Presentation I delivered at the 2015 ProductCamp Cincinnati un conference. Includes materials in support of the real-time collaborative innovation exercise, along with a copy of the example collaborative innovation blueprint (last two slides).

1. Engaging in the Practice
of Collaborative Innovation
Doug Collins
Vice President, Innovation Architecture
Mindjet, Inc.
dcollins@mindjet.com

2. RAPID SPIGIT
Shared Experience

3. What is a Rapid Spigit?
real-time collaborative
innovation
allows for in-person and virtual engagement
a fun introduction to the
practice

4. Round 1
Contribution
Discuss and enter your ideas
10 minutes
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN TODAY’S GAME:
Round 2
Collaboration
Vote, collaborate, socialize ideas
8 minutes
Round 3
Pitching
1-min pitch on top 3 ideas
10 minutes
Round 4
Investment
Invest in top 3 ideas
5 minutes
The Rapid Flow

5. Site Access
URL
---
User Name
---
Password
---
Go to the URL.
Take one of
the user
names.
Password is
the same for
all user names.

6. The Critical Question
How might we minimize the
waste tied to our processes
for developing new
products?

7. CONTRIBUTION
Round One

8. Round 1: 10 minutes
select “Publish” to post idea
Check leaderboard for top contributors
1250 points
per idea

9. End Round 1

10. VOTING AND
COMMENTING
Round 2

11. Round 2: 8 minutes
500 points
per comment
250 points
per vote
Check leaderboard for most popular ideas

12. End Round 2

13. ONE-MINUTE PITCHES
Round 3

14. Round 3: Pitches
• What is my idea?
• Why does my idea offer relative advantage?
• What is the very next step you should take to
implement my idea in your organization?
Doug: move ideas to “investing” stage

15. IDEA INVESTMENT
Round 4

16. Round 4: 5 minutes
Check leaderboard for wealthiest members

17. End Round 4

18. Closure
“Best” idea
(highest capitalization)
“Best” innovator
(highest wealth)

19. THANK YOU
Close

20. CONTACT
dcollins@mindjet.com

21. Identify a focus area for your innovation challenge
enquiry-ledopen
internal
external
focus
forms
value stream organizationcustomers suppliers
collaborative innovation blueprint
process
implementation
front end of innovation back end of innovation
enquiry conceptualizationexploration resolution
value stream
Define a space and a community
Guide the challenge through the flow
1
2
3
customer experience
associate
experience
product/
service
offer
sales
engagement
productivityengagement
price
differentiation
Doug Collins (dcollins@mindjet.com) Mindjet, Inc.

22. Identify a focus area for your innovation challenge1
customer experience
associate
experience
product/
service
offer
sales
engagement
productivityengagement
price
mapping strategic intent to challenge questions
differentiation
Advisory Board
How might we increase the likelihood
that our advisory board members find
value in their experience?
Personal Development
How might we increase the likelihood
that our product developers take full
advantage of the training
opportunities that interest them?
Agile Development
How might we maximize the
probability that our product
developers are able to self select into
the projects that inspire them?
Distributors
How might we maximize the
probability that our distributors
advocate for our products with their
clients, relative to the competitive
alternatives?
Modularity
How might we minimize the waste
tied to our processes for developing
new products?
How might we
increase /
maximize
decrease /
minimize
the by
increasing /
maximizing
decreasing /
minimizing
the ?
optional optimization component
question grammar...
Doug Collins (dcollins@mindjet.com) Mindjet, Inc.