Why is innovation so hard?

I did a short presentation for Innovation Island about my book about books about intrapreneurship and innovation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM23k1MIABI

Interesting conepts

I will not bore you with the 24 books and what I think are the exciting bits of the 24 books. Watch the beginning of the video. I talked about concepts such as solid, fluid and superfluid, designing organisations like rain forests, soft structures, six degrees of competition, biomimicry, clock speed and innovation friction.

Trends and examples

I talked about a few trends and examples. Haier, Darpa, Mondragon, AQ, citizen development, technology abstraction, fab-labs, co-creation, science fiction as a tool and the conclusion that technology and innovation are becoming existential.

It is all there

The conclusion is that it is all there. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. You need to understand the zone you are operating in (time, organisational, focus, shape), the importance of experimentation (what is the size of your failure fund?), collective leadership, dashboards, metrics and the realisation that innovation is a deliberate process. Not to be confused with change management or culture, but definitely always embedded in the culture.