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Innovation at How we built the world’s largest collaboration network @daniel_iversen

How to unlock the power of innovation?

1-10% success rate in mature organizations Clayton Christensen estimates the failure rate to be over 90%, and a study by the Corporate Strategy Board suggests it may be as high as 99%

Approaches to innovation Ivory Tower Models Suggestion Box Models Soup Model

Critical areas for sustained innovation at Dropbox Explicit values culture Give everyone context Set expectations

Create explicit values culture Company Values Product Design Engineering Values Values

Create explicit values culture Company Values 1. Be worthy of trust 2. We not I 3. Aim higher 4. Sweat the details Product Design Values Engineering Values 1. Get to simple 1. Master your craft 2. Useful, then valuable, then profitable 2. Focus on impact 3. Meet people where they are 3. Own it

Give everyone context Building the product we want Feedback & context silos Open & transparent culture

Set expectations 1 Innovation is 80% bottom-up 2 #OwnIt 3 #BeWorthyOfTrust 4 Explicit creative freedom

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3 Intense act of learning

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5 A shared act of creative freedom

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Defined by the impossible An immersive reality Intense act of learning Defies the status quo A shared act of freedom

~30% of our product roadmap comes from Hack Week projects

Be clear about your values Innovate from the bottom Empower, Enable and Reward Transparency, context and clear expectations

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