Jobs to be done
Theory to Practice
Why do so many innovation projects fail? What are the root causes of failure? How can they be avoided? Since 1990, Tony Ulwick has pioneered an innovation process that answers these questions. In 1999, Tony introduced Clayton Christensen to the idea that “people have underlying needs or processes in their lives, that they are addressing in some way right now”—an insight that was to become Jobs-to-be-Done Theory.
The Role of Ethnographic Research
Many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies have embraced ethnographic research as a means for gathering customer insights. Unfortunately, some are unintentionally misusing it in ways that are subverting and derailing their innovation process. Like any tool, ethnographic research has its limitations. Strategyn understands how to use ethnographic research effectively and has incorporated it into its Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI) process. Used with quantitative research, ethnographic research leads to the insights needed to be successful at innovation.
Building a Customer-Centric Culture of Innovation
Companies understand the value of becoming customer-centric, but the transformation is challenging. In our engagements with Fortune 1000 companies, we have been asked many times, "How do you build a customer-centric culture of innovation in a company that historically has been idea or technology driven?" In this paper, Tony Ulwick offers guidance for doing just that. Our approach, which is based on 24 years of experience and has a track record of success, is proven to deliver the greatest impact in the shortest time.
What is Outcome-Driven Innovation®?
ODI is a strategy and innovation process built around the theory that people buy products and services to get jobs done. It links a company's value creation activities to customer-defined metrics – a truly revolutionary concept in the field. With an 86 percent success rate, ODI helps companies to make product and marketing decisions that ensure the growth of core markets and the successful entry into adjacent and new markets.
Outcome-Driven Innovation®
Nearly all companies face the same challenge: they must innovate to grow, but their innovation process fails them. Why? Because they use a hodgepodge of hit-or-miss innovation practices that are unreliable or just don’t work. That’s why we spent the last 21 years creating Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI) — a strategy and innovation process built around the theory that people buy products and services to get a "job" done.
Using ODI, we have worked with some of the world’s leading companies to launch some of the fastest-growing products. Our patented process works because it links value creation activities to customer-defined metrics, yielding a success rate that is five times the industry average.
Outcome-Driven Innovation is a different, effective, and predictable way to innovate and grow.
It is a breakthrough in innovation.
Turn Customer Input into Innovation
Lots of companies ask customers what they'd like to see in new products and services - but they go about it all wrong. A new methology for capturing customer input promises to galvanize the innovation process.
Outcome-Based Segmentation
Most companies segment their markets—but few have used segmentation to proactively gain a disruptive foothold into new markets. A new approach to segmentation offers companies a better way to formulate their market, product and branding strategies.
Silence the Voice of the Customer
Focus on the “job-to-be-done” and create breakthrough products and services
Over the past 30 years, voice-of-the-customer experts have led companies to believe that it is impossible to know all their customers’ needs. They contend that customers can’t articulate their needs, and that customers have latent needs—or needs they don’t know they have. What if it turns out that this thinking is wrong? Here is the answer: instead of failing 80 percent of the time, companies will succeed in their innovation efforts 86 percent of the time. How do we know this? Because over the past 20 years we have created and refined an innovation process called Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) that invalidates this old thinking. In addition, a ten-year track record study reveals that when the world’s most respected companies silence the voice of the customer and gather the right inputs for the innovation process, they experience an 86 percent success rate. This is a complete turn-around in the innovation industry. Learn how thinking about customer needs from a "jobs-to-be-done" perspective enables companies to create winning growth strategies and breakthrough products and services.
Markt- und Technologieorientierung - Outcome-Driven Innovation® als Ansatz zur ganzheitlichen Integration der Kundenorientierung in das Unternehmen
Erfolgreiche Unternehmen haben eine ausbalanciert starke Markt- und Technologieorientierung. Die Umsetzung in konkrete Projekte ist jedoch oft schwierig. Marktgetriebene Innovationsprojekte auf der Basis von Verbesserungsvorschlägen der Kunden beinhalten oftmalig nur geringe Innovationen und geringes Marktpotenzial. Technologiegetriebene Innovationen beinhalten hingegen die Gefahr am Markt abgelehnt zu werden. Die Frage ist wie diese beiden strategischen Grundorientierungen am effektivsten zusammengeführt werden können. Hierzu wird die Outcome-Driven Innovation Methode (ODI) vorgestellt. Sie erhebt systematisch Kundenbedürfnisse, die den Ausgangspunkt aller F&E- und Marktbearbeitungsaktivitäten darstellen. Die ODI-Ergebnisse helfen Kundenbedürfnisse richtig zu verstehen und technische Lösungen nach ihrem Beitrag zum Kundennutzen zu beurteilen. Dadurch wird der Erfolg von Innovationsprojekten besser prognostizierbar und das Risiko von Misserfolgen reduziert. Aus strategischer Sicht ermöglicht der Ansatz durch den Aufbau eines gemeinsamen Kundenverständnisses die Aktivitäten von F&E, Marketing und Vertrieb aufeinander auszurichten.