Developing the skill of Innovation

INNOVATION BENCHMARK

Based on early expressions of interest a comprehensive innovation benchmarking study will be launched in June05. In collaboration with Lancaster University and Henley Management College the study will provid useful inter-company comparisons across sectors, examples of best practice plus relevant guidelines. A summary report will be provided free of charge. To register your interest in participation please fill in the form on the left of this page.

Importance of Innovation

"Innovate or Die" was the stark title of a recent IOD convention. As customers (consumers) are increasingly better informed and competition to gain their business grows ever stronger, the ability to rapidly respond and innovate is one of the key success factors of tomorrow's company.

Innovation can take many forms from internal process transformation to new product and service offerings. Some innovations involve major breakthroughs, whilst the majority rely on incremental changes that have major impacts on customers' perceptions and underpin efforts to maintain market share.

Research shows that successful companies differentiate themselves through the ways they innovate. These often involve major organisational changes.

Knowledge Partners' innovation research studies address such important business issues. In collaboration with top business schools, such as Henley Management College, more than twenty such studies have been completed in the last five years and have involved over sixty multinational companies and government agencies.

In response to interest from a number of leading organisations, Knowledge Partners have decided to launch three new offerings around this topic:
 

Syndicate study - shared-cost market research project for a number of subscribing organisations on a current topic or new technology

Innovation Assessment - innovation survey across different sections of the business with detailed assessment by innovation experts delivered through insights workshop

Benchmark - a free innovation benchmark based on KnowledgePartners innovation database with executive summary and self-assessment tool

Benefits

Gain new insights into the innovation processes inside your business

Increase speed to market of new innovations and the effectiveness of new product launches

Enhance the way your organisation exploits new technologies

Improve how you identify internal intangible assets and commercialise them

Innovation Benchmark

Register interest by emailing

info@knowledge-partners.com 

Centre for Innovation through IT

Research Solutions

The CIIT was formed to promote thought leadership in the delivery of innovation through information technology. Currently the centre is researching three areas of interest, Innovation and Value, IT Governance and Value, and Transformational Outsourcing.

KnowledgePartners are currently working with the sponsors of the Centre – which include the British Computer Society, Henley Management College, Microsoft, EDS and Unisys – to create initial whitepapers on these topics, plus a full research study into these areas using our leading edge techniques.
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Testing future attitudes, perceptions and the value of different products or service elements is key to NPD process and business success.

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