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Innovation Governance – How Well Does it Work?

This series of articles has explored the definition and scope of innovation governance as well as the different organizational models that companies typically choose to allocate responsibility for innovation. This last article will discuss questions linked to the perceived general effectiveness or inadequacy of innovation governance endeavors, and it will characterize the managers’ level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the various organizational models that their companies have adopted.

Ideascale2021-12-05T16:51:43-08:00May 16th, 2013|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Best Practices, company-wide innovation, decision making, goal setting, in-depth article, innovation champion, innovation champions, Innovation Culture, innovation governance, Innovation Leadership, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy, Teamwork|

9 Different Models in use for Innovation Governance

Research from Jean-Philippe Deschamps, Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at IMD, indicates that there are at least nine possible models of innovation governance, some of which are more widely used than others. This second article in a series of three on the topic of Innovation Governance will review the various governance approaches or “models” that companies have put in place.

Ideascale2022-12-13T12:12:16-08:00May 8th, 2013|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Best Practices, Business Model Innovation, company-wide innovation, decision making, goal setting, in-depth article, innovation champion, innovation champions, Innovation Culture, innovation governance, Innovation Leadership, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy, Teamwork|

What is Innovation Governance? – Definition and Scope

Innovation governance can be thought of as a system of mechanisms to align goals, allocate resources and assign decision-making authority for innovation, across the company and with external parties. In this series of articles, professor Jean-Philippe Deschamps delves deeper into this topic; what is innovation governance, what different models are there and which ones seem to be the most effective?

Ideascale2021-12-20T18:18:49-08:00May 3rd, 2013|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Best Practices, budget, Communication, company-wide innovation, decision making, goal setting, in-depth article, innovation champion, Innovation Culture, innovation governance, Innovation Leadership, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy, model, open source, roles, strategic partnership|

Driving Innovation by Corporate Venturing: How to Master Governance and Culture Challenges

Corporate venturing is becoming an important tool for big companies to complement internally driven innovation activities. However, becoming a serious player in corporate venturing requires governance principles and creates cultural dynamics which do not fit into existing corporate environment easily. This article discusses those challenges in detail and suggests ways how to deal with them.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:22:49-08:00January 7th, 2013|Categories: Organization & Culture, Strategies|Tags: case study, corporate innovation, governance, in-depth article, Innovation Culture, innovation governance, venture capital|

Inspiration Versus Aspiration: Two Approaches to Innovation Leadership

Inspiring leadership is what we have all been led to believe creates successful businesses. The fact that history is dotted with examples of successful companies which businesses study closely for clues their own leaders can emulate, clearly shows that we believe there is a formulaic style of leadership which is key to a thriving business. If only it were that simple. Kate Tojeiro, founder of progressive leadership consultancy, X-Fusion, takes a closer look at two key types of leaders.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:16:32-08:00December 10th, 2012|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Best Practices, creative leadership, Creativity, decision making, Employee Engagement, employee satisfaction, Innovation Culture, innovation governance, innovation psychology, inspiration, leadership, lifestyle, power, profit, Success Factors|

Governance in the Context of the Innovation Blueprint

What does governing the practice of collaborative innovation mean? When we govern do we compromise the spirit of openness and experimentation that enlivens the practice? In this article innovation architect Doug Collins applies the blueprint for collaborative innovation to explore these critical questions. His view? Governance is guidance: helping people work to their potential.

Ideascale2021-12-03T07:46:39-08:00May 29th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Leadership|Tags: collaborative innovation, Employee Engagement, experimentation, goal setting, goals, governance, innovation governance, intent, leadership, process improvement, team building|

How the Complexity of Innovation is Driving the Need for Improved Collaboration Tools

According to an expert on information governance, the growing complexity of corporate innovation, especially if it involves outside partners, is driving the need for better collaboration tools, such as mind mapping software.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-02T15:12:07-08:00April 27th, 2011|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Open Innovation|Tags: collaborative innovation, consensus building, innovation governance, innovation tool, intellectual property, IP & patent, mind mapping, Open Innovation, platform|