This report looks at how a variety of companies and public sector organizations are exploring at the edges of their environment. It describes experiences with a wide range of search strategies to help identify and anticipate discontinuous innovation. Click here to access the report: Twelve searchstrategies
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Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia (INdT), Brazil
This case looks at the work of an independent research centre in Brazil, originally founded by Nokia and still providing an important channel for new ideas for the company. It has developed a strong focus on user-linked innovation and operates a Living Lab as a co-creation facility exploring innovation needs for the Amazonas region. Click
Meltdown in the ice industry
This short case looks at the challenge of discontinuous innovation in the 19th century ice harvesting industry. Click here to access:Ice industry case
Building BRICS – Innovation capabilities in China
This case looks at building innovation capabilities in the Chinese context. Click here to view:Building BRICs – Innovation Capabilities in China
Spot the ball
Click to access the resource: Spot the ball
Rich pictures
Click to access the resource: Rich pictures activity
The Innovation Management Toolkit
There are nearly one hundred tools available in the Toolkit – to access these please click on the link above.
Frank Piller on mass customization
In this video interview Frank Piller talks about some of the challenges in exploiting the new ‘mass customization’ opportunities and the implication of the ‘3D printing ‘revolution’ for business models. Frank Piller interview
Welcome from the Authors
Welcome to the Innovation Portal. The idea behind the Innovation Portal is to provide a rich set of online resources to support learning about managing innovation. We’ve included case studies, an innovation toolkit, various kinds of media resource and a wide range of exercises and activities to help explore this subject and we’ll update them