In my previous post “Looking Over The Precipice – PART 1”, I discussed that 66% of organisations have no clear strategy for innovation. In this posting, I will explain how to get behind the statistics and how you can embrace innovation to drive your organisation out of recession.<\/p>\n
Across all market sectors, organisations have responded to the global down turn with 3 stages of response :<\/p>\n
1. Looking Over The Precipice<\/strong> Key to this, is understanding which distinct stage your organisation has followed in response to the recession.<\/p>\n 1. Looking Over the Precipice<\/strong>( aka \u201cOne Step Away From Disaster\u201d)<\/p>\n Outlook<\/strong> :\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBattering down the hatches and weathering the storm as best we can\u201d. Being forced to deal with the here and now, given that the future is likely to remain unclear for quite some time. 2. Middle Ground<\/strong><\/p>\n Outlook<\/strong> : Anticipating Impact. 3. Coming Out ( Of Recession)<\/strong><\/p>\n Outlook<\/strong> : Still growing, but monitoring situation very closely. Have\u00a0 a sense of energy and excitement and a core ability to manage creative change and innovation. Batten Down the Hatches Unfortunately, each successive wave has depleted the organisation of the very budget and headcount that is needs to bring reposition itself out of recession.<\/p>\n In this environment, the standard organisational response has been to bury its head in the sand and stop innovating.<\/p>\n This could n\u2019t be further from the truth of what the organisation should be doing to maintain its market share and migrate to the \u201cComing Out\u201d of recession stage.<\/p>\n You have to assume that everyone else is innovating period. You can only survive by innovating, else risk losing market share.<\/p>\n How Will Innovation Help Me ? It\u2019s all about working smarter, connecting with your customer by leveraging new channels, redesigning business processes and launching new products.<\/p>\n It\u2019s about showcasing your brand and using what you have got more economically.<\/p>\n Only then, can you position yourself as the expert and build the opportunity, security and better future to move your organisation to the \u201cComing Out\u201d phase to exit the great recession of 2009.<\/p>\n In my next posting \u201cLooking Over The Precipice \u2013 PART 3″ I will explore how you can use active Risk Management to predict the future.<\/p>\n IAN ALDERTON In my previous post “Looking Over The Precipice – PART 1”, I discussed that 66% of organisations have no clear strategy for innovation. In this posting, I will explain how to get behind the statistics and how you can embrace … Continue reading
\n2. Middle Ground<\/strong>
\n3. Coming Out<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSentiment<\/strong> : Loss of confidence
\nFinancial<\/strong> : Collapsing share price
\nWorkforce<\/strong> : Aggressive cost cutting<\/p>\n
\nSentiment<\/strong> : Reducing exposure to the downturn.
\nFinancial<\/strong> : Managing situation very carefully
\nWorkforce<\/strong> : Reducing personnel in line with turn over<\/p>\n
\nSentiment<\/strong>: Doing ok, understand the risk. Have developed a number of scenarios and will react accordingly.
\nFinancial<\/strong> : See some profitable opportunity in medium term.
\nWorkforce<\/strong> : Cautious, gradual hiring. Strong investment in talent management, redeploying staff to other parts of the business during attrition cycles.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>With most organisations seeing a strong decline in revenues, the natural tendency has been to ride out the storm and preserve life at all costs.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity and not a threat.<\/p>\n
\nEmail : ian@IanAlderton.com<\/a>
\nTel : +44 (0) 7702 777770<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"