation Maturity Assessment
  • Needs Assessment Survey
  • Current Expense Profile
  • Target Expense Profile
Innovation Guidebook
Review Business priorities and resources to draft an Annual Innovation Plan.
  • Innovation Mandate
  • Charter of Roles and Responsibilities
  • Draft of Innovation Annual Plan
  • Draft of Innovation Communication Plan
Challenge Identification
Analyze a chosen business unit, to identify areas for improvement and drill down into a selected challenge.
  • Core Business Unit challenge to be the focus of the Innovation Activity
  • Formed Innovation Teams
Ideation
Brainstorm innovation ideas, conduct resource, and produce prototypes to create a presentation for Business executives.
  • Large, comprehensive list of ideas
  • List of teams’ chosen ideas
  • Presentation and prototype for Business exec presentation
Presentation
Agree next steps and plans for implementation of initiatives, and annual innovation plan. Validate with Business stakeholders.
  • List of ideas to be moved forward in the project portfolio
  • Finalized Annual Innovation Plan and benefits tracking plan
  • Lessons Learned
9 AM
10 AM
11 AM
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM

Innovation Mandate Workshop Primary Deliverables

Communicate your Innovation Mandate to the business with clear visuals
  • The business needs assessment will have been completed by the organization prior to the workshop. The results shall be reviewed as a group on the first day.
  • The Maturity Assessment will show what the organization’s innovation level is at, allowing for more appropriate goals.

Maturity Assessment
Business Needs Assessment

Our Innovation Executive Advisors

David Piazza Practice Lead David brings over 15 years experience in the technology industry, as both a business leader and a consultant. His background includes developing products and services in the Information Security, HRIS, and IT Services Sectors.
  • 45+ years of IT experience
  • Industry experience across Devloping, Business Strategy, Security and Consulting.
Karen Ryan Senior Business Transformation Executive Karen has 32 years expertise in developing, and more importantly implementing, business-critical strategies. With extensive experience across multiple industries and particular depth in public sector, her experience also includes the management of large scale business units.

Book A Workshop

Our Innovation Workshop has one goal: Provide clear, measurable improvements to your current innovation process.

Each workshop is customized to the existing process maturity level and specifics of your company. The first day will involve reviewing the high-level innovation process flow to provide context for the workshop. An overall diagnostic will be performed to identify gaps and build commitment to the workshop. There will be a scoping discussion before each workshop that results in a customized agenda for the entire workshop.

We use the knowledge of your team and our Experienced Analysts to focus on critical performance issues and find cost-effective, high-impact solutions for quick implementation.

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Innovation Mandate Workshop Outline

Module 1: Explore Innovation

1.1 Introduce Innovation

1.2 Create Innovation Scorecard

1.3 Obtain Business Perspectives

1.4 Define Targets
Ice breaker (optional)
Complete Maturity Assessment
Understand business and industry trends
Discuss and agree upon innovation targets
Introduction to innovation
Review Needs
Assessment results
Understand business priorities through Needs Assessment review
Define innovation
Discuss business’s perspectives re: IT