AGILE
INNOVATION
MAP: AIM
INNOVATION LAB
CONTENT
Radar - Technology & trend scouts
Accelerator/Incubation - Intense entrepreneurship program
Digital Disruption Board - External disruption advisory board
Excubation - Internal team working externally
Customer Centricity Lab - A room focusing solely on customers
ProjectPad - Crowdfunding-inspired decision support platform
Garage - Employee makerspace
Digital Toolbox - Software that improves innovation ability
Hackathon - 48 hour development competition
Intrapreneurship - Training Program for internal innovators
Sprint - 4 week concept development and validation
X- Lab - Strategic innovation unit
INNOVATION LAB
WHY
Digitalization and disruption are the key drivers today.
Yesterday’s thinking and tools won’t solve tomorrow’s
problems.
“ How do we come up with great answers
to big questions fast? ”
AIM is the answer.
INNOVATION LAB
HOW
Use AIM to pick and choose single formats
or design a full innovation program.
THE PROCESS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Inside-out (market, organisation) assessment
Outside-in (technology, trends) analysis
Pick AIM formats based on assessment
Plan & Design coherent innovation program (incl. metrics)
Quarterly adjustments
INNOVATION LAB
WHAT
AIM is our best-of catalogue of innovation formats:
Get inspired. Stay updated
Build it early. Test it fast
Make it stick
Radar
Digital Disruption Board
Customer Centricity Lab
Garage
Hackathon
Sprint
Accelerator/Incubator
Excubation
ProjectPad
Digital Toolbox
Intrapreneurship
X-Lab
INNOVATION LAB
AIM OVERVIEW
Inspiration &
Insights
Radar
Disruption Board
CC Lab
Garage
Hackathon
Sprint
Incub./Acc.
Excubation
Intrapreneurs
X-Lab
Digital Toolbox
ProjectPad
Ideas
Development
Test
Launch/
Implement
HOW TO STIMULATE INNOVATION
GET INSPIRED
STAY UPDATED
INNOVATION LAB
THE
‘RADAR’ UNIT
RELEVANT WHEN…
You wish to stay ahead and ajour of external trends,
technology, user-behavior, etc. to create a real-time
awareness and inspire innovation.
WHAT:
The Radar is an internal scouting unit, responsible of
screening the external environment and defining
opportunities and threats (1-5 years).
SCOUTING
FOR INNOVATION
OUTPUT: Mapping of external opportunities
The Radar will provide situational reports and brief the
organisation with innovation opportunities, scenarios and
roadmaps 1-4 times annually.
WORKS WITH:
PROJECT
PAD
DIGITAL
DISRUPTION
BOARD
EXCUBATION
INNOVATION LAB
DIGITAL
DISRUPTION
BOARD
RELEVANT WHEN…
Your company needs outside-in expert input and advice on
digital opportunities and threats.
WHAT:
STRATEGIC INNOVATION
VALIDATION
WORKS WITH:
ACCELERATOR
EXCUBATION
A Digital Disruption Board is a group of external individual
experts, who guide and coach you organization on disruption.
responsible for scanning new disruptive technologies and
maximizes output by organizing across verticals. The board
takes in challenges from all verticals and prioritizes projects.
OUTPUT: Outside-in strategic innovation
5-10 external experts that will challenge and validate your
innovation and business strategy.
RADAR
INNOVATION LAB
CUSTOMER
CENTRICITY
LAB
RELEVANT WHEN…
You want to infuse your processes with customer-centric
innovation and create an environment for testing and
evaluating your ideas with customers.
WHAT
Dedicated customer-centric physical environment with
personas, user scenario descriptions and methods for
producing user-oriented solutions.
BECOME YOUR
CUSTOMER
WORKS WITH:
DIGITAL
TOOLBOX
ACCELERATOR
OUTPUT: Customer-Centric innovation
An internal workspace for your employees to innovate based
on customer needs (outside-in)
EXCUBATION
INNOVATION LAB
GARAGE
RELEVANT WHEN…
You need to unleash untapped passion, creativity, and inspire
employees.
BOTTOM-UP
INNOVATION
WHAT:
A DIY makerspace packed with prototyping tools and
materials (3D printers, laser cutters, woodshop, metalshop
etc.) for all your employees to use for own ideas or work
sessions regarding present challenges.
OUTPUT: Grass-root innovation
Innovation, inspiration, passion, and skills are shared amongst
employees in an informal environment.
WORKS WITH:
CUSTOMER
CENTRICITY
LAB
INTRAPRENEURS
INCUBATION
INNOVATION LAB
HOW TO TURN IDEAS INTO REALITY
BUILD IT EARLY,
TEST IT FAST.
INNOVATION LAB
HACKATHON
FROM IDEA TO
PROTOTYPE IN
48 HOURS
RELEVANT WHEN...
Your company needs fast ideation and prototypes: concepts,,
products, services, technology etc.
WHAT:
An intensive innovation format where you invite customers,
partners, and users to innovate/hack your products and
services. Most often a hackathon lasts 48 hours and the only
requirement is that each group put out a prototype that can
demonstrate their idea. Hackathons occurred in the software
world, but is now used in all types of organizations across
industries and for almost any innovation challenge.
OUTPUT:
In the matter of only 1 or 2 days, your company will receive a
large amount of creative ideas and prototypes. A fast way to
build new concepts or products.
WORKS WITH:
PROJECTPAD
SPRINT
INCUBATION
INNOVATION LAB
SPRINT
RELEVANT WHEN…
You need to build, test and validate ideas fast. Use it when
your Stage Gate process is too complex to test new
innovations opportunities.
FROM PROBLEM
TO SOLUTION IN
4 WEEKS
WHAT:
In the 4 week Sprint-process a dedicated Sprint-team will
build and test new product ideas, services, business models,
strategic action plans or organisational redesigns. At the end
of the 4 weeks you will have detailed and validated concept +
plans for further actions.
OUTPUT: From idea to validated concept in 4 weeks
One or more validated solutions to your challenge by
committing 100% focus in a fixed timeframe.
WORKS WITH:
EXCUBATION
INTRAPRENEURS
ACCELERATOR
INNOVATION LAB
ACCELERATOR
// INCUBATOR
BOOSTING INTERNAL
INNOVATION
RELEVANT WHEN…
You want to tap into external innovation resources and
startup-talents, who can develop, test, and validate new
solutions - fast! OR accelerate internal innovation teams. Use
it when you want to explore the fast-paced
startup-environment, but limit your risk.
WHAT
Accelerators and incubators are embedded entrepreneurship
programs of limited-duration - between 3 and 12 months. They
provide the necessary resources for scaling an idea. They also
offer a plethora of networking opportunities for both internal
and external stakeholders.
OUTPUT: Acceleration of ideas
Internal or external program that will bring your company
market-validated and viable solutions within 3-12 months.
WORKS WITH:
DIGITAL
DISRUPTION
BOARD
SPRINT
GARAGE
INNOVATION LAB
EXCUBATION
DISRUPTIVE
INNOVATION
RELEVANT WHEN...
Your company needs to explore, create and launch new
disruptive business models without interfering with core
business.
WHAT
Excubation is the geographical separation of corporate
innovation activities from the core business to enable the
effective build-up of new and more radical solutions by
combining the best of both the corporate and startup worlds
in an entrepreneurial fashion.
OUTPUT: Disruptive Innovation
Radical business innovation in < 6 months away from the core
business and daily operations + learning new “startup-skills”
WORKS WITH:
DIGITAL
DISRUPTION
BOARD
SPRINT
RADAR
INNOVATION LAB
HOW TO SUPPORT INNOVATION
MAKE IT
STICK
INNOVATION LAB
PROJECT
PAD
RELEVANT WHEN…
Your company needs to create transparency in internal
projects and prioritize projects by involving employees and
external stakeholders.
WHAT:
Share ideas - get feedback - get support - get funded - get
STARTED.
ProjectPad gives you an overview of the interest and budget
for all your projects. Publish your project description in the
platform, and see how people comment, like or support the
project. Let the crowd help you prioritize and realize your
projects.
PRIORITIZE
PROJECTS
OUTPUT: Effective, inclusive and
crowdsourced projects and innovation
WORKS WITH:
DIGITAL
DISRUPTION
BOARD
SPRINT
RADAR
ProjectPad accelerates the decision making process by
engaging relevant stakeholders (as-needed) in the
prioritization and allocation of resources in projects.
INNOVATION LAB
DIGITAL
TOOLBOX
RELEVANT WHEN…
Your current digital tools are slowing down innovation and
productivity.
WHAT:
1.
SUPPORTING
INNOVATION
2.
3.
4.
Assessment of your current workflows and innovation
processes to identify gaps and optimization
opportunities.
Screening for off-the-shelf solutions
Small-scale implementation of tests
Selecting the solutions for the toolbox
OUTPUT: Assessment +
implementation of new digital tools
Using collaborative digital tools available for speeding up
processes the startup-way (communication, project
management, knowledge management, innovation etc.)
WORKS WITH:
PROJECTPAD
INTRAPRENEURS
GARAGE
INNOVATION LAB
INTRAPRENEURSHIP
RELEVANT WHEN…
You’re in for the long haul and want to empower your
employees to think and act like entrepreneurs by action-based
trainings and tools. It’s an investment in your future talent
and long term innovation capabilities.
WHAT
BUILDING A CORPS
OF INNOVATORS
“An intrapreneur is an inside entrepreneur, or an entrepreneur
within a large firm, who uses entrepreneurial skills without
incurring the risks associated with those activities.”
Intrapreneurs are usually assigned to work on a special idea
or project, and given the support and conditions of a startup.
OUTPUT: Innovation capabilities
Training and development of employees to drive ongoing
innovation in the organisation.
WORKS WITH:
DIGITAL
TOOLBOX
SPRINT
GARAGE
INNOVATION LAB
X-LAB
RELEVANT WHEN…
You want to build long-term innovation capabilities and focus
in the organization.
A SEPARATE
INNOVATION UNIT
WHAT
The “X-Lab” can be shaped as a physical space, as well as an
organisational unit. It can be open and accessible for all
employees if run by a team, responsible for driving innovation
activities - from scouting opportunities, to building prototypes
OUTPUT: Dedicated Innovation
An internal department dedicated to facilitate- and implement
innovation across the organisation.
WORKS WITH:
GARAGE
CUSTOMER
CENTRICITY
LAB
INCUBATION
INNOVATION LAB
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INNOVATION LAB
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ANDERS SAHL
[email protected]
61 65 07 68
MARTIN SCHORLING
[email protected]
52 30 20 55
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