S2E40: Ray Fleming - How Microsoft reignited their innovation mindset

In today's episode, we speak with Ray Fleming, the Higher Education Director for Microsoft Australia. We speak about how Microsoft went from losing its status as a worldwide innovator to rediscovering what it takes for innovation to succeed at a large, well-established company. See the full original episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1pI Topics discussed in this episode: 00:01:30 - How to connect technology to business purpose 00:02:30 - How Satya Nadella joining as Microsoft's CEO completely changed the company culture in the past 5 years 00:04:15 - Why having someone from engineering and product development leading the company changed their outlook towards solving new problems 00:06:00 - Moving from a company of Know-it-Alls to an organisation of Learn-it-Alls, which allowed Microsoft's team members to take more risks and move faster 00:08:15 - When you were an Enterprise Service provider, you couldn't afford to Move Fast and Break Things. However, now Microsoft has changed the way they iteratively release products 00:10:00 - How Microsoft put their solutions on other people's platforms because that is what the consumers wanted 00:13:15 - What it took for culture to change. One way was to embed continuous learning 00:15:15 - How becoming a data-led decision-making organisation allowed them to make the right decisions. This helped to move away from HiPPOs. 00:19:00 - How academic models need to change in order to provide skills of the future 00:21:00 - To demonstrate the importance of a culture of innovation, start from the top. Have senior leadership communicate what they are doing to continually learn and try new things. Links discussed in this episode: Ray's Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayfleming/  Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/all-access-pass-insider-secrets/ * Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2 * Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr * Subscribe on Google Play to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifjlz5o2w27yr4wn7belsne26oq?t%3DIdea_to_Value_-_Creativity_and_Innovation%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Want to rapidly validate new ideas and innovative products and GROW your online business? These are the tools I actually use to run my online businesses (and you can too): * The best email management and campaigns system: ActiveCampaign (Free Trial) http://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M17NLG2X  * Best value web hosting: BlueHost WordPress http://www.activecampaign.com/?_r=M17NLG2X  * Landing pages, Sales Pages and Lead collection: LeadPages (Free Trial) http://leadpages.pxf.io/c/1385771/390538/5673  * Sharing & List building: Sumo (Free) https://sumo.com/?src=partner_ideatovalue  * Payments, Shopping Cart, affiliate management and Upsell generator: ThriveCart https://improvides--checkout.thrivecart.com/thrivecart-standard-account/  * Video Webinars for sales: WebinarJam and Everwebinar ($1 Trial) https://nickskillicorn.krtra.com/t/lwIBaKzMP1oQ  * Membership for protecting content: Membermouse (Free Trial) http://affiliates.membermouse.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=735  * eLearning System for students: WP Courseware https://flyplugins.com/?fly=293  * Video Editing: Techsmith Camtasia http://techsmith.z6rjha.net/vvGPv  I have used all of the above products myself to build IdeatoValue and Improvides, which is why I can confidently recommend them. I may also receive affiliate payments for any business I bring to them using the links above. Copyright https://www.ideatovalue.com