Innovation A+E_
I have experience first hand how boards are deeply concerned about existential threats – the disruption – yet allocate their capital and talent at incremental change.
Alignment_
To unlock the potential for innovation, the team must find alignment across critical considerations before the start of any project. The first phase of works would be to highlight the shared understanding of culture, talent, capital, horizon, application and ambition amongst the team. This will inform any work we do together, and ensure it’s chance of success .
Culture
Least coded but most defining element of any collaboration
Talent
Unlock the talent within (free of fear), and augment with expertise from parallel projects + industries
Capital
Agree a program budget against a multi-quarter/year program/pivot.
Horizon
Extend beyond the incremental (efficiency) gain, and embrace the fear of being disrupted
Application
Decide whether the project is eye candy for quarterly announcement, general meetings and marketing slogans or whether it is a genuine attempt to define the future product pipeline
Ambition
Feel good or do good project - different types of resources required for those two very different outcomes
Engagement_
“If it begins with certainties,
It shall end in doubts;
but if it be content to begin with doubts,
It may yet end in certainties.”
__Francis Bacon
Advantage_
Unencumbered (don’t know what’s not possible)_
Unhindered by popular thought leadership (portfolio is purely design, innovation and disruption)_
Unvested and can move between stakeholders without any interest other than the project’s successful outcome_
Started and developed startups and can work with imperfect talent and limited resources_
Plug missing skills relatively fast_
Enjoy drafting and creating a shared narrative (from script to renderings, animation, film, props and models to hidden visual spaces under London Bridge station) – the aim is to bring to life how the world would be if we delivered on the promise_
