innovative organization

QFD at Lexus

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.

Continuous Improvement

This resource contains an overview of continuous improvement and some key tools associated with this approach Click to view case study: to come

3M

This case study looks at 3M and how it manages innovation. Click to view case study. 3M

Corning

This case looks at Corning and how the company has built a strong position through innovation management over many decades Click to view case study: Corning-Glass

Coloplast

Click to view case study: coloplast case updated version

AMP Components

This case explores the way in which a major manufacturing company introduced significant change in its business and provides a good example fo the challenges of change management Click here to view http://www.managing-innovation.com/case_studies/AMP%20Componants.pdf

Innovation in Law Firms

Ask most people to name a few sectors which are highly innovative and the chances are you’ll find the usual suspects – pharmaceuticals, aerospace, medical electronics, computer games and so on. But turn the question to those sectors for whom innovation is most important – and the list may change. In particular there are many

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Emma Taylor – Denso Systems

In this video Emma Taylor of Denso Systems talks about some of the challenges in empowering and enabling employees to become part of a sustained innovation effort across the organization.