Design Thinking (Design Thinking on SCN) is part of a lot of innovation and ideation processes with customers and inside SAP. The design thinking coach is essential to make the design thinking process a success. In today´s digital age, corporate tooling such as SAP Innovation Management can be used to collaborate and ideate before, during and after the design thinking process. In fact SAP Innovation Management can be used prior to design thinking to collect initial ideas. Additionally, SAP Innovation Management can be used to keep the community up to date on the current status of an idea or by just simply posting a comment. Finally, SAP Innovation Management can be used to document the results of the design thinking process and let the resulting ideas to be evaluated remotely.
The infographic about Design Thinking by Marc Dietrich describes the characteristics of a good design thinking coach. As already stated, in the digital age the design thinking coach will prepare, document and share the results of the design thinking process using corporate tooling. This is where SAP Innovation Management comes into play.
How does SAP Innovation Management support the design thinking coach?
SAP Innovation Management allows the coach to get feedback on the idea or the overall topic, as users can give comments. Comments can be received upon a specific campaign (topic of innovation to which employees, partners and customers are invited to contribute) or upon submitted ideas. By receiving this feedback, the coach becomes attentive either regarding a particular idea or regarding all aspects of a particular topic. The coach can be collaborative on particular ideas by inviting co-authors and by responding to comments and driving a discussion digitally with colleagues, partners and customers at remote locations and across time zones. Contributing to the system will increase the knowledge foodprint of the coach in SAP Innovation Management. As consequence he will appear in the expert finder as a suitable candidate for particular topics, he/she has worked previously in campaigns and ideas. By this he/she will be more recognized as an experienced individual. SAP Innovation Management helps the coach to be facilitative by sending notifications upon status updates and progress to interested users. Coaches can thereby easily keep the desired level of interaction and engage with others. Coaches can be experimental, as submitting a new idea and advancing existing ones is really easy, for instance using the mobile app for SAP Innovation Management. In general the Innovation Community is the entry point to see and experience the full range of creativity and mindfulness of colleagues, partners and customers. This keeps the coach empathetic, curious and optimistic.
This is a post of the Let´s talk SAP Innovation Management, which shall drive discussion about innovation management inside and outside of SAP. We are very keen on getting your thoughts and feedback in all aspects of innovation management.
All articles of the Let´s Talk SAP Innovation Management Series can be found here.
About SAP Innovation Management
The SAP Innovation Management solution helps companies foster innovation, capture it, and effectively and rapidly turn it into value generating initiatives that deliver continued industry leadership.
Comprising unique products, services, processes, methodologies, and governance, the SAP Innovation Management solution helps establish a sustainable creative culture that overcomes departmental silos and unleashes the power of innovation.
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