How to Develop an Innovation Strategy
Three months after the “big innovation kickoff,” the pipeline looked great on paper: dozens of ideas, energetic teams, a new portal, and plenty of activity. Yet the leadership team still asked the same blunt question in the quarterly review: “So…what changed?” That moment is where innovation strategy stops being a buzzword and becomes a management […]
Strategic Recalibration: How Adjusting Your Strategy Redefines Your Path to Growth
Is your Strategy delivering the results you expected? Do you feel you’re falling short of the ambitions stated when you developed the strategy? Are you having trouble mobilizing everyone to progress and move in the same direction? It may be time for strategic recalibration to restore clarity on what matters most. A focused strategic realignment […]
Taking Your Innovation Stage Gate to the Next Level
The stage-gate process has been a cornerstone of product development since the 1960’s. As applied to innovation, the stage-gate process often yields incremental innovation. Despite its benefits, the stage-gate approach has led to a lot of unintended consequences that inhibit innovation. So how can we adjust the stage-gate process to be more innovation friendly?
Innovation Metrics – A beginners guide
It might seem contradictory: a process as spontaneous and creative as innovation can and should be measured. At Strategos, we believe innovation can be taught, learned, and systematically applied by establishing the right processes, systems, structures, skills … and innovation metrics. When done well, innovation metrics do more than just ‘report numbers.” They help you track and […]