Software supporting the FFE and innovation effectiveness
Through this series of articles we have built a case that large organizations should invest energy in actively designing their early phase of the innovation process – the so-called “Fuzzy Front-End” (FFE) - in a way that delivers more meaningful and promising...
Industry-sector priorities in designing the Fuzzy Front-End
In our last posts we have built a case that large organizations should invest energy in actively designing their early phase of the innovation process - the so-called "Fuzzy Front-End" (FFE) in a way that it delivers meaningful and promising innovation ideas and...
Excellence in the Fuzzy Front-End – Part 3
In the first parts of this article series we argued that that the scope and nature of innovation is changing. Big Data, Social Innovation, Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing etc.) Design Thinking, Lean Start-up, etc. are becoming Good Practice in innovation...
Excellence in the Fuzzy Front-End – Part 2
In the first part of this article series we argued that that the scope and nature of innovation is changing. Big Data, Social Innovation, Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing etc.) Design Thinking, Lean Start-up, etc. are becoming Good Practice in innovation...
Excellence in the Fuzzy Front-End – Part 1
Study after study shows that “innovation” has a premier spot on the Top Management Agenda. True, the word “innovation” may be overused. So for example, upon learning that the “Peanut Butter Pop Tart” was one of the most important innovations of a USD 15B food company,...
T-shaped people and their areas of expertise
A great deal of success in Open / Collaborative Innovation depends on winning the „right people“ for driving the change. Studies have shown that T-shaped experts are pivotal in this approach. We came across an interesting question in our recent project work: How does...
Software for the fuzzy front-end: Focus areas and how to make it fly
Judging by Our project pipeline, leading firms are intensifying their efforts in developing the fuzzy front-end of the innovation funnel. We are currently conducting a study to better understand where things are going. First, preliminary results suggest that...
How to turn breakthrough innovation ideas into innovation success
Just recently, innovation-3 had an internal workshop on “How to turn breakthrough ideas into an innovation success.” From our perspective, the search for breakthrough innovations in products, services and processes and Business Model Innovation (which surely is a...
Core competence management in the era of Open Innovation
“Core competences” are a major concept in managing innovations and technologies. In the era of Open Innovation, the established concept of core competence management needs to be updated. innovation-3's Frank Mattes recently met with a group of 20 innovation /...
Frank Mattes’ view on the new SAP Innovation Management
End of July this year, SAP SE released its software for inspiring and managing the fuzzy front-end of the innovation funnel (see HERE). innovation-3’s Frank Mattes played a part in shaping the software and was hence invited to be part of the global launch event....
Open Innovation at work in the metals industry
In many publications that you find, "Open Innovation" is a buzzword. In many publications, examples from industries such as the Fast Moving Consumer Goods are rehashed for the umpteenth time. So it is quite refreshing and stimulating when an organization from a...
The 7 principles of highly effective innovation culture change programs (Part 2 of 2)
Nothing is more constant than change. Furthermore, the speed of change is accelerating. So for instance, the global knowledge is growing exponentially, disruptive megatrends (e.g. Internet Of Things, urbanization, demographic shifts) are shaping the innovation agendas...
The 7 principles of highly effective innovation culture change programs (Part 1 of 2)
Nothing is more constant than change. Furthermore, the speed of change is accelerating. So for instance, the global knowledge is growing exponentially, disruptive megatrends (e.g. Internet Of Things, urbanization, demographic shifts) are shaping the innovation agendas...
Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity – Part 3
This is the third and final part of a 3-part article co-written by Frank Mattes and Ralph-Christian Ohr. The first part highlighted that radical and incremental innovation build on two different innovation set-ups (exploration and exploitation, respect. The second...
innovation-3 to be featured in leading Chinese business publication
Ambidextrous innovation management (i.e. the intelligent parallel conduct of incremental and radical / breakthrough innovation) is a hot topic not only in Europe (see HERE) but also in China. innovation-3 has accumulated a big deal of insights and experience in this...
Leading firms are discussing with innovation-3 about “Open Innovation inside the firm”
Open Innovation inside the firm (sometimes also called intra-firm Open Innovation) is an extremely hot topic in Central Europe. And innovation-3 is in the sweet spot of helping leading firms to use the “wisdom of the internal crowd” for driving innovation performance....