Introduction
Book Aims
Book Structure
Learning Activities
Intended Audience
Acknowledgements
Part I. UNDERSTANDING INNOVATION
1. Defining Innovation
1.2. Definition of Innovation
1.4. Drivers of Innovation
1.5. Categories of Innovation
1.9. Product and Process Innovation
1.10. Radical and Incremental Innovation
1.11. Disruptive Innovation
1.12. Innovation and Operations
2. Managing Innovation
2.2. Techniques of Change
2.4. Excellent Organizations
2.6. Barriers to Innovation
2.8. Models of Innovation
3. Processing Innovation
3.2. Investment in Innovation
3.4. Failure of Innovation
3.5. Process of Innovation
Part II. DEFINING INNOVATION GOALS
4. Analyzing Environments
4.4. Environment Analysis
4.10. Developing Statements
5. Defining Objectives
5.2. Identifying Stakeholders
5.3. Defining Requirements
5.5. Generic Market Objectives
5.6. Strategic Objectives
5.7. Objectives for Innovation
6. Measuring Indicators
6.2. Performance Indicators
6.4. Innovation Process Indicators
6.7. Implementing the Balanced Scorecard
Part III. MANAGING INNOVATION ACTIONS
7. Creating Ideas
7.5. Enhancing Creativity
7.6. Encouraging Creativity
7.10. Selected Ideation Tools
8. Managing Projects
8.6. Quantitative Benefits
8.7. Qualitative Benefits
9. Developing Products
9.2. New Product Development
9.5. Protecting New Products
9.6. Commercializing New Products
9.7. Linkages with Marketing
9.8. Diffusion of New Products
10. Balancing Portfolios
10.2. Portfolio Objectives
10.3. Maximizing Value of Portfolio
10.4. Creating the right Mix of Projects
10.5. Maximizing Alignment with Goals
10.6. Optimizing Resources
10.7. Portfolio Budgeting
10.8. Balancing the Portfolio
Part IV. EMPOWERING INNOVATION TEAMS
11. Leading Innovation
11.2. Transactional vs. Transformational
11.3. General Leadership Traits
11.4. Innovation Leadership Traits
11.5. Leadership Roles in Innovation
11.6. Leadership Interpersonal Skills
11.7. Leadership and Culture
11.8. Conflict Management
12. Building Teams
12.2. Organizational Structure
12.3. Aligning Structures
12.6. Creating Effective Teams
12.7. Project Team Structure
12.9. Empowerment and Enablement
12.12. Communities of Practice
13. Motivating Performance
13.3. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
13.6. Performance Appraisal
13.7. Performance Appraisal System
13.8. Training and Development
Part IV. EMPOWERING INNOVATION TEAMS
14. Leading Innovation
14.2. Transactional vs. Transformational
14.3. General Leadership Traits
14.4. Innovation Leadership Traits
14.5. Leadership Roles in Innovation
14.6. Leadership Interpersonal Skills
14.7. Leadership and Culture
14.8. Conflict Management
15. Building Teams
15.2. Organizational Structure
15.3. Aligning Structures
15.6. Creating Effective Teams
15.7. Project Team Structure
15.9. Empowerment and Enablement
15.12. Communities of Practice
16. Motivating Performance
16.3. Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
16.6. Performance Appraisal
16.7. Performance Appraisal System
16.8. Training and Development
Part V. SHARING INNOVATION RESULTS
17. Managing Knowledge
17.3. Knowledge Management
17.5. Codification and Personalization
17.8. Knowledge Management Tools
17.9. Collaborative Portals
17.10. Discussing Results
17.11. Meeting Management
18. Building Communities
18.2. Learning Organization
18.3. Developing a Learning Organization
18.4. Individual Learning
18.5. Sources of Learning
18.6. Applied Innovation Portal
19. Extending Innovation
19.2. Extended Innovation
19.3. Types of Innovation Processes
19.4. Individual Innovation
19.6. Collaborative Innovation
19.7. Distributed Innovation
19.8. Nurturing Distributed Innovation
19.9. Innovation Hierarchy
19.10. Future Portal Technology
19.11. Clustered Innovation
19.12. Assessing Applied Innovation
Further Essential Reading
Appendix: Sample Innovation Plans
20. SwitchIt Manufacturing Dept.
21. RDF Design Department
22. QualTransTM Inc.
23. Harper Sculpting Ltd.
24. Community Support Team
25. Small Manufacturing Enterprise