1. Innovation Leadership

2. Plan for today General discussion on innovation and leadership Sharing your understanding of what innovation means in your current workplace Develop a model of innovation we can use from today – take one thing from our discussion that you an introduce to your workplace from today Get commitment to increase and lead innovation in our workplace

3. What is innovation? “Innovation is a new way of doing things” The Sixth Wave Moody and NoGrady Innovation as change to something that exists The role of “creativity” and “invention” What does it mean to us in our work place right now?

4. What is leadership? “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” Stephen R. Covey Some traits of leadership: Visionary Honesty/integrity Communication/Influencing skills Integrity Humility Creativity Decision making ability

5. What is innovation leadership?

6. Change management model Key enablers –Buy-In –Commitment –Leadership –Clear Need for Change Facilitators of Change –Communications –Training Important to Sustain Change –Measurement and Monitoring System Excerpted from “An Exploratory Study of the Keys to Successful and Sustainable Change Management”

7. Do more great work

8. Creativity and innovation? “creative thinking at the end of it has to have a real value. Now, the reason I say that is too many people believe creativity is just being different for the sake of being different and that’s not good enough. In the end you have to say that’s a real value so that’s very important. Creative thinking means doing something which is new, has not been done before and yet which delivers value”. Edward de Bono http://www.smartcompany.com.au/managing-people/20110112-edward-de-bono.html

9. Examples from my work history Skilltech – visual representation of what we did now as wallpaper in the meeting room DMC Outsourcing – same start –that developed into weekly meetings run by “every” team member over time Nossal Institute – hurdles to innovation in a research environment

10. What does this mean from a practical perspective for you How to structure innovation in your work environment – making routine fun Implementing change Gaining commitment Persistence

11. Your promise to start tomorrow It all starts with you Working as a team – sharing your learnings here and with your team Using the great work model for you, as a cohort and with your team