Roadmap for Implementation
Turning an organisation into a vibrant innovation hot spot is a challenging task. It takes many ingredients to build an efficient and effective innovation management system. This section of the knowledge base shows how Orange Hills designs and implements modern innovation management systems based on Business Design.
We enable companies to unleash their innovative potential in 15 steps:
Short analysis of the current situation
Optional: Designing the "Picture of the Future"
Definition of objectives with long-term goals and short-term KPIs
Definition of idea and project portfolios for the coming quarters
Design of the innovation management system – part I
Implementation and restructuring
Enabling + Sprints: Wave I
Review
Enabling + Sprints: Wave II
Review
Revision and extension of the innovation management system – part II
Continuous implementation and restructuring
Regular review meetings
...ongoing stakeholder management and communication
These 15 steps are a powerful starting point, not the whole journey to becoming an innovation champion. More governance, training, communication, and sometimes even replacing people are necessary to strengthen an organisation's innovation muscle.
The illustration below shows a typical timeline for an implementation project over the first 12 months. We start with pilot projects instead of an extended analysis. This lets us learn under real conditions what works in today's corporate culture – and what doesn't – and adapt the innovation management system based on these learnings. The result: systems that fit the organisation's strengths and deliver results.
Here is a more detailed overview of the key activities:
Phase | Activities | Duration |
Analysis |
| 3 weeks |
Pilot sprint(s) | Typical Business Design projects with a "not too complex" setup for two purposes:
| 10 weeks |
"Picture of the Future" | Series of workshops with management and selected employees (or input from other strategy initiatives) | 6 weeks |
System design | Definition of the organisational setup for innovation activities, including processes, tools, and methods. The entire system is documented in a "System Playbook" | 6 weeks |
Implementation and restructuring | Ongoing restructuring process to implement the innovation management system design | 5 months + X |
Sprints | Consecutive "waves" of Business Design sprints, run in the usual format | 10 weeks per wave + setup |
Review | Definition of implications for the system design, based on real-life learnings from the projects | 2 weeks each |
Stakeholder management & communication |
| ongoing |