Innovation strategy

Risk assessment matrix

Posted on December 5th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is a tool to help in selection decisions around innovation.  Risk-Assessment-Matrix

Benchmarking in the global automobile industry

Posted on December 3rd, 2014 by John Bessant

  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

Posted on November 30th, 2014 by John Bessant

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

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Strategy toolkit

Posted on November 28th, 2014 by John Bessant

This toolkit gives some examples of tools which can help in developing an innovation strategy

Paper aeroplane activity

Posted on November 28th, 2014 by John Bessant

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

Posted on November 23rd, 2014 by John Bessant

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

Posted on November 10th, 2014 by John Bessant

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

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The changing face of the imaging industry

Posted on October 26th, 2014 by John Bessant

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

Posted on October 21st, 2014 by John Bessant

Forces for innovation This activity explores some of the forces shaping innovation and how they play out over time.

Activity – Innovation makes a difference

Posted on October 20th, 2014 by John Bessant

innovation makes a difference  This is an activity designed to explore the different ways in which innovation can make a difference.