ME! INNOVATION CATALYST
My corporate innovation journey started in the first dotcom boom with the launch of WWW, 3G, smartphones, the rise of social networking, the lean start-up movement and looking at how digital could change the way we live. Fast forward to 2020, the world has transformed we now live, think, work digital. The corporate innovation challenge has shifted from embracing technology to embedding it into organisations' DNA - strategy, processes and culture - to drive digital transformation. My focus is to help corporates to build and execute innovation strategies to accelerate and meet their digital ambition.
MY INNOVATION MANTRAS
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Inquisitive: spot digital and technology trends to bring new products and services to market.
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Challenger: challenge the status quo to change mindsets and enable data-driven decisions.
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Empowerment: empower people to embrace change by up-skilling teams in lean methods.
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Resilience: coach teams to deliver new concepts to market at speed de-risking investment.
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Pragmatist: align innovation initiatives to business goals to deliver Return On Investment.
MY INNOVATION KNOWLEDGE
EXECUTE INNOVATION STRATEGY
Innovation strategy is about creating value aligned to business goals, it starts from the top and filters across the organisation.
EMBED INNOVATION MINDSET
EXPAND CORE CAPABILITIES
Innovation is not so much telling as doing and empowering people with the tools and methods to get things done.
Innovation can happen in any area of the business it builds on having the right growth mindset to challenge the status quo.
EXPLORE NEW CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS
Innovation starts with customer needs, ends in the customer hands as a product or service they are ready to pay for.
MY KNOW-HOW
INNOVATION
PROCESS & TOOLKIT
PROBLEM STATEMENTS
identify customer problems to solve
Ideate
Innovation Challenges
PROOF OF VALUE
achieve product market fit
Desirability
SCALE-UP
start small test, iterate, scale-up
Industrialise
Incubate
Hackathons
Feasibility
Viability
Minimum Viable Product
Build
Measure
Learn
Iterate
Start-Up Accelerator
MAKING IT HAPPEN...
The Business Challenge
open up a new revenue stream from selling holistic services that meet global businesses evolving risk needs in a rapidly changing and complex business environment.
The Problem Statement
as a global business, I cannot easily find and I spend too much time looking for services that could help me to manage my operational and financial exposures.
The Experiment
offer global businesses a new way to source and manage all of their services needs within a single trusted and secure online platform easily real-time 24/7.
Key Assumptions to test
desirability: global businesses willingness to purchase services online from trusted 3rd parties
feasibility: ability to set-up a services online platform for secure and scalable transactions
viability: design a win-win commercial model for all parties involved clients, providers, operator
Execution Plan
PHASE I CONCEPTING [2 months]
Focus: validate desirability
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user empathy interview completed
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personas defined
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user needs analysed and validated
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solution concepts generated
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user feedback sessions delivered
Result: concept validated
PHASE II CO-CREATING [6 months]
Focus: co-build platform model
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operating model developed
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proposition USP defined
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business model created
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go-to-market established
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initial business case completed
Result: solution co-created
PHASE III SCALING [6 months+]
Focus: Minimum Viable Product Trial
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first platform released
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user testing completed
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feedback reviewed
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second iteration
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Beta Trial launched
Result: MVP ready to scale
The Minimum Viable Product [MVP]
"MY MOTTO "DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE!"
Open your mind to change the future
"I want to share one of my favourite books, it's about where we come from and where we are going, how humans are changing the rules and balance of our ecosystem leading to the biggest challenge of our times the climate change cataclysm."
Challenge yourself and do some good
"Every year I challenge myself to achieve a goal to stretching my physical abilities - triathlon, half marathon,...- whilst contributing to a charitable cause."
Keep fit and healthy to enjoy life
"I am sporty, my passions are skiing which I have been doing since I am 3 years old and sailing since qualifying as a yachmaster I spend Summer holidays sailing the world with my family."
