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Mike Amundsen CA Technologies @mamund Fostering Innovation

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What does innovation look like?

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“Managers of the most effective teams encouraged adaptive ant colony behavior, while those of less effective innovation teams expected members to abide by rigid plans and rules.” Ashkenas & Spiegel, HBR, October 2015

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Ants, not machines.

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Hmmm…

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What conditions can effectively foster innovation?

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1. A powerful central mission and a loose central structure.

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“I have neither the place, the time, nor the desire, to micromanage or make technical decisions for [my team].” Steve Urban, Engineering Mgr. Netflix August 2015

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2. Frequent interaction to maximize learning

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“The only sustainable competitive advantage is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition.” Peter Senge, MIT Author, “The Fifth Discipline”, 2006

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3. Constant experimentation

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“If everything we do succeeds, then we are failing, because it means we are not taking enough risks.” Deborah Bull Director of Partners King’s College, London

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4. Freedom to look for the next horizon

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“High performers use all kinds of means and methods to create strategy, using all of them at once in an apparently chaotic way.” Paul Nunes “Jumping the S-Curve”, 2011

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So…

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Summary 1. Central Mission, Loose Structure 2. Maximize Learning 3. Constant Experimentation 4. Look for the Next Horizon

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“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1900-1944

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Mike Amundsen CA Technologies @mamund Fostering Innovation http://g.mamund.com/2015-11-apistrat-innovation