This document discusses Ordnance Survey's need to explore new innovations and opportunities outside its traditional areas of expertise and processes. It outlines several "dilemmas" Ordnance Survey faces in operating both commercially and with a government remit. It then describes Ordnance Survey's processes for searching for new ideas internally through a "Dragons Den" program and externally through collaborations and networks. It emphasizes the importance of creating an environment that unlocks resources, supports innovative processes, propagates trust, changes perceptions, and provides opportunities.

1. What I’ll cover Ordnance Survey’s Challenges Creating Processes Gaining Resource Creating an Environment Building Opportunities Conclusion

2. What is Location Information worth? >13%GDPdepends on it 1.2M conveyances 200bn properties flood risk 80% business = location Ordnance Survey Turnover ~£116M Government Trading Fund

3. Our Geographic Innovations over the years First digital mapping First national geospatial database Worlds largest geospatial database First adoption open language …we haven’t survived 200 years by increment alone…

4. Why explore outside the box? A few dilemmas We publish… but what is happening to music publishers? We have a government remit… but operate commercially. We’re experts in our field… but now our field has entered the mainstream. We’re the best, undoubtedly … but others can now do what we do.

5. The Hill to Climb Culture and Climate

6. Getting more radical innovations accepted Process Resource Environment Opportunity

7. Search – Process 1 Look internally – The Dragons Den

9. What?

10. How?

11. Why?Business Opportunity Knowledge management (+ mgmtof Trash) Checklist Ideas to opportunities at Ordnance Survey

12. How do we know what ideas to develop? Necessity is the mother of invention… Informal Network “First Tuesdays” The burning platforms Shape agenda of next First Tuesday

13. Enabling new services Slide 10

15. Use Collaborations

16. Use Networks

17. Use ProfessionalsBoundary of the firm Partner Product Ideas Ordnance Survey Product Development Research Organisational Boundary Source: H.Chesborough (2003) MIT Sloan Management Review

18. Co-create Radical Create a platform Just do it! innovation Incremental Beyond current… Current expertise domain Resource for Search 1 - Collaboration

19. Emergent : Incumbent

20. Collaborative programme Uses Electronic horizon Automotive, infrastructure, mapping and telecoms partners

21. Impact? 5 - 24% saving 14% reduced typical use Uses existing infrastructure

23. www.ideasintransit.org

24. Emergent businesses optimise transport system

25. Emergent businesses substitute transport

26. Emergent business encourage non-ownership

27. Emergent businesses exploit convergence HMC6052 4 x 4 x .9 mm LGG5300

28. Resource for search 2 – networks beyond the cottage industry

29. Resource for search 3- Deal with design expertise Design expertise Ideo Live|Work SEREN Foresight Insight Prototype with customer Deliver iterations

30. Create an environment 1: to understand

31. Create and Environment 2: to disseminate internally

32. Create an environment 3: to build opportunities

33. Conclusions Search must be varied Threats are opportunities Create an environment that Unlocks resource and supports your process Propagates Trust Changes perceptions Feels Fun Looks Compelling Blossoms with opportunity