NOA Innovation Steering Committee
Wednesday 13th April 2011
The NOA innovation steering committee met to discuss potential research into innovation, share best practice, work together towards an NOA innovation framework, develop upcoming outcomes for the innovation seminar outcomes and confirm 18 month steering committee objectives.
Discussion Notes
• Innovation has to be flexible and is not needed for every project and collaboration. The management of innovation is critical
• Who sets innovation vision? A consistent definition is needed
• Innovation in multisourcing is more prevalent
• Getting suppliers to work together to maintain delivery of innovative services is crucial
• Example of best practice – contractual obligation for suppliers to attend ‘innovation workshops’
• Theme of ‘collaboration’ is ongoing and essential in innovation
• Cloud gives opportunities but it needs to mature before it becomes viable for corporate use
• Suppliers are driving the way forward with innovation through best practice
• Increase Cloud innovation. Cloud without governance
Research Topics
• How viable are the new technologies?
• Sustainability of contractual prices
• What makes innovation work and fail?
• Is Cloud stripping innovation?
• New technology and legal frameworks
• Account management and innovation
• Driving innovation in outsourcing
• Developing product innovation
• What is innovation integration?
‘Driving innovation through collaboration’ research to be conducted before the innovation seminar (8th June) by a quantitative perception online survey.
Lee Ayling to liaise with Tony Morgan, Dominic Dryden and Derek Parlour to produce survey questions.
Attendees included:
Lee Ayling – NOA Innovation Director, Kristina Holland - Bleum, Nicky Sessions - Hudson and Yorke, Dominic Dryden – Olswang, Tony Morgan – IBM, James Barber - Lloyds Banking, Nick Pantlin - Herbert Smith LLP, Derek Parlour - National Rail Enquiries, Ed Dennehy – Virtrium, Bridget Fleetwood - Pinsent Masons, Malcolm Robinson - Carphone Warehouse, David Marsh - Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Paul Corrall – sourcingfocus.com
