business and IT innovation

1. Enterprise Innovation
and
IT Innovation
are they the same?
Dr. Jimmy Schwarzkopf
Research Fellow
jimmy@stki.info

2. 1: What is “Enterprise Innovation” ?
2: Is “Enterprise Innovation” the same
for the CEO and for the CIO ?
3: Now that I know , what do I do ?

3. What do we mean ‘innovation’?
Innovation is the successful exploitation of ideas
generated at the intersection of invention and
insight, that leads to the creation of economic
value
Innovation is the process or result of combining
previously separate ideas or technologies in
useful and valuable ways
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4. Enterprise Innovation ?
Innovation is ONLY defined by its REALIZATION
- you know it when you see it.
2/3/2011
Outside of this it has NO USEFUL definition.
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5. How do we measure innovation ?
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6. Innovation
• Can innovation happen when the change is
not disruptive ?
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7. Disruptive Innovations
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8. Is this innovation ????
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9. “innovation ”
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10. Innovation in technology?
It takes time not only for people to adopt
technologies into their daily routines but also
for technologists to figure out how to make
things
33 years
The Austin 7 was produced
from 1922 through to 1939
The Karl Benz Patent Motorwagen 1885,. by the Austin Motor Company.
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11. The rule: +/-30 years
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12. One machine does all Communication Appliances Separate appliances for
creation and consumption
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13. Not really understood ?
Innovation is driven by people and if
you want to learn about innovation, don't pick
up a book with innovation in the title, read
autobiographies
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14. What do CEOs do ?
• Attract new customers and retain current ones
• Maintain cost efficiencies
• Grow by re-inventing the enterprise
- Innovating products and services
- Innovating business models
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15. "Chief Business Technology Officer" (CBTO)
• George Colony in his blog is advocating to
drop the name of CIO and:
– CBTO are in charge of “all technology” in their
enterprises.
– people who work in technology departments exist
to drive one thing (business)
– signals everyone that the technology department
is serious about helping increase growth and
profit
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16. CURATED COMPUTING
CURATOR:
1. Simplifies and integrates
technology and changes the
“cost” model
2. Decides what technologies will
enter his roadmap and when
Examples:
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17. MEGAtrends: curated computing
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18. Curated Computing
SPEED SCALE SENSORS SOFTWARE
Infinite bandwidth Unprecedented New kinds of data Hybrid Cloud
and going for real- processing power applications
time data and storage sizes
r
Appliances
Analytics Always connected
Appliances
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19. NO .. NO
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20. 5th Generation Of Computing
1970s 1980s 1990s Today 2010+
Autocratic Personal: Web: SOA: Curated:
Centralized
Computing

21. Will IT change ? Will CIO’s ?
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22. “ insanity: doing the same
thing over and over again
and expecting different
results ”
Albert Einstein

23. What do CIOs do ?
• Provide fault-free IT support and mitigate risks
• Support business functions and goals
– Support business process innovation
• Reduce business costs (especially IT costs)
• Increase business speed and agility
• MOST IMPORTANT:
– Support business model innovation
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24. Computerworld this weekend
IT innovation is about “understanding” the
intersection between technologies and business
models and their processes.
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25. Organization Business Model

26. Innovation in a business model

27. the
main
challenge

28. the study of IT innovation
• bibliographies of “innovative” individuals
• how to innovate business models

29. Wake up call NOW
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