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38 resources
Strategy & tools
Innovation Management Canvas
Bring the key elements of innovation management together in one shared canvas.
Systems & sustainability
Design Thinking & Startup Ecosystems
Connect design thinking and customer development with the wider startup ecosystem.
Strategy & tools
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy
Compare coherent strategy with common weaknesses, illustrated through business examples.
Strategy & tools
10 Types of Innovation
Look beyond products and explore different dimensions of business innovation.
Research & learning
50 Research Methods for Innovation
Explore research methods for investigating innovation challenges and testing assumptions.
Strategy & tools
Lean Scale-Up
Connect design thinking, research, lean startup, customer development and organisational growth.
Strategy & tools
Leadership–Strategy Alignment
Compare leadership approaches through strategic clarity, consistency and discipline.
Strategy & tools
Innovation Excellence Framework
Discuss the components of an innovation management system through a visual framework.
Research & learning
Innovation Learning Arches
Look at innovation as a process of learning, questioning and developing understanding.
People & organisations
Typology for Innovative Organizations
Explore how organisational structures and ways of working shape the capacity to innovate.
People & organisations
The Toxic Matrix
Discuss how organisational culture can support innovation — or let toxic behaviour undermine it.
Systems & sustainability
Regenerative Innovation
Connect systems thinking with innovation that aims to restore and regenerate.
Strategy & tools
33 Routes to Open Innovation
Explore 33 ways organisations can collaborate, share knowledge and open up innovation.
Strategy & tools
Innovation Cycle
Compare project, process and contextual perspectives on the innovation cycle.
People & organisations
Innovation Career Map
Explore innovation roles and skills as a starting point for career conversations.
Research & learning
Design Thinking Taxonomy
Distinguish approaches to design thinking and examine their place in business practice.
Systems & sustainability
Crisis-triggered Innovation Systems
Explore innovation systems through the lens of crisis and systemic change.
Research & learning
The Ambidextrous Organization
Examine the balance between exploration and exploitation across different organisational paths.
Research & learning
Visual History of Innovation Theory
Put innovation concepts in historical perspective and trace connections between ideas.
People & organisations
10 Types of Innovation Teams
Connect innovation roles with innovation types to discuss team composition.
People & organisations
10 Faces of Innovation
Explore the different roles people can bring to an innovation team.
Research & learning
TREINDI: Futuring Research
Use a structured visual approach to discuss futures and business opportunities.
Systems & sustainability
Innovation for SDGs
Explore connections between innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Research & learning
Artificial Intelligence: Benefits & Concerns
Use a visual timeline to discuss the possibilities and concerns surrounding artificial intelligence.
Systems & sustainability
Regenerative Innovation Readiness
Explore a regenerative readiness assessment and its accompanying framework. A 16-page PDF.
Strategy & tools
Three Horizons for Educational Excellence
Connect educational quality, culture and innovation through three horizons for excellence.
Research & learning
Perspectives on Innovation
Compare perspectives on innovation and make different assumptions visible.
Research & learning
Multiloop Model of Innovation
Explore the loops and connections between stages of innovation.
Strategy & tools
Innovation Methods
Browse a visual overview of innovation methods and discuss when each might be useful.
Research & learning
Innovation Thinking Methods
Explore different disciplines of thought for approaching innovation challenges.
Systems & sustainability
Innovation Ecosystem
Map the actors and relationships that shape an innovation ecosystem.
Systems & sustainability
Stakeholder Collaboration in Innovation Ecosystems
Explore stakeholder collaboration through the Inneagram model.
Research & learning
The University of 2040
Use a future-facing visual to discuss changing roles and possibilities for universities.
Systems & sustainability
Market Creation & Market Shaping Canvas
Explore how narratives, actors and products contribute to creating and shaping markets.
Strategy & tools
Business Model Innovation Canvas
Combine the Business Model Canvas with the Ten Types of Innovation.
People & organisations
99 Mental Barriers to Innovation
Recognise barriers to innovative thinking and open a conversation about change.
Strategy & tools
8 Types of Innovation Processes
Compare different innovation processes and discuss which approach fits your context.
Research & learning
2 Decades of Open Innovation Research
Put two decades of open innovation research into visual perspective.
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