Innovation Theater with Tendayi Viki

<p class="">Innovation Theater. </p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">Have you ever been guilty of performing innovation theater?</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">My guest today, Tendayi Viki, is a partner at Strategyzer (the company behind the business model canvas and other innovation tools) and defines Innovation Theater simply as:</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <h2><strong><em>ACTIVITIES THAT LOOK LIKE INNOVATION BUT THAT CREATE NO VALUE FOR COMPANIES</em></strong></h2> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">So:</p> <p class=""><em>A workshop that creates enthusiasm with no follow up.</em></p> <p class=""><em>A Hackathon that doesn’t solve real challenges.</em></p> <p class=""><em>Training everyone in Design Thinking but changing no internal policies to encourage experimentation and prototyping.</em></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">I’ve been guilty of it. </p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <p class="">How can we all do better?</p> <p class="">This is a delicate topic, because it’s not wrong to want more people in your organization to “get” innovation and the practices that drive innovation. Then we’ll have buy-in to do more, right?</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <h1>Support The Podcast As A Conversation Factory Insider</h1> <p> <strong><em>https://theconversationfactory.com/conversation-factory-insider</em></strong></p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <h1>Full Transcript at:</h1> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href= "https://theconversationfactory.com/listen">https://theconversationfactory.com/listen</a></p> <h1>Links and Resources</h1> <p class="">Tendayi on the web <a href= "https://tendayiviki.com/">https://tendayiviki.com/</a></p> <p class="">Tendayi at the Innov8ers Conference: <a href= "https://innov8rs.co/beyond-the-sticky-notes-aligning-innovation-with-corporate-strategy-tendayi-viki/"> https://