No long distance calls to Innovation - Long

Value Statment

For a C-level manager with responsibility for strategic initiative

Who desperately want to increase the speed of Innovation in the organisation

This article about experience from organisational patterns

will explain how separate organisations easily form their own silos and the alternative solution

Unlike the general view on innovation and intrepreneurship this explains why separation is not a great idea

Success criteria Credible explanation and examples of both alternatives work in practice

In Scope Agile Product development, Intrapreneurship, HR

Out of scope Marketing, sourcing,

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Background

The general view about Innovation and Intrepreunership in large organisations is; it has to separate from the Core Business. Main hazards are: not the right mindset, not the right people, not the right tools, to

Separate organisational units in general

Innovation is not the only area where a Core business creates separate units with mission to develop competitive edge skills meant to support the rest of the organisation. Typical examples are competence centers process, tools or people.

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Military special units

Technical and organisational debt

Legal and Accounting

Sub brand

Sales funnel

Enable people

Innovative companies

3M is a company that over long time as built a reputation on being Innovative

This is how to do it

Common mission with the end customer perspective