Innovation Culture & Organizational Design Flashcards
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Which of the following is a key characteristic of a 'learning organization' as defined by Peter Senge?
Answer: An organization that continuously transforms itself by facilitating learning and systems thinking at all levels
Peter Senge's 'learning organization' continuously expands its capacity to create results by facilitating individual and collective learning, systems thinking, and shared vision at all levels.
A corporate 'innovation lab' or 'accelerator' is best described as:
Answer: A dedicated organizational unit designed to rapidly develop and test new business ideas outside normal corporate processes
Innovation labs and corporate accelerators create a protected space with dedicated resources and reduced bureaucracy to rapidly develop and validate new ideas that might struggle within normal corporate structures.
What does the '70-20-10' innovation investment model prescribe?
Answer: Dedicating 70% of innovation resources to core business, 20% to adjacent opportunities, and 10% to transformational innovation
The 70-20-10 model, popularized by Google, allocates innovation resources across core (70%), adjacent (20%), and transformational (10%) initiatives, balancing risk while ensuring exploration of breakthrough opportunities.
What is the primary function of a 'Chief Innovation Officer' (CINO) role in an organization?
Answer: To champion innovation strategy, culture, and processes across the entire organization
A Chief Innovation Officer champions building innovation capabilities, aligning innovation strategy with business goals, breaking down cultural barriers, and ensuring innovation processes and resources are effective organization-wide.
Which of the following best describes 'reverse innovation' as defined by Vijay Govindarajan?
Answer: Developing low-cost innovations in emerging markets first, then adapting them for developed markets
Reverse innovation, coined by Vijay Govindarajan, describes innovations first developed for and in emerging markets that are subsequently sold in or adapted for developed markets at competitive price points.
How does organizational culture most directly inhibit innovation?
Answer: Through entrenched norms, risk aversion, and 'not invented here' syndrome that resist new ideas and external inputs
Cultural barriers like 'not invented here' syndrome, fear of failure, excessive risk aversion, and entrenched hierarchical norms are the most common and powerful inhibitors of innovation in established organizations.
What is a 'community of practice' (CoP) and how does it support innovation culture?
Answer: A voluntary group of people sharing a concern or passion who improve their practice through ongoing peer interaction
Communities of practice, defined by Etienne Wenger, are voluntary groups that share knowledge and learn from each other through ongoing informal interaction, accelerating innovation knowledge diffusion across organizations.