Why
This Offering?
Even the best innovations will not make it to market by themselves.
Systems and processes must be in place to make sure the innovation
pipeline gets unclogged, and stays unclogged. Ineffective leader
behavior as well as absent or broken organizational processes
lead to pipeline clogging. We created this offering to effectively
address this critical issue. Our strategy is to first define
the underlying problems, then help you develop your own organizational
capability to keep the innovation pipeline free-flowing, making
efficient implementation of innovations a way of working.
The
Problem: Good Ideas That Go Nowhere
Your company needs innovative products and processes. You respond
with really great ideas, but most never get off the ground,
and six months later, there is little to show for your effort;
the pipeline is clogged. You have launched numerous initiatives
for improved business processes but nothing of substance happens,
leaving money on the table for your competition.
The Causes
The underlying causes of pipeline clogging are rooted in both
human issues and systems issues. Among the human issues, there
is poor job fit, no accountability, lack of leadership, experience
and skill, and no path for individual leader development. Among
the systems or process issues there is the absence of a disciplined
implementation process, lack of a timely and effective audit
system, and no overall plan for how the individual pieces fit
together to make the pipeline flow.
The Solution
In Unclogging the Innovation Pipeline™, we first understand
the people and the systems issues that are blocking progress.
Next we help you develop and install effective leadership behaviors
and organizational systems and processes. Specifically, we uncover
the most important factors that are preventing progress. Next
we develop a specific series of interventions that are engineered
to clear away your unique roadblocks. Finally we build organizational
capability, create and install effective systems, and celebrate
your success.
Self Sufficiency
Our approach is to get you over the "energy barrier"
so that you become self-sufficient in keeping execution processes
running efficiently. We ensure that organizational roles and
accountabilities are clear, that there is an effective system
for allocating
resources, decision making is timely and unambiguous, and process
ownership is strong and continuous.
Maintain The Flow Rate
The improvement process doesn't stop when we leave - it continues
on while you realize your ideas and programs. We do that with
a powerful solution built on top of Microsoft Office and Project
Manager that relieves you of 90% of the workload, and makes
implementation planning and auditing a breeze. We also offer
a longer term interventions to make sure your implementation
pipeline continues to flow smoothly
