Workbook series Transformation and Innovation

From Idea to Impact

Lean innovation for departments in SMEs, corporates and public organisations: check an initiative early, before budget, team and committees are tied up.

Understand the problem and the people involved.

Test assumptions quickly and cheaply.

Convince the committee with evidence.

Free15 pages6 modulesWorksheets & 90 day plan

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Cover of the workbook “From Idea to Impact”

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Five pages from the workbook: real worksheets, checklists and tools, in German. You get the complete 15 page PDF by email.

Workbook page “Problem before solution” with the four checking questions pain, frequency, workarounds and willingness to invest

p. 3Problem before solutionTap to enlarge

Workbook page “Who really decides?” with the power and interest matrix and the four roles in the decision path

p. 5Who really decides?Tap to enlarge

Workbook page “Riskiest assumption first” with desirability, feasibility, viability and the test card

p. 7Riskiest assumption firstTap to enlarge

Workbook page “Your decision paper” with the decision rule continue, pivot or stop

p. 12Your decision paperTap to enlarge

Workbook page “Your 90 day plan” with four phases from problem to decision

p. 14Your 90 day planTap to enlarge

What you will have in hand afterwards

Your problem check with four questions.

Your stakeholder map with your most important supporter.

Your top 3 assumptions with test card and interview guide.

A decision paper for your committee: continue, pivot or stop.

A 90 day plan from idea to decision.

What is inside, module by module

1
Understanding the problemProblem check with four test questions
pp. 3 to 4
2
Who really decides?Stakeholder map and supporters
pp. 5 to 6
3
Testing assumptionsTop 3 assumptions and test card
pp. 7 to 8
4
Talking to those affectedInterview guide for five conversations
pp. 9 to 10
5
Evidence for the decisionEvidence ladder and decision paper
pp. 11 to 12
6
Pilot in operationA 90 day pilot as an experiment with a frame
p. 13
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Implementation: 90 day planFour phases from idea to decision
p. 14

The workbook is written in German. You get it as a PDF attached to an email. Fill it in on screen or print it out.

Working as a founder on a business idea? Then the workbook Evidence over Gut Feeling fits. If you want to go deeper with your team: Innovation with Running Lean training.

The workbooks use my magic formula for impact, the W-Formel: W = (E + A) × (I + S) × Z.

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From Idea to Impact

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What you will have in hand afterwards

What is inside, module by module

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