Managing knowledge spaghetti - John Bessant October 2011
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Managing knowledge spaghetti John Bessant October 2011
The innovation imperative ... New response needed Low High uncertainty uncertainty Old response appropriate
Three challenges …….. • Spengler ….. • Spaghetti ….. • Sappho .....
When did you last use your Spengler?
Invention is not enough Musical flamethrower Gas-filled umbrella Decoy ducks & stay dry! Cheese-flavoured cigarette Foetus Walkman
Understanding innovation How we think about something…. … shapes the way we manage it
Partial models of innovation … n g Innovation ri Sta = t u ac tur r invention u f ns e g an le d M w sh o u Kn p igh H lo gy h no tec Radical Ma r ke change led t
Three challenges …….. • Spengler ….. • Spaghetti …..
How innovation happens? Process Success (?)
How it really happens ...
The knowledge spaghetti challenge • Knowledge rich world - $750bn R&D, 7bn people, increasingly global and virtual • The old innovation challenge, but new context: – How to find knowledge? – How to deploy knowledge? – How to explore and exploit? • How to connect?
Open innovation
Spenglers to spaghetti - innovation is about connections … • it’s a multi-player game – open innovation • complex knowledge flows, not just knowledge creation • the spaghetti model of innovation – inside and outside • mix’n’match - ‘recombinant’ innovation
Innovation is a solo act?
Spenglers to spaghetti - innovation is about connections … • it’s a multi-player game – open innovation • complex knowledge flows, not just knowledge creation • the spaghetti model of innovation – inside and outside • mix’n’match - ‘recombinant’ innovation • How to make it happen? - brokers, bridges, gatekeepers, connectors, culture, process….
Three challenges …….. • Spengler ….. • Spaghetti ….. • Sappho .....
How to make half a million dollars PROFIT each month with no risk, no MBA, no capital investment, and (almost) no employees
Get: 800 submissions per week; Print: about 4 new products each week; this makes 50,000 to 65,000 shirts a month.
A winning designer gets $2000 - this is great money for these guys.
But the biggest money is for us: $18m sales, 35% profit margin – and all this with much fun and less than 20 employees
The transformation of LEGO NEW! 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008 My Own My Own LEGO Digital LEGO LEGO Factory ??? Mosaic Train Creation Designer Factory (Online Customization)
Working with knowledge spaghetti • Emerging ‘industry’ around making connections – new services, new roles and functions, new culture for innovation • Information/communication technology (ICT) tools • Design methods and thinking
5 categories of ICT tools for OCI
Screenshot Googlelunarxprize Kurze Beschreibung in Notizen
Netnography – online communities as source of innovation
Cosmetic applicators Professional tanning booth „mystic tanning“ Adjustable professional airbrush pistol
Tanning Disasters S: MY GOD!!!!!!!! THIS SOOOOOOOOOO HAPPENED TO ME!!!! i absalutely HATE the jergens natural glow now. my neck was sooo blotchy and my dad told me i looked like i had a skin disease!!!!!!! it was impossible to scrub off the remaining parts!! i scrubbed and scrubbed at my neck with a lufa until my skin was red but the blotches still wouldnt come off!!! i ALSO have the jergens natural glow for the face(which was the biggest waste of money) because ya! i would apply it before iwent to bed and the next morning-NOTHING!! it didnt even work and it stunk horribly and gave me a stuffy nose!! i will NEVER use this line again!!!!!! TanSweetHrt4Hi Source: www.iamtan.com / no date and time available Challenge of De-Tanning Q: I know we talked about this a little while ago, but I tried using nail polish remover to make sure the corners of my nails didn't get orange, but it didn't work. Normally I just clip my nails really short so if there is discoloration you can't really tell that much, but it's really starting to bug me. The nail polish remover is acetone free... does that make a difference? Source: www.sunless.com / 10-29-06 20:01 until 10-31-06 08:39 Jamie A Different seasons – different tanning habits S: Fall and winter is a good time for new people to practice or for those of us who like to experiement with new techniques. Mistakes are hidden under long pants and long sleeves. Source: www.sunless.com / 10-31-06 07:25 Laurie lu Racoon Eyes and cosmetical corrective I think that I have the worst racoon eyes in the world. Everyone at the gym I work at has let me know that my eyes are REALLY WHITE. I looked at a pic of me from a few days ago and it looked like my eyes where glowing in the dark! You gotta wear the goggles when you use a tanning bed so I think the best solution unfortuneatly would be to use sunless tanner. rocker-tan Source: www.iamtan.com
Innovation markets Innovation Innovation contests communities Innovation Innovation technologies toolkits
Innovation markets Innovation Innovation contests communities Innovation Innovation technologies toolkits
> Title of item: Flat Knot > Function: fruit bowl CNC version > materials: 1mm stainless steel sheet (mirror finish). > Dimensions: 55cm x 45cm, W 25cm L 45cm H 19cm after folding. > Information file format: DXF, DWG > Information output device: CNC laser cutter. > Information output medium: 1mm stainless steel sheet, directly from file. > User production skill level: intermediate. > User modification skill level: high > |
Open Design by Ronen Kadushin
OCI tools offer ……. Unlimited participation WWW Local dispersion SH1 Speed of interaction Global memory
Slide 48 SH1 dispersion anstelle von distribution richtig? Stefan Hallerstede, 1/26/2010
Design methods • Help articulate latent and hidden needs • Ethnography • Prototyping • Simulation • Storytelling and metaphor
The SAPPHO challenge .... • Project SAPPHO, Sussex University, 1972 • Users matter in innovation!!! • Users aren’t passive (especially in services) • Active users and the ‘democratization of innovation’ • Working with ‘extreme users’ and disruptive innovation
Emerging futures for innovation …….. • Acceleration of well established trajectories – Open search – Open involvement – Open stakeholder participation • Technologically and socially enabled • Emergent properties around ‘open collective innovation’
Summary • Innovation matters – survival and growth • Requires active management • Moving target requires dynamic capability • Challenges across the innovation system – rethinking our approaches • More of? Less of? Different? • Need to learn new tricks ……
Learning isn’t easy …. “… Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it .… “
Further resources • Cases, tools, further reading – ‘Managing innovation’ book and www.managing- innovation.com • AIM – Advanced Institute for Management Research – www.aimresearch.org
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