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Building the Innovation Business Case

Paul Hobcraft

Knowing the issues, reducing often the ‘noise and distractions’ and making the professional case is what we need to do to attract commitment to the projects we are working upon. The ‘ fit for purpose ‘ in strategic and innovation intent, definitions of success, the core values, sense of mission.

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Providing the glue in the common language, communications, and context needed for successful innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Governance – we examine how to govern an innovation project and why this work requires different governance models from other projects. Common Language/Communication – we look at the importance of having common definitions, common language and regularly communicating about innovation. Management wants this.

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Why we should focus on Innovation Governance

Paul Hobcraft

Governance always has guidelines and measurements, I would argue these need to be sensible and adaptive , not just restrictive and prescriptive. It is not a definitive one but provides the important aspects of its function. It offers project empowerment, leveraging and steering ideas, concepts and ambition.

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Meet the yet2 team – Seetha Ramnath

Yet2

We recently spoke with Seetha Ramnath , innovation project leader, in our worldwide headquarters, in Waltham, Mass. It probably sounds like a cliché, but I definitely recommend “ The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovation ,” by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and the late Clayton Christensen.

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The core principles of Leading FOR Innovation

Cris Beswick

And despite innovation supposedly being a mature topic inside organisations worldwide, the number one global blocker to innovation culture is the lack of consistent definitions of innovation inside organisations! By dedicating resources to these horizons, organisations can future-proof their businesses and stay ahead of industry disruptions.

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Treating Innovation Risk Differently, Dealing with Uncertainty

Paul Hobcraft

Based on retrospective analytics—Net Present Value (NPV) models, for instance, are built on market projections that are calculated using past trends—they tend to skew innovation decisions toward optimizing existing product lines rather than pursuing new ones. Moreover, the tools commonly used to support the process exacerbate the problem.

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Treating Innovation Risk Differently, Dealing with Uncertainty

Paul Hobcraft

Based on retrospective analytics—Net Present Value (NPV) models, for instance, are built on market projections that are calculated using past trends—they tend to skew innovation decisions toward optimizing existing product lines rather than pursuing new ones. Moreover, the tools commonly used to support the process exacerbate the problem.