6. INNOVATION IS A PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS
Difficulty to solveTrivial
SmallEpicImpact
Unsolvable
Solve Manage Mind PlanCope
Quagmire
Predicament
Dilemma
Problem
Issue
Crisis
ELE
8. The Problem is Not the Problem
• If not, we would do everything, right?
• What we choose not to do defines the strategy
• Gives us a way to select what to focus on
• Priorities = a way to chose
Limited Attention & Resources
… but how?
9. The Problem is Not the Problem
• If everything is high priority, nothing is…
• Diff’rent strokes for different folks
• General frameworks vs. domain specific
• Qualitative vs. quantitative approaches
• Scope of focus
How Difficult Could it Be?
10. The Problem is Not the Problem
Personal priorities
- GTD
- Being effective and efficient
- Influencing and decision making
Team – Projects & Programs
Organization – Problem Spaces
Prioritization for Innovating
- Effective collaboration
- Efficient communication
- Making decisions that stick
- Running the business
- Being “Planful” and transparent
- Innovating intentionally
11. The Problem is Not the Problem
Personal priorities
- GTD
- Being effective and efficient
- Influencing and decision making
Team – Projects & Programs
Prioritization for Innovating
- Effective collaboration
- Efficient communication
- Making decisions that stick
- Running the business
- Being “planful” and transparent
- Innovating intentionally
Organization – Problem Spaces
21. • CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING
• DEALING NEAR-TERM VS. LONGER TERM
• SORTING BASED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST
• EFFECTIVE CATEGORIZATION
• IMPLY A STRATEGY
• SETTING UP SEQUENCING AND DEPENDENCIES
An Organizational Prioritization Model Must Enable
22.
23. 23
Get our House in Order
Reinforce the Foundation
Create the Future
Process Tech Debt Defects Features
Managing Organizational Priorities
24. 24
Process Tech Debt Defects Features
Horizon 1
Horizon 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Horizon 3?
Managing Organizational Priorities – Force Rank
25. 25
Process Tech Debt Defects Features
Horizon 1
Horizon 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Horizon 3?
Managing Organizational Priorities – Force Rank
27. 1. MAP DEPENDENCIES
2. DECONFLICT RESOURCES
3. DEFINE A CUT LINE
4. ESTABLISH A ROADMAP
5. MAP RESOURCES TO ROADMAP
6. GALVANIZE ACTION
How to Move Forward
34. INNOVATION IS A PROBLEM-SOLVING
PROCESS
Difficulty to solveTrivial
SmallEpicImpact
Unsolvable
Solve Manage Mind PlanCope
Quagmire
Predicament
Dilemma
Problem
Issue
Crisis
ELE
36. The Problem is Not the Problem
• If not, we would do everything, right?
• What we choose not to do defines the strategy
• Gives us a way to select what to focus on
• Priorities = a way to chose
Limited Attention & Resources
… but how?
37. The Problem is Not the Problem
• If everything is high priority, nothing is…
• Diff’rent strokes for different folks
• General frameworks vs. domain specific
• Qualitative vs. quantitative approaches
• Scope of focus
How Difficult Could it Be?
38. The Problem is Not the Problem
Personal priorities
- GTD
- Being effective and efficient
- Influencing and decision making
Team – Projects & Programs
Organization – Problem Spaces
Prioritization for Innovating
- Effective collaboration
- Efficient communication
- Making decisions that stick
- Running the business
- Being “planful” and transparent
- Innovating intentionally
39. The Problem is Not the Problem
Personal priorities
- GTD
- Being effective and efficient
- Influencing and decision making
Team – Projects & Programs
Prioritization for Innovating
- Effective collaboration
- Efficient communication
- Making decisions that stick
- Running the business
- Being “planful” and transparent
- Innovating intentionally
Organization – Problem Spaces
49. A PRIORITIZATION MODEL MUST ENABLE
• CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING
• DEALING NEAR-TERM VERSUS LONGER TERM
• SORTING BASED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST
• EFFECTIVE CATEGORIZATION
• IMPLY A STRATEGY
• SETTING UP SEQUENCING AND DEPENDENCIES
But problems comes in different shapes and sizes – From the trivial to intractable
Challenges: Problems vs. opportunities
Valuable application of solutions
Different kinds of Innovation – Big I Innovation vs Small I Innovation
Innovation is a problem solving process
But problems comes in different shapes and sizes – From the trivial to intractable
Challenges: Problems vs. opportunities
Valuable application of solutions
Different kinds of Innovation – Big I Innovation vs Small I Innovation