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Resources
The following original White Papers, articles and
presentations describe InnovationPoint's perspective on various
aspects of Strategic Innovation. To be notified when additional
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Growth Strategy Resources
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White Paper: A Framework for Strategic
Innovation
Core paper on the
principles, methodologies and application of the Strategic
Innovation approach. Paper highlights
the key elements of industry foresight, customer and consumer
insight, core competencies and capabilities, and strategic
alignment in driving new growth opportunities. |
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The Future of
Service Business Innovation
This report highlights key mega-trends and emerging
business models for driving growth in the global service
economy. Examples of both well-known and little-known
companies that represent forerunners in service innovation
within their respective industries highlight various trends,
business models and strategies. The research for this report
was conducted in part through funding by Tekes, the national
funding agency for innovation in Finland. |
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Strategic
Imagination ~ external Thought Leaders inspire Breakthrough
Innovation
Innovation
efforts often deliver only incremental ideas and fail to
identify longer-term growth platforms. An organization's
inwardly-focused and historically-biased view of the world
limits its capacity for strategic imagination. Bringing in
fresh, future-oriented perspectives from outside the
organization is an essential catalyst for innovative, stretch
thinking. |
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Harnessing Consumer Inspiration in New Product
Innovation
The
conventional wisdom that consumers can't innovate is being
turned on its head. Having traditionally engaged consumers
primarily to validate new product concepts some companies are
now experimenting with new ways to solicit consumer insights
and ideas to jump-start the fuzzy front end of the innovation
process. |
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Discontinuous Innovation and
the Growth Paradox
The power of discontinuous innovation can
present significant threats or opportunities. Visionary
organizations understand the four different types of
discontinuous innovation, and leverage specific strategies to
identify breakthrough new business opportunities
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Dislocations - Drivers of Industry Evolution and
Corporate Growth
Industry dislocations
emerge - suddenly or over a period of time - and can be
leveraged to create White Space growth opportunities
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Technology Lifecycles, Market Adoption, and
Strategic Innovation
The
relationship between product lifecycles and market adoption -
and the rationale for taking a Strategic Innovation
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Innovation Capability-Building Resources
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Organizational Models for Innovation
Several different
organizational models can be put in place to drive innovation
across an enterprise, including Venture Boards, Innovation
Councils, Ambidextrous Organizations, Open Innovation Networks
and cross-group solution teams. |
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Innovation Metrics for Driving
Growth
Metrics drive both
behavior and results. Without the right metrics, great ideas
often flounder. Through establishing innovation-focused
metrics, it becomes possible to drive innovation strategically
across the enterprise. |
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Ambidextrous
Organizations
Creating an autonomous "business within a
business" with different organizational structure is an
effective way of fostering innovation in a mature
enterprise |
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Creating a
Culture of Innovation
Every organization has a culture, and many have
"sub-cultures" that are created by individual leaders.
When it comes to innovation, the extent to which culture
supports or hinders innovation can often be
the single biggest factor in an organization's
long-term success. |
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Strategy-Structure Alignment
An enterprise can
effectively execute upon its business strategy only if
organizational structure is appropriately designed.
Strategy-Structure Alignment is a systematic methodology for
ensuring that organizational design and business strategy are
in sync. |
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Don't Start with
Creativity Training
Organizations sometimes introduce broad-based
"innovation and creativity training" to help employees think
differently. But there are alternatives to this long and often
disappointing road. |
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