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Master Class:
When to Innovate in Your Business
Bruce Wade
Bruce Wade
Batman-for-Business
The Innovator
Personal Motivation / Attention
Time
Motivation
Innovation = Renewed Hope
Second Wind
Initial Results
Fading interest
Where most
People give up
Product Life Cycle
Time
Effectiveness
Introduction
Popularity
Plateau
Decline
Innovation Required
Business Life Cycle Curve
Start
Early Success
Plateau
Decline
Death
Innovation = Renewed Hope
What is Invention?
Invention is the "creation of a product or
introduction of a process for the first time."
Thomas Edison was an inventor
What is Innovation?
Innovation happens when someone "improves
on or makes a significant contribution" to
something that has already been invented.
Steve Jobs was an innovator
What makes an Innovator
Business?
Curious Minds Not Happy with the
Status Quo
Ability to explore and experiment
Has resources
Networked
Coachable
Stickability
Barriers to Success
1. Attitude
2. Time
3. Resources
4. Network
5. Ego
6. Money
Gartner Hype Cycle
Time
Visibility
Technology Trigger
Peak of inflated Expectations
Trough of disillusionment
Slope of enlightenment
Plateau of productivity
Innovation Diffusion
Innovators
Techies
2.5%
Try It
Early Adopters
Visionaries
13.5%
Get ahead of the heard
Early Majority
Pragmatics
34%
Stick with the heard
Late Majority
Conservatives
34%
Hold on
Laggards
Sceptics
16%
No Way
Technology S curve
Time
Performance
New innovation
Tech Improvement
Mature Technology
Technology S curve
Time
Performance
7 Principles of Innovation
1. Quest for continuous learning
2. Learn from mistakes
3. Scan for opportunities
4. Embrace ambiguity
5. Balance different view points
6. Express your thoughts
7. Recognise ‘systems’ relationships
Types of Innovation
• Market Pull
– Problem exists, need solution, innovation, sales
• Technology Push
– Technology breakthrough – create a need, sales
• Frugal
– How to do more with less, cost saving, environment
• Marketing
– Barrier to market, innovation, sales
Quote
“Be innovative,
but always learn
from those before you”
Bruce Wade
bruce@em-solutions.co.za
www.em-solutions.co.za
When to innovat in your busness

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