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Innovation Magazine – April 2017 Innovation Magazine ISSUE – April 2017 Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017 Content1. The Innovation Process2. Innovation Awareness Campaign3. Ideas UK Accreditation – our performance4. Dubai Financial Market representative benchmark visit to DED5. Innovation Challenge – Lateral Thinking6. May activities and events7. Upcoming international awarding conferences8. April figures Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017 Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017The Innovation ProcessUsually people tend to associate “innovation” with creativityand flashes of inspiration, however, in reality mostinnovations come as a result of a disciplined, planned andmanaged process. This means that innovation is approachedlike any project: setting objectives, defining phases andtimelines, evaluating effectiveness and providing thenecessary human and/or financial resources.Traditionally, policy development has often been a linearprocess of analyzing problems in an abstract way anddeveloping plans to tackle them as defined by a limited groupof experts at a certain entity. The complex challenge of ourmodern world call for a different approach to policy making,which is more agile and experimental.Today, citizens are placed at the heart of the policy, processand service development operation; they are the mainstakeholders and they are involved at the beginning of theprocess so they can contribute to finding the appropriatesolutions through their expectations and experiences. Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017 Source: Mohammed Bin Rashed Centre for Government InnovationInnovation Awareness CampaignThrough a series of meetings organized by the InnovationTeam, Mr. Ali Ibrahim initiated the April 20 meeting with theCommercial Compliance and Consumer Protection seniormanagement on the importance of focusing on innovativeideas and keeping away from traditional ideas.He also stressed the need to support innovative initiativesthat improves government services and that contribute toaddressing the economic challenges in order to achieve DED’svision.Ideas UK Accreditation - our performanceSection Performance Certification level:Finance and Regulation 90.00% Platinum 90 – 100%Scheme rules and processes 93.33% Gold 75 – 89%Organization 88.57% Silver 60 – 75%Senior management and resource 77.14% Bronze 40 – 59%supportCommunication and publicity 86.67%Reward and recognition 88.00%Performance and reporting 65.00%Management information 80.00% Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017Continuous improvement and 96.00%developmentTraining and development 100.00%Total 86.54%Ideas UK Accreditation program is a way for organizations togive both internal and external prominence to theiremployee innovation scheme. The Accreditation processsubjects our employee innovation program to an externalassessment by Ideas UK. An end-to-end review of theprogram is carried out and guidance given on areas ofstrength and where to focus improvement efforts.The next accreditation visit will be conducted in October.We look forward to achieve great results and attain thePlatinum level.Dubai Financial Market representative benchmark visit to DEDA delegation from the DubaiFinancial Market visited theInnovation Team for the purpose ofbenchmarking and identifying thebest practices of ideas managementsystem and the methodology used,presenting the innovation strategyand plans as well as the aspects ofcooperation between the twoparties. Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017 Innovation Challenge – Lateral ThinkingWe do not always see what is right in front of us. We may seewhat we want to see or are predisposed to see. We may beconvinced that what we are seeing is all that there is to see.But perhaps - unaware - we are looking from the wrong angleor even in the wrong direction.There are always more than one way of looking at problems.It can be easy to overlook the most productive or creative wayof tackling things.Lateral thinking is a set of strategies for changing the way welook at the world, for finding unexpected solutions, forthinking in new directions. One of the keys to the approach isunderstanding perception - how and why we see things in aparticular way and how to shift perspective. How to see thingslaterally or sideways? Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017The Challenge: The Chief Inspector found this note in a hotelroom of very well known wanted criminal. From it he was ableto work out his next destination. Where was he heading? Participate and email your answers to [email protected] The deadline for receiving your answers is on Monday 24 May 2017 at 2:30 pm The draw will be for 2 winners Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017Awarding Ceremony for Ideas Implemented4th of May, Smart Lounge, Ground floorTime: 10 am – 11 amIdeas ArabiaFour Seasons Resort Dubai, Jumeirah Beach Participating in international awarding conferences Application deadline 31 May 2017 Application deadline 16 June 2017Email nomination form and supporting documents [email protected] We will review thedocuments with you before submission, kindly contact NoufAlFalasi on 5357 for any further details and inquires Statistics April 2017 Number of Feasible suggestions submitted from employees Number of Feasible suggestions submitted from customers Innovation Team

Innovation Magazine – April 2017Most Suggested Employees April 2017# of suggestions Sector Name of Employee6 Dubai Exports Mohammed Al Sayed6 CCCP Abdulrahman Al hamadi3 BRL Aref Elshaer3 Corporate Strategy Sector Buthaina Almulla3 Corporate Strategy Sector Sumaya Al Ahmad3 Corporate Strategy Sector Sumaya Essa Innovation Team