Lead Innovation within an Organisation

Be able to analyse organisational approaches to innovation practice.

Additional details

1.1  Approaches to Innovation:

• blue sky research
• transformational innovation
• incremental innovation
• innovation processes

1.2  Approaches within an organisation:

• current approach to innovation re product, service, processes, organisation and market
• analysis of current approach to innovation

Assessment Criteria

• 1.1

  Evaluate different organisational approaches to innovation.

• 1.2

  Analyse approaches to innovation employed by an organisation.

Be able to design an innovation process for an organisation and demonstrate its implications for long-term success.

Additional details

2.1  Design an innovation process:

• enabling foundation for innovation
• structure for innovation terms
• innovation process
• innovation strategy
• methods to measure success

2.2  Communicate the implications of the process:

• value chain implications
• organisational design implications
• culture implications
• leadership and reward implications
• team working and quality improvement team implications

Assessment Criteria

• 2.1

  Design an innovation process for an organisation.

• 2.2

  Communicate the implications of the innovation process for the long-term success of the organisation.

Be able to support others in the development and implementation of innovative ideas.

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3.1  Support others in feeding innovation into operational process:

• presentations of innovation concepts to stakeholders
• communication and dialogue with stakeholders and innovation team

3.2  Assess how ideas can be resourced:

• finance
• people
• capacity
• project management
• systems
• production

3.3  Support other in implementing ideas:

• innovation implementation meetings
• project planning meetings
• project management meetings
• co-ordination of re-sourcing implementation
• cross functional team working

Assessment Criteria

• 3.1

  Support others in ensuring that innovative ideas are fed into the operational process.

• 3.2

  Assess how agreed ideas can be resourced.

• 3.3

  Support others in implementing agreed ideas.

Be able to review and improve the performance of the innovation process.

Additional details

4.1  Evaluate innovation performance and make improvements:

• innovation performance data
• stakeholder dialogue
• agreed revisions to innovation process
• revised innovation process

Assessment Criteria

• 4.1

  Evaluate feedback from all stakeholders to improve the innovation process.

Be able to provide recognition for successful implementation of innovative ideas.

Additional details

5.1  How to recognise successful innovation:

• team recognition
• individual recognition
• innovation reward scheme
• organisational awards

Assessment Criteria

• 5.1

  Explain how to recognise innovative ideas that are successfully implemented.