How to promote creativity

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CREATIVITY HOW IS IT ACHIEVED? Thomas Bergman Stockholm, 28th of August, 2012

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How do you promote innovation and creativity in an organization? And is there a way to manage a portfolio of projects in way that promotes new and innovative ideas?

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CREATIVITY – HOW IS IT

ACHIEVED?

Thomas Bergman

Stockholm, 28th of August, 2012

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MY TOPICS TODAY

How to generate creativity

and new ideas.

How to manage projects

in a creative organization.

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FIRST RULE OF CREATIVITY:

All new ideas are

combinations of

existing ideas.

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?

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MISSION: BUILD THE TALLEST BUILDING IN ZIMBABWE –

WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING

Michael Pearce

The inspiration

The result

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ANOTHER EXAMPLE:

The result in one sentence: “Mobile Broadband is not a technology, it’s a whole

new way of doing business”.

Challenge: Create a strategy to help Ericsson strengthen the potential of mobile

broadband, through communication and innovation of new marketing tools.

www.ericsson.com/unplug

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An incentive scheme for users based on

parameters that drive business value.

Let users earn points that can be converted

into values that matter to them.

Inspiration:

THE INCENTIVIST LOGIC

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THE ONE-TRICK-PONY LOGIC

Inspiration:

Give people the option to choose less.

All of a sudden, you're selling mobile

broadband to people who wouldn’t have

normally considered it.

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This is how you

innovate!

Connecting ideasthat are differentfrom each other.

!

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SECOND RULE OF CREATIVITY:

More ideas leads

to better ideas.

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Richard Branson has started

over 400 companies.

Richard Branson has started

over 400 companies.

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Picasso painted over 20 000 paintings

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Google has over 600 products today - and have

discontinued 200 already.

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A VERY SIMPLE PROJECT MODEL IN TWO PARTS

Many angles The right choices

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PrototypingPrototyping is about testing your ideas.

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AN EXAMPLE: SJ

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OUR CONTRIBUTION: STRATEGY

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OUR CONTRIBUTION: EXECUTION

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HOW IT STARTED

In the first workshop we cracked the first prototype of the concept.

We were far from done!

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THE TEAM IS ESSENTIAL – DIVERSITY RULES

Strategists

Digital

ConceptualistsCopywriters

Designers Technologists

Many angles The right choices

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THIRD RULE:

Organizations don't

innovate. People do.

And diversity is the

strongest driver.

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THE BIGGEST BARRIER FOR INNOVATION

“Show me the

business proof that

this is going to be a

good idea.”

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GREEN LIGHT SYSTEMS

Works well in low risk, certain environments.

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TWO SIDES OF THE COIN

“If you don’t have a process for choosing projects, starting

projects, doing projects, and ending projects, you will never get

very good at innovation.”

/David Kelley, founder IDEO

Running the

business as

well as you can

Having the

most creative

culture you can

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WATERFALLS ARE POOR - SOMETIMES

They work well when end result is expected

Creative work isn’t like that

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CONTROLLED CHAOS IS BETTER - SOMETIMES

Observe

Understand

Synthezise

Ideate

Prototype

Iterate

Works well when end

result is uncertain

That is the way

creative work behave

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WORKS ON CORPORATE LEVEL AS WELL

Choices in this case is a portfolio of

different projects and ideas.

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RED LIGHT SYSTEMS

No one wants to drive the project

Technical issues

Conflicts in the team

Bad idea

Low stakeholder support

Target group misunderstood

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PrototypingBut on a corporate level.

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IT’S EASIER TO BE CREATIVE IF THERE IS A CHANCE

YOUR IDEA ACTUALLY HAPPENS

1

25

That you get to

test your idea

”GREEN LIGHT”

1

1

That you get to

test your idea

”RED LIGHT”

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LAST RULE:

Plan for, and

embrace, mistakes

and failure.

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LEADERSHIP IS CRUCIAL IN STIMULATING

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

Give people permission to take risks

Stand up for ideas when they need to

be sold throughout the organization

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ONCE AGAIN, THE RULES:

1. All new ideas are combinations of existing ideas.

2. More ideas leads to better ideas.

3. Organizations don't innovate. People do.

And diversity is the strongest driver.

4. Plan for and embrace mistakes and failure.

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…AND AWESOME THINGS WILL HAPPEN!

Thank you!

/Thomas

Twitter: @thomasbergman

Mobile: 0739-82 61 87

E-mail: [email protected]