Boxing ideas: A tool to promote collective intelligence

Emmanuel Helbert
January 25, 2019

让利益相关者参与进来,将想法转化为创新的解决方案

中小企业(SME)的创新既重要又具有挑战性. 这一点至关重要,因为市场不断受到新进入者的推动, new uses, and new technologies. 之所以具有挑战性,是因为创新的想法往往必须克服可能减缓发展势头的障碍, weaken the ideas and gradually even destroy them. These barriers are varied and sometimes legitimate. You may recognize them as:

• A lack of resources

• Threats to the existing market

• Personal threat

• Inertia and organizational rigidity

• “Not invented here” syndrome

Think about those nature videos we’ve all seen, 那里有成千上万只新生的海龟拼命地穿过海滩来到水边,在海里继续它们的生命. Some will make it and some won’t. The sheer large number of turtles, however, 能确保它们中的一些存活下来并使物种永存吗. It’s pretty much the same for innovative ideas. 有些想法会因为想法所有者的坚韧而茁壮成长, the network of supporters, intelligence and in some cases good old fashioned talent.

我有机会观察到创新思想有时会走向混乱的道路. 虽然创建原型或概念验证可能并不困难, 将原型转换为可以交付给客户的产品或服务是一个挑战. My hypothesis is that, it may not be just a lack of resources, 或者缺乏创新的项目管理过程,这可能会破坏一个创新的想法. 我认为,一个好想法的成功主要是由于利益相关者缺乏将自己置于最终用户的立场上的承诺, or to put it simply ‘your interest is not my interest’. 在中小企业中尤其如此,因为有限的资源可能会使想法所有者的利益与能够帮助实现想法的个人的任务和优先事项相冲突.

虽然有很多工具和技术可以帮助创造一种平衡,并为创新的想法提供一个机会,即使在逆境中也能茁壮成长, 我特别兴奋地参与了雷诺创新社区实践的一种叫做“拳击思想”的方法. 尼采说:“那些杀不死我们的,会让我们更强大。”. 在“装箱想法”的背景下,这意味着测试想法的稳健性,并确定那些值得推进的想法.

But how does it really work? 2016年11月,我有幸参加了在斯特拉斯堡举办的秋季创意管理学院.

It began with a 10 minute pitch, where the idea owner presented the project, its value proposition, and the key points of the business model. The audience was then divided into two groups: One group was identified as knights; the other group was identified as dragons. 骑士是这个理念的捍卫者,而龙是攻击者. 每个小组随后被分成4-5人的小小组. 每个骑士团队都专注于突出有价值的元素,并提出改进或扩展的想法. 每个团队都专注于可能导致想法失败的风险,并负责提出替代解决方案以降低风险.

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经过短短15分钟的准备,两军在战场上对峙. 龙之队首先向骑士们发表讲话,列出他们认为可能危及这个想法的东西. 骑士们的回应是描述了他们为什么相信这个想法会成功. 整个会议持续了大约45分钟,并以想法所有者分享早期反馈而结束. 这款游戏的好处在于能够用其他视角挑战项目, 提供更全面的分析,使项目更健壮.

Beyond the playful aspect, 关于这个工具的使用,有两点需要注意. The first is that whatever role you play, knight or dragon, 你会提出类似的建议,最终对这个想法进行改进. The second, and in my opinion the most powerful aspect of this tool, is its ability to bring together all of the stakeholders. Whether you were a knight or a dragon, 会议将观众转变为参与者,并将他们投射到项目的未来, prompting them to visualize its success, or devise a way to avoid failure. This radically changes the participant's perspective. Instead of seeing the idea as a threat, 他们开始将其视为一个有足够价值的投资机会,并消除可能出现的障碍.

“创意装箱”很容易实现,是我的工具箱中的一项有价值的技术,它能够帮助转变创新实践,并使创新项目超越原型阶段.

Emmanuel Helbert

Emmanuel Helbert

Manager Innovation, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

Emmanuel Helbert在电信火狐体育手机拥有超过25年的经验. In charge of managing innovation, 他在ALE内部培养了一种创新思维,同时增加了鼓舞人心的合作. 他深信,创造力来自人才和文化的融合,共同创造是颠覆性创新的主要引擎.

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