Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is often credited with making India a leader in IT services. In this talk from TED2009, he outlines what has helped India develop quickly in recent years — for example, a willingness to see people as a resource rather than a burden — and what needs to happen for economic growth
Searching for innovation opportunities
Activity – Forces for innovation
Forces for innovation This activity explores some of the forces shaping innovation and how they play out over time.
Michael Bartl interview transcript
Michael Bartl transcript
Helle-Vibeke Carstensen interview transcript
This is the Helle-Vibeke Carstensen transcript of the interview
David Simoes-Brown transcript
This is a transcript of the interview with David Simoes-Brown of 100% Open. David Simoes Brown transcript
Using the 4Ps approach to explore innovation space
This is an activity designed to help explore using the 4Ps framework. There is also an interactive quiz based on this approach – click here For more information on the 4Ps tool click here
Classifying innovation activity
This is an activity designed to help think about classifying innovation
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
Competency mapping
Competency mapping is an approach to finding opportunities for innovation by exploring an organization’s distinctive competencies. What does it know about and how could it use this knowledge to advantage?

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
