An international network of experts
in industries, Innovation and Digital.
Industry experts
In the innovation-3 network you will find senior experts with decades of experience in their respective industries.
Most are outstanding in their field. For example, one of the global experts in 5G telecom. Or the former Head of Corporate Innovation at a major Chemical company. Or or the former Global Head of Service Innovation of a leading software company.
Innovation experts
In the innovation-3 network you will find experts for non-incremental innovation, with special expertise in Open, Digital and Startups. Every one of them looks back at decades of experience.
Some of them have a strong academic background, some an industry background, some built and ran corporate accelerators and some made their career in globally leading consulting companies.
Founded and headquartered in Germany.
FRANK MATTES
(CEO, Founder)
‘Without excellence in Open or Digital, non-incremental innovation will not work. Without excellence in Scaling-Up, all ideation and Validation is just a costly hobby.’
Frank has 15 years of consulting experience and several years of C-level experience.
After studying Applied Mathematics in Germany and in the USA, Frank collected more than 15 years of experience in managing projects and innovation. He worked for specialized medium-sized national consulting companies as well as for The Boston Consulting Group. Additionally he was working at C-level for a greenfield startup, an IT firm and a Professional Services firm.
Frank is also contributing editor at InnovationManagement, the leading online magazine for innovation management practitioners. He wrote several books, numerous articles and is a frequent speaker at highly prestigious conferences.
DR. RALPH-CHRISTIAN OHR
(Associate Partner)
‘Modern Open and Digital innovation requires a Dual Innovation approach. We help you to design and implement it.’
Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr is an experienced and well-versed corporate innovation and development consultant. He held senior management positions at international companies across industries such as Thin Film/Semiconductor, Energy and Transportation.
In 2012, Ralph co-wrote with Frank a well-received article series on ‘Balancing Innovation via Organizational Ambidexterity’ with Frank. Therefore, the two can be considered pioneers in translating the previously in large part academic concept of Organizational Ambidexterity into practical relevance for companies.
Ralph is a distinguished Top 10 Innovation Blogger. He is German, living and working in Switzerland and holds a doctoral degree in Physics.
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What can we do for you?
Open: Ecosystem Innovation; Innovation clusters
Digital: Corp Innovation; New horizons; Readiness
Scaling-Up: Validation; Scaling-Up; Scaling-up Factory
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see what we do in open
Open Innovation is not new. But Digital adds another reason why companies have to become excellent in open approaches to innovation.
See what we do in Digital
Success in Digital requires building bridges: Between Digital Lab and Core, between functions and IT and between company and ecosystems.
See what we do in Scaling-Up
Generating impact from innovation concepts is not easy. Industrializing Scaling-Up is even harder. We have the framework and the experience.