Eastville community shop This is an example of social entrepreneurship in action and explores the motivations and experiences of a group who set up a local community shop. There is also an activity linked to this case
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Activity: Exploring social entrepreneurship
This activity is based on the Eastville Community Shop case study. It is designed to explore aspects of creating and operating a social enterprise. Click here: Social entrepreneurship Activity
Innovation family trees
This is an activity to help explore sources of innovation. Click here: Innovation family trees 1
Harvesting knowledge crops activity
This is an activity based on the idea of using core competencies as a source of opportunity for innovation. Click here for Harvesting knowledge crops activity
Bubble charts
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
Activity – Competence enhancing and competence destroying innovation
Competence enhancing and destroying innovation. This is an activity designed to explore patterns of innovation over time and across industries.
Uses for ….
This is a simple activity designed to demonstrate the potential of individual and group creativity. Uses for …
Strategic advantage through knowledge
This case explores the example of Torotrak, a business founded on breakthrough technology but still trying to secure a strong competitive position through the careful deployment of that knowledge. Click for the case and related activity. Torotrak case and activity 2014
Innovation Fitness Test
This self-assessment framework is designed to help organizations reflect on how well placed they are to deal with the challenges of managing innovation. How well do they search, select and implement? How do they handle the challenges of building linkages into new innovation space and reframing the approaches which they take to innovation? Do they
Architectural and component innovation
Innovations can be ‘architectural’ – changes in the ways different things are put together into a whole system. Examples might be a motor car, a mobile phone business, a hospital. And innovations can also be at the ‘component’ level – the parts which go into those systems – for example, the engine, brakes, fuel tank,

Activities
- Using the 4Ps approach to explore innovation space
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- 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

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