13 Capturing Learning from Innovation

Innovation fitness test – a tool to help scoring

Posted on January 25th, 2016 by John Bessant

This is a framework developed by colleagues in Canada which helps with using the Innovation Fitness test framework.   Click here for the tool: InnovationAuditScoring-V3

Unipart’s approach to improving productivity

Posted on May 15th, 2015 by John Bessant

May 13, 2015 : FT industry editor Peggy Hollinger talks to John Neill, chief executive of Unipart, about the logistics group’s methods for improving productivity, including a ‘university’ and ‘faculties on the floor’ for continuous training and monitoring.

James Dyson

Posted on March 17th, 2015 by John Bessant

This is a case study highlighting some of the challenges in developing and then growing an entrepreneurial business. Dyson Case Study

Activity – Innovation Management Project

Posted on January 10th, 2015 by John Bessant

Innovation Management Project  This is a team-based activity built around a ‘live’ consulting assignment looking at ways to help organizations improve some aspect of their innovation management.

Self-test quizzes

Posted on December 7th, 2014 by John Bessant

These are some quick interactive self-test quizzes covering various themes. Introduction to innovation Social innovation and entrepreneurship Globalization Building innovative organizations Sources of innovation Discontinuous innovation Searching for opportunities Innovation networks Developing new products and services Starting new ventures Knowledge and intellectual property Creating value and growing ventures Learning to manage innovation      

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Reflection and audit frameworks

Posted on December 6th, 2014 by John Bessant

These are tools to help build innovation management capability Innovation fitness test Absorptive capacity audit High involvement innovation audit SPOTS framework

Absorptive capacity audit

Posted on December 4th, 2014 by John Bessant

Absorptive capacity audit.  This is a self-assessment tool to help explore absorptive capacity within an organization.

Activity – identifying innovative capabilities

Posted on November 30th, 2014 by John Bessant

This activity helps explore the idea of building and exploiting innovative capabilities

Electroco

Posted on October 21st, 2014 by John Bessant

Electroco This is a case study of a large electrical company which looks at their innovation capability mapped against the framework model.

SPOTS – an audit framework for new product or service development

Posted on October 15th, 2014 by John Bessant

SPOTS audit.  This is a tool to help explore new product or service development.