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Exploring the Executive Innovation Workmat with Video discussions

Jeffrey Phillips

Over the last few weeks, Paul Hobcraft and I have developed a series of short videos. The purpose of these videos is to explore a tool that Paul and I created, which we call the Executive Innovation Workmat. In the videos we've created, we explore why each factor is important to innovation.

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Why Government is Essential for Private Sector Innovation

Destination Innovation

It became a platform for secondary markets in apps, music and videos. The remarkable thing which Mazzucato points out is that all these technologies were initially funded partly or wholly by government (and usually defence) agencies. No-one is claiming that governments or defence agencies created the iPhone. References.

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Innovation Project Governance Do's & Don'ts

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Despite its importance, innovation project governance is often handled ineffectively, slowing down rather than driving innovation. Innovation project governance is a decision-making discipline where organizational leaders decide which ideas to pursue, how to allocate the innovation budget, and how to assign resources.

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The secret to this government department’s innovation success: Small teams

Idea to Value

Is it possible for government agencies to innovate? And in the case of the US Government: a startup mentality. In the video above, Haley Van Dyck outlines how her teams at the United States Digital Service used the skills and techniques of Silicon Valley to effect real change in departments which were in dire need of innovation.

Video 100
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This small company achieved a 100-fold increase in production using Toyota methods

Idea to Value

This video is quite interesting, if you’re interested in how quickly a small company can innovate. It is about how a small raincoat production company was asked to produce COVID-19 protective gowns by the Japanese government, but was struggling to meet targets of 10,000 gowns a day.

Company 278
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Providing the glue in the common language, communications, and context needed for successful innovation

Paul Hobcraft

We explore why each factor is essential to innovation in the videos we’ve created. Governance – we examine how to govern an innovation project and why this work requires different governance models from other projects. I think the videos allow us to explore each of these. These have covered.

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Innovation in governments: Far Horizons?

Norbert Bol

The blog “ the sustainability innovation paradox ” triggered quite some discussions the last few weeks on the role of governments in innovations. On the one side governments stimulate innovation but also hinder innovation due to regulatory policies. There are hierarchical, competitive and collaborative strategies.