This is a tool to help in selection decisions around innovation. Risk-Assessment-Matrix
Innovation strategy
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.
Responsible innovation framework
Innovation is not always for the best and sometimes changes which seem positive at the time turn out to have hidden or unexpected consequences. Richard Owen and colleagues have been looking at this challenge and have developed a framework for thinking about ‘responsible innovation’. You can find a link to the (open access) core article
Strategy toolkit
This toolkit gives some examples of tools which can help in developing an innovation strategy
Paper aeroplane activity
The paper aeroplane exercise is a simple activity to help explore issues around innovation types, strategy and management.
Opportunities at the bottom of the pyramid, C.K. Prahalad
This is a video of a talk given at Maastricht School of Management in 2008 in which he sets out some of the strategic opportunities opened up in the bottom of the pyramid space.
Activity: Exploring innovation strategies
Innovation is about change – but simply changing things randomly and in different directions is not likely to move the organization forward. As the old saying has it, ‘if you don’t know where you are going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else!’ So we need an innovation strategy, some kind of roadmap for guiding and
The changing face of the imaging industry
This is a case study highlighting changes over time across the sector. Imaging case You might also be interested to read the responses of players like Fuji, Polaroid and Kodak.
Activity – Forces for innovation
Forces for innovation This activity explores some of the forces shaping innovation and how they play out over time.
Activity – Innovation makes a difference
innovation makes a difference This is an activity designed to explore the different ways in which innovation can make a difference.

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
