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Our new blog<\/a> tells stories of innovation, change management and value creation.<\/p>\n

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The article you are reading is part of an innovation effort. <\/span>Let me explain my first sentence, but first, presentations!<\/span><\/p>\n

My name is Chiara Scesa and I lead the general practice of Human centered Design at <\/span>Growens<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I entered this incredible company in September 2019 and I was \u201cthe first of my species\u201d, the first Design lead<\/strong> in this context. We will get into detail later \u2014 for now, let it be enough for you to know that the person talking to you has the goal to push (more formally, innovate) the design practice in order to promote innovation at wider scales.<\/span><\/p>\n

What innovation is at Growens<\/b><\/h2>\n

Innovation at Growens is the key factor<\/strong> for sustained growth, economic viability, and increased well-being of its people. In short, it is the only way for our context to develop.<\/span><\/p>\n

The innovation capabilities of our Group include the ability to understand and respond to changing conditions of its contexts, to pursue new opportunities, and to leverage the knowledge and creativity of people within the organization, also in collaboration with external entities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Design methodologies and technology applications<\/strong> are cornerstones of this approach towards managing change in a number of contexts (products, services, processes, models, businesses, methods\u2026) and redistributing value.<\/span><\/p>\n

Telling your stories of innovation<\/b><\/h2>\n

Why is this article about Design practice part of an innovation effort?<\/span><\/p>\n

At Growens the Design practice has an understanding<\/strong> of the organization and the stakeholders, has a scope, leadership, vision, a strategy, policies, roles and responsibilities, has a plan to achieve objectives, operations, a performance evaluation and, last but not least, includes support and improvement activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

All the elements we listed for the Design practice are also present when considering the management of an innovation system<\/strong>: context of the organization, leadership, planning, support, operations, performance evaluation, improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you see how close you as a professional are to innovation efforts every time you embark in an activity that has the intentional potential to change an old situation to create new value? Can you see now how much innovation you have been doing in your daily work? <\/span><\/p>\n

You and your teams innovate every time you do these steps: you understand the context you want to change, you define the strategy and the plan to change that context and then find the right support, the right operations, and the right performance evaluations. You innovate not just when you succeed<\/strong> in the activity, you innovate also when, after failing, you find improvements to be done in a previous change effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

With this blog we will offer you demonstrations and case studies<\/strong> of innovation efforts within Growens. We will present examples of innovation efforts<\/strong> powered by design methods and technology capabilities in order to give our colleagues and external professionals the awareness of what innovation means for us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our innovation principles<\/b><\/h2>\n

Innovation is not just about flying cars or teleportation: at Growens it can be about a new way of working, a new data visualization dashboard, a new product feature or a new North Star metric<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a few bullet points, this is what Innovation means for Growens:<\/span><\/p>\n