front end of innovation: getting innovative - discover personal innovation methods that work in any...
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10 minutes "Fire-Starter" put together for the Business Model Innovation session at the Front End of Innovation Conference in Boson May 3-5th 2010. Geoff's Bio: Geoff Zoeckler (pronounced Jeff Zeck-ler) is as senior product development scientist at Birds Eye Foods (now part of Pinnacle Foods) and is helping to develop a robust new product pipeline and further improve the culture of innovation within the company. Geoff is a passionate innovator, entrepreneur, and front end of innovation guru. His unquenchable curiosity and zeal for life has led him to development many personal and professional hobbies. Always seeking adventure, Geoff would be a fun guy to get stuck in an elevator with.TRANSCRIPT
Discover Personal Innovation Methods That Work In Any Business Model
GETTING INnovative
Geoff Zoeckler – Front End of Innovation 2010
www.LinkedIn.com/In/GeoffZoecklerGenerationInnovation.Blogspot.com
Who Is This Guy?
Last Year
Why Won’t You LET ME INnovate Empowering Young Professionals In Your Innovation Program
Passionate Innovator
Entrepreneur
Photographer
Professional Yo-Yo-er
Super Dad
Innovation Guru
Pipeline Developer
Soccer Player
Scientist
Creator
Life Long Student Fire StarterChemical Engineer
93% of senior business executives cited
innovation as a top strategic priority
– Forrester
GETTING INnovative
1) Challenge the Way Things Are
2) Master the Current Business Landscape
3) Ask Forgiveness Not Permission
4) Capture the Success
Story Time(Alright! I get to be part of an ideation and show off my creative side)
Thanks for coming today
So… who has any ideas?
(Humm, odd start, but I am still excited. I can’t wait to share my ideas)
We tried that before
That won’t save much money
I don’t have time for that
(Ummm, this doesn’t seem right, there must be a better way to do this)
Challenge The Way Things Are
Challenge The Way Things Are
Challenge The Way Things Are
Master the Current Business Landscape
If I had one hour to save the world, I'd spend fifty five minutes defining the problem and five minutes finding the solution.
-Einstein
2 minutes a day costs your company about $320/ year
30 minutes a day costs $4,800/ year
Ask Forgiveness Not Permission
*Assumptions: 20 work days a month, 12 months a year, $40/ hour cost to the company
Ask Forgiveness Not Permission
Less than $300 + easy to show the benefit + will use often =
Just Do It
18 People, 1 Hour, 12 ideas
Capture Your Success
Capture Your SuccessCapture Your SuccessCapture Your SuccessCapture Your Success
8 People, 45 minutes, 175 ideas
Summary� 93% executives want more innovation� Only 50% believe they are getting a good return on their current innovation investments
They need you to GET INnovative… Today
1)Challenge the Way Things Are2)Master the Current Business Landscape3)Ask Forgiveness Not Permission4)Capture the Success
Thank You
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GenerationInnovation.Blogspot.com
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