It doesn’t have to be. Innosight’s “minimum viable innovation system” is an alternative to random acts of innovation, creating an agile, reliable, strategically focused innovation function. A minimum viable innovation system will ensure that good ideas are encouraged, identified, shared, reviewed, prioritized, resourced, developed, rewarded, and celebrated.
It doesn’t involve fundamental changes to the way the organization runs, or a significant reallocation of resources. What it will require is senior management attention—most critically from some member of the top leadership team. And as early success builds confidence in your innovation capabilities, it will set the stage for further progress.
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