Title: The CFO Strategist: Driving Innovation for Profitable Growth
Geoff Tuff Principal Monitor Deloitte Deloitte Consulting LLP WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION? Innovation is one of the last remaining sources of growth that can create nonlinear economic returns
Innova on appears to be a universal impera ve
For most companies, ignoring innova on is no longer an op on
But very few succeed at it; in fact, most fail
This is partly because the wrong people are involved WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION? Innovation is often frustrating
Low returns poor discipline
high risk (You’d think CFOs would be in the loop, but they’re not) WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION? Roles CFOs play regarding where to focus innovation efforts
implement decisions voice in decisions
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Deloitte CFO Signals Survey, provide info/analysis 3rd quarter 2013 WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION? Roles CFOs play regarding where to focus innovation efforts
Which industries Implement decisions to enter/exit Lead defini on/process Which customers/ markets to serve Provide info/analysis How to compete Voice in decisions
How to create value
Which businesses to grow/shrink Which businesses to acquire/divest Which measures to track most closely Where to focus cost reduc on efforts Where to focus innova on efforts Where to focus new capability investments Deloi e CFO Signals Survey, 3rd quarter 2013 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION? It’s time to change the way we think and talk about innovation
Economic value for our customers and for ourselves Innovation creating new value
Which is different To our market than inven on or to the world WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION? It’s time to change the way we think and talk about innovation
innovation
high cost (or high risk) WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION? We’ll cover three themes today related to how CFOs can play a more central role in the innovation system
1. 2. 3. To earn superior Look beyond Innova on almost results, manage product innova on never fails due to innova on efforts to impact other lack of crea vity as a por olio and elements of your and almost always engage in analy cs business system fails due to lack of discipline
INNOVATION AS PORTFOLIO Successful innovators manage a portfolio of initiatives across ambitions... See the May 2012 issue TRANSFORMATIONAL of Harvard Business Developing breakthroughs Review for “Innova on
and inven ng things for NEW markets that don’t yet exist for the Risk Averse” by Monitor Innova on
ADJACENT Expanding from exis ng business into “new to the ADJACENT (MARKETS & CUSTOMERS) company” business
CORE Op mizing exis ng products for
EXISTING exis ng customers WHERE TO PLAY
EXISTING INCREMENTAL NEW HOW TO WIN (PRODUCTS & ASSETS)
INNOVATION AS PORTFOLIO The best innovators are explicit about their activity and resources across different ambition levels…
TRANSFORMATIONAL 10%
ADJACENT 70% 20% Average balanced por olio CORE 20% 70% 10%
RETURN ON INVESTMENT INNOVATION AS PORTFOLIO Most companies have portfolios that are heavily core-weighted; trouble comes when they attempt to re-balance
Rebalancing from core to adjacent and transforma onal can be de-risked by: Leapfrogging and § Seeing the future more clearly ge ng directly to TRANSFORMATIONAL § Understanding market needs more deeply
§ Making be er use of innova on examples from elsewhere Really stretching ambi on from § Playing be er with others CORE into far ADJACENT § Developing solu ons that bring the whole power of the business TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION Successful innovators innovate beyond products and integrate multiple types...
Network Process Product System Channel Customer Connec ons Signature Complementary How your offerings Engagement with others to or superior methods products and are delivered to Dis nc ve create value for doing your work services customers and users interac ons you foster
Profit Model Structure Product Service Brand The way in which Alignment Performance Support and Representa on you make money of your talent Dis nguishing features enhancements of your offerings and assets and func onality that surround and business your offerings TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION The top innovators outperform the S&P 500 . . .
5-Year Indexed Stock Price Returns of the Top Innovators vs. S&P 500
200
150 All “top innovators” 138 companies
100 S&P 500
Stock Price (indexed to 100) 50
0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION . . . and integrating more types of innovation delivers superior financial returns
5-Year Indexed Stock Price Returns of the Top Innovators vs. S&P 500
200 5+ Types of Innova on 45 companies 3–4 Types of Innova on 150 59 companies 1–2 Types of Innova on 100 34 companies S&P 500
Stock Price (indexed to 100) 50
0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION Reforming fashion design without designers
Threadless A community-based t-shirt company with an ongoing, open call for design submissions
6 TYPES: TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION Redefining the value chain to provide high-quality housing to the low-income segment
Patrimonio Hoy by Cemex Servicing low-income, rural homebuilders in Mexico
6 TYPES: TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION The Ten Types of Innovation—exploded and explored
Premium Merger/Acquisi on Organiza onal Process Superior Product Complements Try Before You Buy Diversifica on Co-Branding Experience Cost Leadership Consolida on Design Standardiza on Ease of Use Extensions/Plug-ins Guarantee Flagship Store Brand Leverage Automa on Scaled Transac ons Open Innova on Incen ve Systems Localiza on Engaging Product Bundling Loyalty Programs Go Direct Private Label Experience Microtransac ons Secondary Markets IT Integra on Process Efficiency Func onality Modular Systems Added Value Non-Tradi onal Brand Extension Simplifica on Forced Scarcity Supply Chain Competency Center Flexible Safety Product/Service Concierge Channels Component Cura on Subscrip on Integra on Outsourcing Manufacturing Feature Aggrega on Pla orms Total Experience Pop-up Presence Branding Experience Enabling Membership Complementary Corporate Process Automa on Added Func onality Integrated Offering Management Indirect Distribu on Transparency Mastery Installed Base Partnering University Crowdsourcing Performance Supplementary Mul -Level Values Alignment Autonomy and Switchboard Alliances Decentralized On-Demand Simplifica on Service Marke ng Cer fica on Authority Auc on Franchising Management Produc on Environmental Superior Service Cross-selling Community and User-Defined Coope on Knowledge Lean Produc on Sensi vity Personalized Service On-Demand Belonging Freemium Collabora on Management Logis cs Systems Conserva on User Communi es/ Context Specific Personaliza on Flexible Pricing Asset Strategic Design Customiza on Support Systems Experience Center Whimsy and Float Standardiza on Intellectual Property Focus Lease or Loan Personality Financing User Generated Styling Self-Service Status and
Ad-Supported Predic ve Analy cs Recogni on
Licensing Metered Use Bundled Pricing Disaggregate Pricing Risk Sharing
THE TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION Zipcar as a general model ….
Allows people to rent cars by the day or the hour; gas and insurance included
7 TYPES: TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION …for “collaborative consumption”
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7 TYPES using 8 TACTICS: TEN TYPES OF INNOVATION The Ten Types of Innovation and Innovation Ambition
As you increase in your level of ambi on, you need to be more disrup ve to exis ng business models and need to think about layering in more and more innova on types
FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL INNOVATION You will need coordinated innova on across mul ple (4+), interdependent types.
FOR ADJACENT INNOVATION You’ll need innova on within mul ple types (3-4) around a new market offer.
FOR CORE INNOVATION For innova on in the core, you will be innova ng within independent innova on types around exis ng offers aimed at current customers.
SUBSTITUTING DISCIPLINE FOR CREATIVITY Also, different levels of innovation ambition require different people, motivational factors, and support systems
To achieve transforma on—to do different things— an organiza on has to do things differently. TRANSFORMATIONAL Core and adjacent innova on can generally be managed by the exis ng business structures within an organiza on. Transforma onal innova on, however, needs separate leadership and procedures. These different levels of innova on ambi on require CORE and ADJACENT differen a on in four key areas of management: 1. Approach 2. Organization 3. Resources and competencies 4. Metrics and incentives WHAT’S NEXT? CFOs can and should accelerate the company’s journey into innovation
§ Understand where innova on efforts are today
§ Align por olio choices with agreed innova on ambi on
§ Ensure the por olio is appropriately resourced
§ Create a smart metric system and valua on methodology that reflects the ambi on mix
§ Almost always aim for fewer, bolder ini a ves
§ Become a strategic partner to other func ons
WHAT’S NEXT? Become an integrated part of the process Be something other than the Innovation person who says no.
Commercial OperationsOperations CFO R&DR&D Strategy WHAT’S NEXT?
Above all, be a catalyst for change and lead!