Innovation on the Fringes - The Key To Leadership

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A talk by John V Willshire of Smithery and Tracey Camilleri of the Saïd Business School (University of Oxford) at Innovation stories 2014 in London, on a project called "The Key To Leadership" which was created as part of the Oxford Strategis Leadership Programme.

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INNOVATION ON THE FRINGES

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN INNOVATION IS DONE ON THE FRINGES?

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SAID PICTURESAID BUSINESS SCHOOL !

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A 15 YEAR OLD UPSTART IN AN 800 YEAR OLD INSTITUTION

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OSLP: STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

A PLACE FOR LEADERS TO DISCOVER WHAT LEADERSHIP

REALLY IS, TOGETHER

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PROGRAMME DESIGN - PICTUREDESIGNED AS A WHOLE, NOT

A SERIES OF CLASSES

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BROCHURE

UNBROCHURABLEWHICH MAKES IT LARGELY

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YET WE NEED LIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MORE THAN EVER

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EMPATHY MAPPING - VIDEOUSING EMPATHY MAPPING, WE BEGAN TO ASK ‘WHO DO WE WANT HERE, WHO IS THIS FOR??

SMITHERY.COWHAT JOURNEY DO WE TAKE THEM ON?

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HOW DO WE USE THE INTERNET TO AUGMENT IT, NOT REPLACE IT?

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TEAM QUADRANT

THOMAS FORSYTH

JOHN V WILLSHIRE

CHRIS THORPE

FRASER HAMILTON

A CROSS-DISCLIPLINARY WORKING TEAM,

WORKING ALONGSIDE THE TEAM AT SAID

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ARRIVING PICTURES

THE FIRST THING WE ASKED WAS FOR THE STUDENTS TO EMAIL A PHOTO OF WHERE THEY WERE

COMING FROM…

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THEN WHEN THEY ARRIVED, WE SHOWED THEM THAT THEY’D ALL BEEN POPULATING A

PRIVATE TUMBLR

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THEY CONTINUED TO CAPTURE THEIR IDEAS, REFLECTIONS, PIVOTAL MOMENTS THROUGH

THE WEEK

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CAPTURING IN THE MOMENT IS HUGELY POWERFUL…

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PLASTIC KEYS

THEN WE ASKED THEM TO ASSEMBLE A UNIQUE KEY

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MOULD MAKINGAND USE THAT KEY TO CREATE A MOULD; GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY IN A

GOOD WAY

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THEN WE FIRED UP THE HOME-MADE FORGE IN THE GARDEN OF SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL*

*IF YOU TRY THIS AT HOME, ASK A GROWN-UP TO HELP

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THEN CAST ALL THEIR KEYS IN BRASS

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IT BECOMES A SEAL ON THE CONTAINER OF LEARNING, A TACTILE MEMORY

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HOLDING KEY TO SCREEN

EACH KEY HAS A MARK FOR THE FUTURE, AN INDIVIDUAL CODE BUILT TO BE RECOGNISED BY COMPUTER

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TO TAKE THEM BACK TO THAT COLLECTIVE

DIGITAL REPOSITORY OF THEIR TIME ON THE OSLP

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SO WHAT DID WE LEARN?

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WORKING AT THE FRINGE PULLS ORGANISATIONS TOGETHER

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TENACITY BEATS BUREAUCRACYTENACITYBEATSBUREAUCRACY

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ITERATIVE WORKING WORKS; ADD IN THE THINGS THAT FEEL

RIGHT AT THE TIME

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INVITE EVERYONE IN, TO START CHANCE

CONVERSATIONS

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WATCH FOR THE THINGS THAT START RUBBING OFF ON OTHER PARTS OF THE BUSINESS, NOT JUST THE THING YOU DO

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CELEBRATE PROGRESS IN THE ENVIRONMENT; MAKE PHYSICAL REMINDERS OF WHAT YOU’VE ACHIEVED

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SOFTER, HUMAN MEASURES ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN DIGITAL RESULTS

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THE HARDER WORK IS A MACGUFFIN; IT MAKES PEOPLE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT TRY

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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ARE LIKE A CHAIN REACTION

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INNOVATION ISN’T WHAT YOU BRING !

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IT’S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND

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TRACEY CAMILLERI SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL

@TRCAMILLERI !

JOHN V WILLSHIRE SMITHERY @WILLSH

THANK YOU