Topic

Methodology

Expected outcome

Introduction & objectives

Presentation

Introductory remarks

Mini Teams formation and introductions

Workshop objectives

Roadmap for the day ahead

Overview of Innovation

Presentation

Introducing Levels of Innovation

Sustaining versus Breakthrough Innovation

Breakthrough Innovation

Presentation

Breakthrough Innovation Theory

Non consuming markets

Over-served markets

Break

Classification

Breakout session / team work

Learn to identify breakthrough versus incremental innovation using practical examples.

Mini teams break out and classify few innovations.

Presentation by team to large group / Discussion.

New Breakthrough Ideas

Break out session – working lunch

Participants break out in small groups to brainstorm as mini teams.

They will select an innovation theme and apply it on their organization.

The focus is on quantity of breakthrough and sustaining ideas and not quality.

Classify ideas into sustaining and breakthrough ideas.

Vote for high growth potential.

Presenting ideas

Mini team presentation and group discussion

Groups join back together to briefly describe their discovered opportunities.

Team to determine whether it should be pursued with a disruptive or sustaining strategy.

Lead User Methodology

Presentation & 3M video

Introduction to Lead user methodology

Co-creating value with customers

Identifying lead users

Co-opting lead users for innovation results

Identifying lead users opportunities

Mini team breakout, Group discussion

Mini Teams to break out and identify opportunities and plan a strategy on incorporating lead user methodology into product development.

Mini Teams to present their lead user strategy and group to discuss on the same.

Break

Chanakya Captivates

Presentation

Using Indian and worldwide business examples, participants will learn about Chanakya’s principles of Innovation.

Incorporate captivating principles in Innovation journey

Mini team breakout / group discussion

Mini Teams will be given a few of the Chanakya principles and they will identify how to incorporate these key Chanakya principles within the organization.

Mini Teams to present their Captivate strategy and group to discuss on the same.

Summary of learning for the day

Presentation and discussion

Key lessons learnt for the day

Introduction of IDEO case study

Where we’ve been, Where we’re going

Presentation and discussion

Road map and goals for the day

Clarification of concepts from previous day

Case preparation

Mini team preparation

Mini team to discuss IDEO case study

Innovation culture

Case discussion, Video presentation

Group will discuss IDEO case study facilitated by the faculty. The case explores how to build an innovation culture in your organization.

A twenty video of IDEO will be shown.

Group will participate in a facilitated discussion on key elements of an innovation culture.

Assessing innovation culture of an organization

Mini team breakout, presentation, group discussion

Mini teams to ideate on how to build an innovation culture within your organization.

They will present their idea and a group discussion will take place.

Innovator’s mindset

Presentation

What stops and what aids a human being from innovating?

Non-negotiable innovative mindsets that enable innovations to happen.

Specific examples of innovators will be given and through the presentation a facilitated discussion will lead people to understand what mindsets they must possess to become an innovator.

Test your Innovativeness

Individual test

Using a QAI proprietary tool developed in consultation with a behavioral psychologist, each participant will assess his or her own innovativeness on eight dimensions of mindsets required to be an innovator. The results will be announced by the end of the day.

Create a plan

Mini team breakout work, Working lunch

Mini teams to break out to complete the Innovation Plan. Mini Teams will examine the assumptions they’ve made during the previous day’s work of theirs, identify methods for taking them forward.

Mini team leaders to capture input in a presentation format.

Teams should prepare a summary report that includes the major assumptions made, 3-5 ideas that are worth taking forward from their work.

IDEIN Innovation methodology

Presentation

Life cycle of an innovation methodology, tailoring guidelines, how to develop your own methodology out of it, Prototyping of your ideas to present it to users, its principles and using technology for the same.

Refine plan

Mini team workout

Mini teams to refine their plan to incorporate action items learnt from IDEIN methodology.

Group reporting

Mini team presentation, Group discussion

Each mini team to present the critical assumptions made, 3-5 ideas to take it forward how they can develop them and the next steps they would need to take to start implementing the Innovation Plan.

What’s next?

Facilitated Group discussion

Determine next three things the group needs to do to keep things moving forward

Organizational traps and limitations to overcome

Summary & wrap-up

Presentation