Sean William Low CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd Transformative Innovation in Governments Date: 23/10/2013
Sean William LowCrimsonLogic Pte Ltd
Transformative Innovation
in Governments
Date: 23/10/2013
SPECIFICATIONS AND BUREAUCRACIES
LIVE FOREVER !!!
EXAMPLES OF INNOVATIONS
“And it is worth noting that nothing is
harder to take in hand, more perilous
to conduct, or more uncertain in its
success, than to take the lead in the
introduction of a new order of things.”
Nicollo Machiavelli
WHY INNOVATION ?
Live or Die
Image: Follman via Flickr
INNOVATOR’S DREAM
Improvement
Fill in the Box
Strategic Innovation
Key success factor is the
ability to marry
breakthrough technology
and concepts
Recombinant Innovation
The capability to
recombine existing
elements in new ways
Satisficing
Ruled by existing specs and
mental models
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Traditional
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Source : Kao and Company
TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION
• It is not about the technology !
• Network & Knowledge Centric
• Need to shift from focusing on
things/tasks (Platforms) to focusing on
behavior (Individual – Staff / Citizen)
EXPERIMENTATION – WHAT IS THE QUESTION ?
• Innovation Begins With an “Eye”
• Prototyping is the Language of Innovation
• Immersing in the Future
• Technology Component Experiments
• Operational Component Experiments
• Capability Demonstrations
EXPERIMENTATION LAYERS
3 Types of Innovation / Learning
• Imitation of Concept
• Variation of Template
• Origination of Idea
INNOVATION AND LEARNING ARE SYMBIOTIC
• Build on People Advantage
• Joint Collaboration with external
stakeholders
• Life Long Continuous Learning
• Failures are also lessons leading to answers
• More Questions from answers
THE WAY FORWARD
To Network is a Verb
A Platform is a noun
Innovation starts with the
individual