Download - Taking the Core to the Edge
Learning a New Dance:
Taking the Core to the Edge
December 2014
Pete Williams
@rexster
@c4edge
“If the rate of change on the outside, exceeds the rate of
change on the inside, the end is near.”
Jack Welch – Former CEO of GE
Embracing the Edge
It is about leadership and politics, antibodies and antidotes,
failure and success. It involves some personal risk, but really is
about small moves, smartly made.
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What makes it hard?
Avoid the Magic Wand of Innovation
Motivated to Succeed or to avoid failure?
Short Term Focus
Processes
Quarterly
results
Rewards
Incentives
Business
Reporting
TargetsBudgets
Business Case – “Prove it” the way to kill ideas
Innovation is not about what is, it is about what could be.
Certainty vs Exploration – the predictability issue
The portfolio must consider opportunities in three distinct
categories …
A simple way to start – Horizon 1
Get input from your people
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How do we transform Accounting and the Client Experience? Software
Collaboration
Client(Self Managed)
Client
Self Managed System(e.g. MYOB, Quickbooks)
Transaction Data
Regulator(e.g. APRA, ASIC, ATO)
Offline Compliance Management System
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Data Warehouse
Reporting & Business Intelligence
Document Management
Messaging
Management Reporting
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Compliance Reporting
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Community Forums
Workflow & Task Management
KPI Reporting
Benchmark Reporting
Knowledge Delivery
News & Thought Leadership
eLearning
Tools/Scans
3Data Upload
Transformation
Validation
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Accounting
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Deloitte Advisor
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Accounting and Compliance Services
The core goes to the Edge
H3 -From Structured to Organic
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Prototyping and Experimenting
Start Somewhere, Prototype and Experiment
How can I bring an idea to life?
Key Focal Points
• Speed depends on the capacity to manage
politics and adapt processes
• Working in the Open makes it easy for all
• Bring things to life through prototyping
• Zoom in, Zoom out
• Learning trumps efficiency
• Use invented wheels
Questions
• What Edges cn you explore?
• Are you an antibody or an antidote?
• Can you find opportunities to experiment?
• Are there barriers? How can you overcome them?
• What can you do to drive a change of mindset?
• What are you going to do? We are reliant on you
Resources
• Centre for the Edge
– Scaling Edges Design Principles
• Government 2020 – Bill Eggers
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