What do you do if your organization needs help identifying and prioritizing innovation opportunities?

Firstly, do not overlook or underestimate the knowledge and experiences of your colleagues. Ask yourselves, "Why is it difficult for our teams to innovate? What are the barriers, challenges, or capacity and capability issues that are in the way?" This will help you identify whether there are any systematic or structural reasons causing friction. Be sure to address any underlying issues with your organisation's culture, as it is likely that innovation is not the only activity or behaviour that is being affected.

Defining a scope is an essential foundation to any project. Without it we lack a sense of direction and define things that we shouldn’t be doing.

Die eigenen Kollegen bzw. Mitarbeiter sind eine immens wertvolle Quelle für innovative Ideen. Ermutigen Sie sie, Vorschl?ge zu machen, und schaffen Sie ein Klima, das Innovation f?rdert. Workshops, Brainstorming-Sitzungen und Ideenwettbewerbe k?nnen dabei helfen. Niemand ist n?her an den laufenden Prozessen und kennt die Pain Points besser als sie.

Start by getting to know the holes in your market. Unmet needs are the most obvious source of ideas and money for innovation.

Je privilégie des méthodes issues du design thinking et particulièrement le design sprint pour générer et collecter des idées, en abattant plusieurs barrières (hiérarchie, bagou, prédominance de la fonction...) et en éliminant des biais trop fréquents en intelligence collective (notamment le consensus mou qui en stratégie n'aboutit que rarement au succès).

Once the scope has been set, its important to research already developed solutions, either in academia and university, in other companies, or developed in your own one to overcome a different problem. This is a solid starting point. From them you can use many methods to generate ideas: the most important issue is to test them and learn from failures and success to get to the final solution.

Prioritise ideas based on the short term and long term plans of the organisation. It is important that you invest your resources wisely at places which will add on to your most important goals and strategies.

To prioritize possible solutions you can use a matrix with "estimated validation cost" and "estimated chance to success". After testing high chance+low cost, I would move on to low chance+low cost since you can learn from them quickly and cheaply. Focusing in implementation speed and reducing validation cost allows you to test multiple options in an agile manner.

Ich habe gute Erfahrungen damit gemacht, einen Prozess für die kontinuierliche überprüfung der Projektfortschritte einzusetzen. Man sollte so flexibel sein, Pl?ne anzupassen oder Ideen neu zu bewerten, basierend auf neuen Erkenntnissen oder ver?nderten Marktbedingungen. Dieser Ansatz erm?glicht es, aus einer Fülle von Ideen diejenigen herauszufiltern, die das gr??te Potenzial für das Unternehmen haben, und sicherzustellen, dass Ressourcen effizient eingesetzt werden, um Innovation voranzutreiben.

Validation is, of course, the ultimate goal of prototiping, but dont underestimate the power of prototiping also as a method to generate ideas. Once the scope is set and some possible solutions have been selected and prioritized, the cheapest and fastests prototipe should be built not only to validate but also to learn what works and what not, and to design (not only redesing) from it. Build to think, dont just think to build!

Die Umsetzung und Skalierung von innovativen Ideen ist ein dynamischer Prozess, der Anpassungsf?higkeit, klare Kommunikation und ein starkes Engagement aller Beteiligten erfordert. Dieses Engagement kann man nur erreichen, wenn man eine Kultur etabliert, die das Scheitern als Teil des Lernprozesses ansieht. Teams müssen in innovativen Prozessen ermutigt werden, Risiken einzugehen.

Es ist fast unabdingbar, gemeinsam mit einem erfahrenen KI Consultant seine bestehenden Prozesse zu durchleuchten. In fast allen Bereichen gibt es inzwischen stabile KI Anwendungen, die Abl?ufe erleichtern bzw. automatisieren und somit Ressourcen frei setzen, die dann wesentlich effizienter genutzt werden k?nnen.

To assist an organization in identifying and prioritizing innovation opportunities, begin by conducting thorough market research and analyzing industry trends. Engage with stakeholders across different departments to gather diverse perspectives and insights. Utilize tools such as SWOT analysis, brainstorming sessions, and customer feedback to identify potential areas for innovation. Prioritize opportunities based on strategic alignment, feasibility, market potential, and expected impact. Develop a structured innovation roadmap with clear milestones and timelines to guide the implementation process effectively.

Understanding the VALUE of the Innovation is the first step. Forecasting demand needs thorough research. We have innumerable industry examples of big brands failing to decipher consumers' wants/needs or helping the market evolve. Analysis of Industry Life cycle, and industry fit comes second. We have innumerable examples of leading brands building innovative products ahead of their time, and who failed. Google Glass,Webvan, (Palm Pilot) were some of them. Innovation Plan follows. It should elaborate on: - Forecasted demands - How the company would capture the value generated - Challenge from complements - GTM for market disruption - Management of the disruption - Implications of the disruption

At all times remember to track key metrics to enable the continuous greasing of your decision making mechanism, leading to better improvements in the future.

Utilise a tool such as the 6 Types of Working Genius across your organisation to gain clear understanding of your teams' giftings and ways of working. Resource and empower those with the 'Geniuses' of Wonder, Invention, and Discernment to take the lead in identifying and ideating creative opportunities.