This is a toolkit developed by Henning Breuer and Florian Lüdeker-Freund designed to help explore and develop values-based innovation businesses. Henning 2017_Toolkit_Download_Instructions It links to their book on the topic which you can find details of here.
Tools
Innovation fitness test – a tool to help scoring
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
Storytelling
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Ethnography
Ethnography One of the problems with market research is that asking people questions about their preferences, wishes and needs may not give the full picture. For many reasons people often say something different to how they actually behave. For this reason a useful addition to the market research toolkit is ethnography. This is a
Exploring innovation space
In this video John Bessant talks about using the 4Ps approach to help explore innovation space
Mind-Mapping
Mind-mapping is a powerful tool to help explore problems and assist search for patterns and connections. You can find a brief explanation here And more details here.
5 whys
5 whys This simple but powerful tool can help strip away the apparent problem to get through to the root problem which is the one we need to solve.
How to statements
How to statements A useful tool in creative problem solving is the ‘how to’ statement which provides a powerful way of reframing the problem. For example, consider the problem of a city council concerned with the amount of graffiti being scrawled on bridges, walls, trains and other surfaces. It regularly receives
Deming Wheel (PDCA cycle)
The Deming Wheel (PDCA cycle) W. Edwards Deming was one of the architects of the quality revolution which transformed the shape of manufacturing and then service industry in the late 20th century. His pioneering work on how quality could be managed as a system originally developed in the USA but it was in
Metaphor
Metaphor is a powerful tool for generating fresh insights in creative problem-solving. It helps us ‘get out of the box’ in our thinking and offers new perspectives on problems we are trying to solve. See also analogy, brainstorming