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Leveraging Innovation “Centers of Excellence”

Presented By:American Institute for Innovation Excellence

Copyright 2011American Institute for Innovation Excellence

• The American Institute for Innovation Excellence is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization organized as a professional research “think tank.”

• Under this organizational framework, the AIIE limits and dedicates its operations to promoting innovation excellence, for the exclusive and charitable benefit of government agencies, corporate entities and the greater good, through research, development, education and publication within the following focus areas:

– Innovation Management Best/Next Practices Development – Innovation Management Maturity Concepts – Innovation Execution Delivery Methodologies – Portfolio, Program and Project Execution Models – Innovation, Idea and Creativity Concept Education and Training

Who We Are…


Innovation Management “Pain Points”

• Taken from a 2010 survey* of business executives, innovation management leadership and other business/innovation management practitioners:

1. Aging, inefficient and ineffective innovation and new growth-based processes, methodologies, tools, techniques, etc.

2. Creating, embedding and maintaining a culture of innovation3. Reliable, repeatable, effective and efficient innovation capabilities4. Growing gap between innovation/organizational strategy and

operational execution5. Workforce not skilled in creative problem solving, innovation or

entrepreneurship

* November 2010 American Institute of Innovation Management LinkedIn Survey


Exploring Innovation Centers of Excellence…• Research Question:

– Can the popular “Center of Excellence” business operations concept be applied to innovation management and successfully deployed within an organization to establish a dedicated team of internal resources tasked with developing, deploying and maintaining a continuous focus on innovation and idea management?


1. Review: • Foundational & Historical Assessment

2. Analysis: • Challenges With Traditional Phase and

Gate-Based Approaches3. Concept Development:

• The Innovation Portfolio Management Model

• Innovation Architecture4. Implementation Recommendations:

• Innovation Portfolio Management Model Suggested Implementation Roadmap

• Commonly Used Innovation Management Process Artifacts

Research Approach…


The Four “Must Haves” For Innovation Success…

1. Executive Leadership Engagement2. Innovation Management Treated as a True Business

Discipline3. Appropriate Amount of Resources Dedicated to

Innovation Initiative4. Collection of Appropriately Tailored Methodology and

Processes


What Is A “Center of Excellence?”

• Enables collaboration across business units to ensure consistency and integration of strategy to activities

• Provides for a “right-sized” governance framework

• Establishes a clearinghouse for process, methodology, models, tools and technology

• Provides a clear mapping between business strategy and project-based initiatives

• Serves as an organizational focal point and singular voice for a specific business strategy or function

• Provides training and consultation functions for the subject matter

• Development and monitoring of success criteria for metrics and systems of measurements

• Central repository for research and study materials


Why The “Center of Excellence” Approach?

1. Skills• Highly specialized• Limited availability

2. Oversight• Process and methodology selection, implementation and

maintenance

3. Body of Knowledge• Training materials• Process documentation• Templates, tools, techniques, etc.

4. Community• Team-based problem solving• Complete end-to-end view of processes• Collaboration• Knowledge sharing


An “Innovation Center of Excellence”…• Dedicated business unit focused on organizational

growth via innovation and organizational creativity strategies

• Provides:• Subject Matter Expertise• Facilitation• Training/Instruction• Collaboration• Coaching/Mentoring• Championing/Sponsorship

• From the Summer 2011 AIIE Research Report:• “While the Innovation Center of Excellence may not be directly responsible

for designing, building or implementing innovative products and/or services, they would be responsible for encouraging, fostering, supporting, guiding and embedding an innovative culture and environment.”


People Make The Center of

Excellence Concept Work…


Innovation Center of Excellence Operating Framework

LeadershipStrategyOversightGovernanceSponsorshipDecision-MakingAlignment - Biz & StrategyStakeholder RelationshipsMarket Analysis

Operations & ManagementInnovation ManagementIdea ManagementProject & Portfolio ManagementRisk ManagementBudget & Financial ManagementResource ManagementAdministrationDaily OperationsKnowledge ManagementCapability & Capacity Management

Processes & PracticesStandards / MethodologyMetricsToolsTechnologyOrganizational CreativityCreative Problem SolvingReward & RecognitionResearch & DevelopmentContinuous ImprovementProcess MaturityClearinghouseLibraryRepository / Archive

Services & SupportProcess DevelopmentPractice DevelopmentQuality AssuranceCulture DevelopmentCollaborationCommunicationTechnique DevelopmentCompetency DevelopmentTrainingConsultationTechnical SupportFacilitationCustomer AnalysisAssessments / Audits

ResourcesPeopleTimeSpaceFinancial

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Innovation Center of Excellence Success Metrics…• Translate industry research into best and next practices for the organization• Collect critical information and resources for ideas, innovation and creative

problem solving• Serve as a centralized clearinghouse for processes, methods, approaches

and models for utilizing the information and data collected• Build and maintain an educated resource pool through training and hands-

on experience• Provide internal consulting, coordination, mentoring and coaching• Act as the liaison and representative for the organization among industry,

institutional and organizational peers• Serve as a recognized leader in the field of innovation management

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Benefits and Barriers to the Innovation Center of Excellence Approach:

• Measurable Benefits:– Increased Revenue– Reduced Cost– Reduced product

development lifecycle time and cost

– Reduced Risk– Tighter Alignment With

Strategy– Improved Communications

and Change Management

• Common Barriers:– Centralization Leads to

Business Unit-Level Innovation Apathy

– Inability to Eliminate or Effectively Manage Organizational Change “Anti-Bodies”

– Organizational Readiness for Innovation Culture Creation

– Abandonment in Times of Economic Weakness or Distress

– Designed for Larger Organizations


Full Report Available at:

American Institute for Innovation Excellence

~ http://www.AIIEOnline.org ~

Click on: Research

Published Research Summer 2011 Report

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