This document discusses developing an innovation strategy and outlines two approaches: evolution and backcasting. Evolution involves having a general idea of the destination but allowing learning at each step to define the next step and destination. Backcasting involves having a clear vision of the final destination and developing a step-by-step plan to reach it by working backwards from the end. The document also discusses assessing risks, prioritizing risks, correcting harm, and scouting ahead when innovating. It was created by the Digital Integration and Innovation team at an advertising agency to help clients engage customers by understanding technology usage.
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Developing An Innovation Strategy
1. Developing an Innovation StrategyDeveloped as a complimentary piece to the May 25, 2011 episode of Dii:Briefinghttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/di-presentsCarlen Lea Lesser, VP/Director Dii@carlenlea
17. Technology Wisdom by Douglas Adams1. Everything thats already in the world when youre born is just normal;2. Anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it;3. Anything that gets invented after youre thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it until its been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.Source: http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/19990901-00-a.html
19. Two Approaches: EvolutionTEvolution: Having some idea of where you want to go, but allowing what you learn at each step not only to define the next step, but also to define the final destinationApproach 1: Evolution
20. TAnticipationContinual AssessmentPrioritization of RisksRapid Correction of HarmNot Prohibition but RedirectionProactionary PrincipleAs explained by Kevin Kelly, in What Technology Wants(photo: Nathan Jongewaard /Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0)
22. Two Approaches: BackcastingBackcastingHave a clear vision of the final destination, developing a step-by-step plan on how to reach it working from the end back to the beginning.TApproach 2: Backcasting(photo: Ben Ostrowsky /Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0)
26. Who We AreDii is the Digital Integration and Innovation team at RTC, a full-service Wunderman/WPP Groups creative agency in Washington, DC, focused on building relationships between brands and individuals. Dii is tasked with keeping track and making sense of the ever-changing digital world. Its our job to discover and understand the nuances of how and why different types of people use technology and what that tells us about them. More importantly, its our job to help our clients apply this knowledge to better engage with their customers.Treffpunkt, Digital Integration and Innovation Team Blog: http://rtctreffpunkt.blogspot.com