www.InformationArchitected.com - Slides from the webinar highlighting findings from our Summer 2009 Innovation Management Research. Separate and more detailed companion whitepaper coming 2nd week of November 2009.

1. Innovation Management
Perception Outpaces Reality
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3. Thank You to Our
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4. About Information Architected
• Full-service Consultancy
– Readiness and Culture Assessment
– Strategy Development
– Education
• Certified providers of DIcor Innovation
Workshops

5. About the Principals
– Carl Frappaolo (25 years in industry)
– Dan Keldsen (15 years in industry)
• Founding Members of the
Innovation Lab of Perot Systems
• 2x Judges of “The Innovation Challenge”
– The World’s Largest MBA-based Open
Innovation Project, run by Idea Crossing

6. Recent Engagements
• GE (5)
• HP
• Sun Microsystems (3)
• Centura Health
• Avaya Global Systems
• Kellogg’s (4)
• Velcro USA (4)
• Fish and Richardson (2)
• PepsiCo (3)
• Association of Equipment Manufacturers (4)
• United States Air Force/Air National Guard (2)
• Cooper Tire (2)
• Dialogic (2)
(Parenthetical # indicates multiple sessions,
typically classes of 20-30 people at a time)

7. Recent Engagements (Cont’d)
• Univ. of Tennessee Business School (5)
• Univ. of Denver Business School
• University of Toronto
• Ryerson University
• University of Scranton
• Capilano University
• Time Warner
• Eastman Chemical (3)
• FedEx (5)
• Buckeye Industries (2)
• Interaction Associates (2)
• Deloitte (Canada)
• Colorado/Iowa/Oklahoma Performance Excellence
(State Baldridge programs) (3)
• Chinese Government (STM)

8. Innovation Management
Perception Outpaces Reality
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9. About the Research
– 182 Respondents
– Summer 2009
Demographics
– Across Verticals
– Across Size Organizations
– 63% North American

10. “Business has only two “The U.S. led the world’s
functions – marketing and economies in the 20th
innovation” Century because we led
- Peter Drucker the world in innovation.
Today, the competition is
keener; the challenge is
tougher; and that is why
innovation is more
important than ever.”
- President Barack Obama

11. How Important is Innovation to the
Success of Your Organization?
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12. My Organization has a Team or
Department Specifically Managing and/or
Promoting Innovation
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13. The Current Economic Crisis Has
Caused an Increase in the
Importance of Innovation in My Organization
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14. How Long Has This Innovation
Team Been in Existence?
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15. My Organization Believes that Innovation
Should be Managed as a Corporate
Resource and Process
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16. Biggest Impediment
To Managing Innovation
was cited as:
Lack of a
Systematic Innovation Process

17. 2nd Biggest Impediment
To Managing Innovation
was cited as:
Lack of Leadership
Resources
Budget

18. In fact
Culture & Execution
dwarf
creativity, methodologies and processes as
Critical to Innovation

19. Defining
Innovation

20. 82% agree
innovation does not
have to be
disrupTivE
in order
to provide
significant VALUE

21. Innovation
≠
Serendipity & Discovery

22. It is Imperative to Deliberately Leverage
Technology in Order to Maximize the
Capability & Value of Innovation
Management
56%
Agree
or
Strongly
Agree
Source: Information Architected, Inc.

23. Thank You to Our
Research Underwriters
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24. Innovation Workshop
Less than one hour
of PowerPoint in the workshop
“Minds-O
“H ands-On” n ”
Focuses on Three Primary Areas: Join
– Individual Innovation Styles Over 5,000
– Culture and Innovation Team Management
Workshop
– Ten Tools & Techniques
Graduates
Technology & Product Independent

25. Innovation Management
Q&A
Carl Frappaolo Dan Keldsen
Co-founder, Principal Co-founder, Principal
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