cultivating a technology-driven culture
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IoT Oil & Gas Europe June 29, 2016
Yekemi “Kemi” Otaru
Chemical/Petroleum Engineer, Marketing Strategist, Digital Innovation Researcher & Published Author
About Me
Cultural and social aspects that lead to serious blind spots
Cultivating a technology-driven corporate culture:
Why do some companies successfully adopt new ideas and others not?
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UK organisations are wasting some £64.7 billion in failed
innovation every year
Source: PA Consulting, 2016
Culture that is well-to-do
◉Permission to fail◉Ideas can come from anywhere◉Hungry to learn◉Embraces change◉Agile working practices◉Calculated experimentation◉A culture of honest feedback
Devices that collect and transmit data via the Internet
- Forbes (2014)
IoT: Business, Things, People
Source: Gartner, 2015
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People – not just machines – will power digital innovation
Source: Forbes 2014
Digital advances by sector (McKinsey 2016)
Source: Which Industries Are The Most Digital (And Why), HBR, April 2016
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The future is here and not here at the same time
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Estimated value add of IoT – just one form of digital innovation – is
$1.9 trillion by 2020
Source: Gartner, 2015
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It’s not the strongest that survive, it’s the most adaptable
Culture is the hardest part of an organisation to change
Simple steps may apply
◉Language used
◉Dress codes
◉Office environment
◉Functional silos
◉Visible leadership
A culture of evolution inhow things work
Key drivers for tech culture
◉ Collaboration◉ Diversity◉ Experimentation
Collaboration
◉External and internal collaboration
◉Open communication
◉Safe environment for sharing knowledge
◉Shared vision
◉Common goals
Diversity
◉Cognitive diversity
◉Cross-functional
◉Team learning
◉Millennials’ perspective
◉Outside talent
Experimentation
◉Take small steps
◉Make it safe to fail
◉Leadership that aspires and inspires
◉Track and measure “Return on Failure”
◉Renewed external understanding of peers
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Identify digital priorities, keeping in mind the overall cultural
changes needed to maintain long term impact
Thank you