Innovation Leaders RoundtableEngaging Your Employees in Innovation

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Our Inspiration Journey 15.30-16.00 Welcome Coffee 16.00-16.10 Welcome by MTI2 (prof.dr. Stefan Stremersch & dr. Isabel Verniers) 16.10-16.40 From Seeding to Impactful Ideas in R&D

(dr. Sabine Leclercq, R&D Site Director, Baxter R&D Europe &

dr. Patricia Meijers, Sr. Research Scientist, Baxter R&D Europe) 16.40-17.10 Engaging the Crowd to Address Disruptive Business Models

(prof.dr. Isabel van Driessche, Ghent University) 17.10-17.40 Successfully Incubating New Venture Teams Outside the Core Business

(Pedro Costa, Incubator Michelin) 17.40-18.00 Break 18.00-19.00 Roundtable Discussions19.00-21.30 Dinner & Wrap-up

31 May 2016de Pastorale, Reet

Innovation Leaders Roundtable Seminar & Dinnerby MTI2

Innovation Leaders at the Roundtables

Top Three Learnings from Roundtable Discussions

INCREMENTAL VS. TRANSFORMATIONAL

How to balance between incremental versus transformational

projects?

SUSTAINHow to keep momentum in order

to establish sustainable innovation?

ENGAGEHow to make your employees the

biggest ally in your innovation efforts?

INCREMENTAL VS. TRANSFORMATIONAL

How to balance between incremental versus transformational

projects

KEEPING MOMENTUMHow to keep momentum in order

to establish sustainable innovation

This Presentation: Engage

ENGAGE

How to make your employees the biggest ally in your innovation

efforts?

Engage Your People

Hire for Curiosity

FrustrationUrgency

Time Commitment Fairness

Clear Governance

What If Plan

Reward Celebration

Hire for Curiosity You have the experts, but… Build multi-disciplinary teams Diversity for richer ideas (e.g.

cross country and cross seniority) Hire for curiosity to get some

seed of intrapreneurship Focus on execution to make

things happen Is there a new role for HR?

Hire for Curiosity: First Who Then What

It’s not just about the innovative ideas, but more about the people involved in innovation. It is better to have an A team with a B idea, than a B team with an A idea.

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Create a Sense of Urgency If there is no frustration

with the people there is no urgency

If there is no urgency there is no innovation

Let people know what the customer’s challenge is

Clear Governance, Fairness & Time Commitment

If you don’t have clear governance at all levels (role and responsibility) you are at a loss

Treat your people in a fair way and they will be your biggest ally

If you don’t allow for a minimum time commitment you will get nowhere, two people need to commit for at least 50%, otherwise there is no team

Clear Governance, Fairness & Time Commitment

Introduction Video by Anne De Paepe,

Rector Ghent University

Grand Jury Composed of Higher Management of

Ghent University

Live Training of All Chosen Teams by

MTI2

What If Plan

People left their normal job to work on the idea

If the idea doesn't pan out, we need to provide them with a back-up plan

If you don’t have a plan for the people you won’t kill poor ideas

Celebrate and Reward

If there is no reward there is no motivation

The best reward is recognition; recognition visible to all people including top management

Celebrate successes – even if they are small

Innovation Leaders RoundtableEngaging Your Employees in Innovation

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