Ten common patterns of companies that successfully manage very innovative and disruptive projects. What can we learn from them?

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Ten common patterns of companies that successfully manage very innovative and disruptive projects. What can we learn from them?

Nov08

Context

Highly innovative and disruptive projects are dynamic, changing, contain new features or approaches and are built incrementally. It is possible that nobody has even worked on it before, but it has the potential to completely transform the market and the way of life that has been known up to that point.

Analyzing and deconstructing different examples of companies managing innovative projects successfully, the author has identified ten common patterns that can provide a solid guide to effectively manage such dynamic disruptive innovation projects and contribute to make them come true:

Small project, small team, and controlled environment at all times.
Release and unleash creativity to go beyond the current status quo.
Develop the project close to headquarters for easy access to knowledge and resources.
Involve internal employees for testing and feedback.
Patience and persistence are essential to achieve truly innovative results.
Test thoroughly before launching on a large scale.
Constantly innovate while keeping the cost of change low.
Deploy gradually, step-ty-step and progressively.
Agile methodologies to advance gradually and quickly adapt to uncertainty.
Re-evaluate budgets, teams, equipment and strategies as progress is made.

Conclusion

Highly innovative and disruptive projects are, by nature, novel and very dynamic as they seek to go beyond what it is available.

To achieve this, innovation must be channeled and managed properly; it is not simply a matter of having ideas, but of making them a reality.

These ten common patterns identified and deconstructed by the author can provide the solid framework needed to manage such disruptive innovation projects effectively.

By Manuel Ancizu

Keywords: Innovation, Change Management, Project Management

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