Supply chain learning This deep dive explores the theme of shared learning and innovation across supply chains and suggests that the competitive advantage of firms like Toyota owes much to sustained implmentation of this approach
strategy
Deep dive – Servitization
Servitization This deep dive explores the growing shift towards a service economy with even large scale manufacturers changing their approach.
Exploring innovation space
In this video John Bessant talks about using the 4Ps approach to help explore innovation space
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.
Armin Rau, interview transcript
This is a transcript of an interview with Armin Rau, Strategy Partner of Sicap. The interview can be found here Armin Rau transcript
Competitiveness profiling activity
This is an activity based on using the CP tool to explore strategic options for innovation.
Risk assessment matrix
This is a tool to help in selection decisions around innovation. Risk-Assessment-Matrix
Benchmarking in the global automobile industry
Benchmarking in the automobile industry This case provides an illustration of benchmarking. The particular project it describes led to the emergence of ‘lean thinking’ as an approach which has had major impact in manufacturing, service and the public sector.
Helen King interview transcript
This is a transcript of the interview with Helen King talking about the use of futures techniques for the Irish food industry. helen King Tobias Rooney interview You can find the interview here
Activity – Developing a business case
activity developing the business case

Activities

Cases

Deeper Dives
- Sector Innovation Patterns
- Search strategies for peripheral vision
- Responsible innovation framework
- Policy Deployment Cases
- Intelligent design
- High involvement innovation – deep dive
- Deep dive: Frugal innovation
- Deep dive – Supply chain learning
- Deep dive – Servitization
- Deep dive – Open and user led innovation – OUI
