7 Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Responsible innovation framework

Posted on January 11th, 2015 by John Bessant

This framework has been developed by Richard Owen and colleagues and is designed to enable discussion and exploration around the key theme of responsible innovation.

Stage gate methods

Posted on January 9th, 2015 by John Bessant

Stage-Gate-Models

Risk assessment matrix

Posted on December 5th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is a tool to help in selection decisions around innovation.  Risk-Assessment-Matrix

Activity – Developing a business case

Posted on December 1st, 2014 by John Bessant

activity developing the business case

Natura

Posted on September 28th, 2014 by John Bessant

Natura case.  This is a case of a Brazilian company which has grown significantly on the back of providing sustainable cosmetics products and related services.

Bubble charts

Posted on June 23rd, 2014 by Sarah Booth

Bubble charts offer a useful tool to help with innovation selection.  You can find a description of the tool and an activity based on this here Bubble charts activity  

Kodak – Leveraging Knowledge Assets

Posted on September 25th, 2013 by wiley-admin

Leveraging knowledge assets to create new innovation space within Kodak Click to view case study: Kodak – Leveraging Knowledge Assets

QFD at Lexus

Posted on September 3rd, 2013 by John Bessant

This activity involves using QFD – quality function deployment – to explore innovation in the luxury car maker, Lexus. Lexus QFD Case For more information on QFD see the Innovation Toolkit.

Gunfire at Sea

Posted on June 17th, 2013 by wiley-admin

This is a famous case study which highlights the challenges of introducing radical ideas into established organizations. Click to view: http://cs.gmu.edu/cne/pjd/TT/Sims/Sims.pdf http://www.pdfone.com/download/3_the-innovator-s-way-essential-practices-of-successful-innovation/gunfire-at-sea-a-case-study-of-innovation.html

Radical Innovation – making the right bets

Posted on June 17th, 2013 by wiley-admin

This report looks at approaches adopted by European organizations to deal with the challenge of selection under conditions of high uncertainty Click to view case study: 9835 AIM Radical Innovation You can also download this report – and many others on the innovation theme – from the AIM website AIM website and search through their

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