DIGITAL INNOVATION

Service Description

Successful digital innovation is about pathfinding. Navigating through the thicket of obstacles, avoiding the wrong turns, intuiting a way forward, and pushing through when things get tough. Digital innovation can often be undertaken alongside or as part of a transformation process, but it can also be an continuous, ongoing function designed to test ideas, try new approaches and ensure a business does not get stuck in a rut, avoiding change and cleaving to the safe and well known. If done effectively, it can often involve reimagining and re-organising major business processes. It may involve integrating other technologies, such as robotics or smart technology, disrupting established ways of working. It is usually iterative, and progress rarely occurs in a straight line. For this reason, innovation can be frustrating. Teams must be nurtured carefully, motivated by a shared search for success and an acceptance of trial and error. Having run digital innovation programmes for large, complex organisations, I understand how to balance competing demands (and even contradictory priorities) from senior stakeholders. How to ensure that high priorities are identified, and ambitious targets are set. How to ensure that projects are properly resourced, and effort is not wasted or spread too thin. How to ensure that the best staff are recruited, motivated and retained, even if individual projects are cut or deprioritised. How to ensure that goals stay aligned even while projects themselves can morph in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment. If you are looking for a Head of Innovation or Innovation Lead, and you would like to discuss how I can help you use advanced data analytics and AI to find the cutting edge for your business, please get in touch using the form below. I'll look forward to hearing from you.