It was Steve Jobs who said that it was better to be a pirate than to join the navy. Jobs was addressing the challenges that intrapreneurs face inside established companies. There are significant barriers to innovation such as bureaucracy and corporate politics. From this talk, the audience will learn how intrapreneurs can succeed inside established companies.

How they can do great work and build great relationships by:

• Starting with discovery to learn the challenges that previous intrapreneurs have faced
• Getting early wins to build their credibility and legitimacy inside the company
• Building a lean innovation toolbox to start socializing the innovation processes
• Aligning with leadership to build support for innovation and good governance
• Aligning with key functions to lower bureaucratic barriers for all intrapreneurs

This interesting keynote will show intrapreneurs how they can succeed as Pirates In The Navy.

Innovation has become an important driver of growth inside large companies. Leaders within large organizations are trying to build their innovation capabilities. In fact, the ability to innovate as a repeatable process is an important capability for companies to have.

In this talk, Dr Viki addresses innovation at the organizational level and reminds leaders and innovators that it is impossible for a single individual or team to drive an innovation from ideas to launch. The task requires collaboration between innovation teams and key functions within the company.

From this talk, the audience will learn how to work with various key functions such as:

• Finance to drive the right level of funding and investment in innovation
• Legal and Compliance to create a fast track for innovation with the right criteria
• Information and Technology to build a sandbox for innovation teams
• Human Resources to build legitimacy and status for innovation

This fascinating keynote will show how innovators can build lasting relationships with key functions within the company that last for decades support innovation.

Without leadership support innovation is dead on day one. But not all leadership support is created equal. Some leaders think that they can pick the winning ideas on day one. These leaders tend to have pet innovation projects that consume resources without creating value.

In this talk, Dr Viki addresses the role of leaders when it comes to innovation. He reminds leaders that they can’t pick the winning ideas on day one. What leaders can do is create the context in which the best ideas emerge.

From this talk, the audience will learn how leaders can drive innovation by asking the right questions at the right time. These questions are focused on the progress that innovation teams are making towards finding a business model that works.

Examples include:

• Desirability: Do we understand customers’ needs and jobs to be done?
• Feasibility: Do we have the right capabilities to create and deliver value?
• Viability: Do we know how much customers are willing to pay and how they will pay?
• Adaptability: Do we know how we will address competitors in the market?

This informative keynote will give leaders the right toolbox to drive innovation and manage their portfolio investments.