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

17 Learning to Manage Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Responsible innovation framework
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.
Activity – Innovation Management Project
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
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
Reflection and audit frameworks
These are tools to help build innovation management capability Innovation fitness test Absorptive capacity audit High involvement innovation audit SPOTS framework
Absorptive capacity audit
Absorptive capacity audit. This is a self-assessment tool to help explore absorptive capacity within an organization.
Activity – identifying innovative capabilities
This activity helps explore the idea of building and exploiting innovative capabilities
Electroco
Electroco This is a case study of a large electrical company which looks at their innovation capability mapped against the framework model.
Activity: Innovation isn’t easy
innovation isn’t easy This is an activity designed to explore some of the difficulties in making innovation happen.
SPOTS – an audit framework for new product or service development
SPOTS audit. This is a tool to help explore new product or service development.

Activities
- Using the 4Ps approach to explore innovation space
- Uses for ….
- Uses for …
- TRIZ
- The Way We Do Things Around Here
- Success and Failure in Innovation
- Strategic planning for implementation
- Strategic advantage through knowledge
- Strategic advantage through innovation
- SPOTS – an audit framework for new product or service development

Cases

Deeper Dives
