Innovation Unpacked

This is the first in a series of Bristol based workshops, facilitated by The Satori Lab lead by Esko Reinikainen and Jo Carter.

"The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed".

Everyone is talking about Innovation, yet do we really know what it is and how it can help us to do better projects, understand our users, reduce time wasting and reduce the risk of massive high profile failures from traditional project methodology?

Come and get an insight into how innovation can help your organisation to work better, smarter, faster and more creatively.

We designed this workshop in response to the fact that more and more people are having innovation added to their portfolios, but they aren't being offered the appropriate training. There is a risk that a lot of activity gets labelled as 'innovation' when it is in fact just the same old stuff with a shiny new label.

Innovation is neither rocket science nor magic pixie dust, it is a disciplined process. Yet without a proper grounding in the appropriate tools and methods needed to successfully do innovation we can expect a lot of frustration and scepticism to grow before innovation can yield any valuable results.

Come spend a day with us where we will give you a proper grounding in innovation practice, at the end of the day you will feel comfortable understanding what innovation really is, what it isn't, and which part of the toolbox you need to reach for in any given situation.

Who is it for?

It is aimed at people from all levels in your organisation who would like to find out more about innovation and how it can work for them. You may have been given an innovation brief yet have had little in the way of formal training or are interested in finding out ways to innovate in your existing role.

Content

● Introduction to Innovation
● Introduction to new terminology and concepts
● We explore the difference between incremental, disruptive, open and radical innovation
● We look at examples of Frugal Innovation - ways to save money and innovate
● Innovation is a process - from Problem Space to Ideation Space to Solution Space
● Introduction and workshop practice using innovation tools - 5 Why’s / Collaborative Questioning / MIT Innovation Drill
● Innovation Killers - what will stand in your way
● Agile vs. Waterfall Development methodology - how to avoid a big white elephant
● Design Thinking - focus on what the user needs, not what the organisation needs
● Innovation tools and methodologies
● Peppered throughout this we will introduce you to some of the funky innovations we’ve come across in the public and third sector