1. Kick off Conference and Forum of CB integration of strategic projekt iCON Creativity and Innovations in SMEs iCON: Competitiveness of SMEs through Innovation and Collaborative Entrepreneurship Tomaž Vadjunec tomaz.vadjunec@rra-sp.si tomaz.vadjunec@rra-sp.si Gorizia, 30.11.2010

2. Summery of the presentation Current state of the art of Sustainable development and innovations Synergies between Open Innovations and Sustainable Innovations What is Innovations Space Core Best Practices for Achieving Competitive Advantage in Hypercompetitive Business Environment Development of the business model for the SMEs

3. What is innovation? “Innovation is the means by which the entrepreneur either creates new wealth-producing resources or endows existing resources with enhanced potential for creating wealth.” Peter F. Drucker “The Discipline Of Innovation,‖ Harvard Business Review, December 1998”

4. The CEO’s Innovation Dilemma and the Accidental Innovator current products representing more than 70% of today's sales will be obsolete in less than five years. Innovation is random event for majority of the current companies. Immoderate cooperation and dependence from outside developmental centers is critical for sustainable development of company. Over the next few years, as much as 50% of a company’s product-specific expertise and intellectual capital will simply dissipate as the ageing workforce retires.

5. Starting points for different manner of management of innovations Management of Innovations can be systemized. Key success factor are: With deeper knowledge about innovation elements can be increased number of creative solving problems and Efficient accepting of solutions. Management and owners of the company are key element of implementation of new doctrine such us open innovations or/and sustainable innovator.

6. Key elements of the Innovation culture Management and owner are responsible for implementation of the values that are presenting innovative environment in the company. Implementation can be made by internal PR, education and training of employees and use of innovative platforms. Innovative platforms are based on the use of the methods and tolls that are used by the innovator (ICT tools, TRIZ method ect.) or other employees in the company.

7. Synergies between Open Innovations and Sustainable Innovations

8. Innovations Space NEW USE, KNOWN SOLUTION NEW USE, NEW SOLUTION KNOWN USE, KNOWN SOLUTION KNOWN USE, NEW SOLUTION Risk

9. TRIZ metod: TRIZ is a system of laws and principles for inventive problem solving developed from the analysis of successful patents. Key principles of TRIZ are: 1. The evolution of engineering systems is not a random process, but obeys certain laws. 2. Innovation usually occurs when technical systems are evolved to overcome contradictions, most often by using more minimal resources. 3. Most fundamental technical tasks have already been solved. A solution exists for >99% of all problems, often in other disciplines or contexts. Innovative problem solving occurs when a prior solution is found and modified to fit new requirements. 4. Inventiveness and creativity can be taught.

10. Core Best Practices for Achieving Competitive Advantage in Hypercompetitive Business Environment ?

11. Thank you for listening Contacts: Tomaž Vadjunec tomaz.vadjunec@rra-sp.si tomaz.vadjunec@rra-sp.si Tel: +386 5 33 06 681 Projekt iCON sofinanciran v okviru Programa čezmejnega sodelovanja Slovenija-Italija 2007-2013 iz sredstev Evropskega sklada za regionalni razvoj in nacionalnih sredstev. Progetto iCON finanziato nell'ambito del Programma per la Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia-Slovenia 2007-2013, dal Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale e dai fondi nazionali. Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze Kick off Conference and Forum of CB integration of strategic project iCON