Season 1, Episode 3
FUTURES DEBATE:
WHICH INNOVATION SCHOOL WILL REIGN SUPREME?
Okay maybe a little too combative, but in our third webinar instalment we thought we’d have a little fun and have a debate for the century – we know each has merits but which innovation school of thought should triumph for today’s fast-changing age?
Will it be:
In the red corner, Agile Innovation – and its focus on fast iteration, sprints and building the right things
or
In the white corner, Lean innovation – and its focus on experiments and validating a business model fit
or
In the black corner, Design Thinking – and its focus on big problem solving exploration and empathy for the customer
Join the Futureproofing : Next team, Sean Moffitt and Andrea Kates, in conversation with three leading experts on each school of innovation thought.
What we’ll cover:
1. The Three Key Schools of Modern Innovation Explained
2. The Strengths of Each Innovation Approach
3. The Weaknesses of Each innovation Approach
4. When and Where to Ideally Use Each One
5. Wherever the debate takes us…
Cheer on this innovation slugfest from the digital rafters,
Futureproofing Now Webcast Video
Futureproofing Now Podcast Audio
Hosts & Guests
Sean Moffitt
Andrea Kates
Mark Randall
Emily Watkins
Sam McAfee
Resources
Our website Futureproofing : Next
Live open survey: The Corporate Innovation Playbook Survey
Kickbox.org : https://kickbox.org/home2/
Jones Lang LaSalle JLL : https://www.jll.com
Startup Patterns: http://startuppatterns.com
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Futureproofing Now Hosts:
Sean Moffitt
Andrea Kates
About This EpisOde
7:55 Agile Innovation vs. Design Thinking vs. Lean innovation
8:55 Innovation – a Process Issue and the Popularity of Agile, Lean and Design Thinking
11:10 Introduction of Guest Panelists
15:50 Definitions, Context and Why is Each School Great…
22:30 What is each innovation school best for and what does it uniquely add to the innovation wardrobe?
27:40 What did we do before these schools being introduced?
32:15 The Donut Hole Questions & the Importance of Accelerating Product Development & Understanding Customer Insights with an Innovation Process
33:20 Examples of Each School’s Impact & Success
42:30 Innovation Gone Wild – Risks, Misunderstandings of Each School & Inappropriate Applications & Failures
45:25 Rules of Thumb to Make it Work the Best
47:30 Quick Takeaways – No One Single Agile Approach – Mindset/Customized Ways, Design Thinking – Get Close to a Customer, Lean Innovation – take control of the situation & expectations but don’t over-engineer
50:45 The Poll Results – Design Thinking is a Winner, Next Webinars, Wrap Up – Being Dumb Again
54:40 Q&A … Yes AND, Being All-In With Your Customer but do the Right Thing, The Power of Examples
Our F:N Expert Panelists:
Mark Randall
Executive Director, Kickbox.org
In 2015 Adobe open-sourced Kickbox leading to its adoption at thousands of enterprises, universities, governments and non-profits. Kickbox has since grown into the world’s most popular enterprise innovation process with Adobe being been named to both Forbes and Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies” lists.
Beyond Kickbox, Randall’s own innovations at Adobe included the creation of new businesses such as Adobe Live and Adobe Pass, which launched the industry shift to TV Everywhere earning an Emmy Award for technical achievement. Randall also pioneered key strategic initiatives for Adobe including the $800M acquisition of Fotolia.
Emily Watkins
Managing Director, Corporate Solutions at JLL
Emily is a results-driven, creative, enthusiastic professional with a successful track record and expertise in corporate and retail real estate strategy, design, space planning, costing, construction and operations. Included in her mandate is to motivate teams to meet company objectives on time and on budget.
Sam McAfee
Author / Product Devlopment & Leadership Coach - Start Up Patterns
Sam works with product executives and teams to develop and ship new digital products from ideas to product-market fit and beyond. He’s worked with companies large and small, including Adobe, Sharethrough, Teach for America, Anthem, PG&E, Blackstone, Credit Sesame and many others.
He’s the author of the book Startup Patterns and a regular speaker at Lean and Agile events around the US.
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