Anyway what is wrong with our old way of innovating? Nick Tordoff Goole DIs January February 2012

The Kennedy Report The NHS is rubbish at innovation The NHS is rubbish at innovation –It doesn’t nurture innovation –It doesn’t adopt innovation –It takes too long for new, evidenced based practice to be embedded So we will have a standard way of nurturing innovation So we will have a standard way of nurturing innovation All other approaches will be ruthlessly suppressed (I exaggerate this a bit) All other approaches will be ruthlessly suppressed (I exaggerate this a bit)

What I am not going to do Give a detailed review of the paper Give a detailed review of the paper –If you are interested read it –It’s not about innovation –Its about adopting NICE guidelines Pretend I am any good at innovation Pretend I am any good at innovation Tell you how to do innovation Tell you how to do innovation

What I am going to do Play around with some ideas about innovation Play around with some ideas about innovation Have a play with one particular technique Have a play with one particular technique Hopefully prompt some more interesting thoughts about innovation than Sir Ian’s Hopefully prompt some more interesting thoughts about innovation than Sir Ian’s

I’ve had a bright idea scale-online-collaboration-luis-von-ahn-on- ted-com/ scale-online-collaboration-luis-von-ahn-on- ted-com/

Three things strike me 1. This bright idea got turned into a product 2. The product acts as the basis for the next bright idea 3. Roll out is dead easy because the mechanism is already there

My Bright Idea is Can we use reCapture to digitise the Health Records archive Can we use reCapture to digitise the Health Records archive Write down your first three thoughts about my idea Write down your first three thoughts about my idea Put them away till later Put them away till later

6 hats Thinking (Edward de Bono, 1985,1992) Lateral Thinking Lateral Thinking Parallel thinking Parallel thinking Avoids prematurely jumping to the wrong conclusion and making decisions with insufficient information Avoids prematurely jumping to the wrong conclusion and making decisions with insufficient information Allows everyone to explore the topic from all sides Allows everyone to explore the topic from all sides

The White Hat calls for information known or needed. The Blue Hat is used to manage the thinking process. The Red Hat signifies feelings, hunches, and intuition. The Black hat is judgment—the devil’s advocate or why something may not work. The Green hat focuses on creativity: the possibilities, alternatives, and new ideas. The Yellow hat symbolizes brightness and optimism.

Back to First Thoughts How many of each kind of thought did you have? How many of each kind of thought did you have?

White Hat thinking What information is available? What information is available? What information would we like to have? What information would we like to have? What information do we need? What information do we need? What information is missing? What information is missing? Include both sides of disputed argument Include both sides of disputed argument You may report on someone else’s feelings You may report on someone else’s feelings

Green Hat thinking We need further alternatives We need further alternatives We need to make a creative effort We need to make a creative effort Are there other ways to do this? Are there other ways to do this? What else could we do here? What else could we do here? How else might we carry through this concept How else might we carry through this concept What are the possibilities? What are the possibilities? What will overcome our difficulties? What will overcome our difficulties?

Yellow Hat thinking What are the benefits? What are the benefits? What are the positives? What are the positives? What are the values? What are the values? Are there savings? Are there savings? Is there a competitive advantage? Is there a competitive advantage? Is there potential value? Is there potential value? Is there a concept in this idea that looks attractive? Is there a concept in this idea that looks attractive?

Now let’s look at Innovation Are we short of good ideas? Are we short of good ideas? Do we lack innovative products? Do we lack innovative products? Do we struggle to get take up? Do we struggle to get take up?

Action Planning Which ideas, who what when? IdeaDeliverableBenefitWho?(person/team)TimescalesDays/months Step 1 Step 2 Step 3