Innovation Navigator
Your guide through the innovation universe
Problems in using certain methods? Stuck in your own doing somehow? Obstacles in the project? Get inspired by our accumulated experience and benefit from our learnings.
Our Innovation Navigator provides you with our experiences on various topics. The articles are meant to accompany you on your way through the innovation universe and provide you with a lot of background knowledge. Have fun on your journey!
What does innovation mean?
We start our journey with some classic questions: What is innovation? What is innovative? How do innovations arise?
We take a look at the best innovation methods and show what types of innovation there actually are – with lots of examples, methods and tools.
From a strategic point of view, innovation must also be measurable and therefore always has something to do with key figures. We provide you with important approaches on how such key figures can look like!
Sustainable innovation
We have described the important future topic of sustainable innovation in detail and discussed both the nudging approach, which can significantly increase the success of sustainable products , and thesustainable mindset, which plays a decisive role in sustainability change within the company.
We also shed light on the special position of sustainable innovation in small and medium-sized companies.
Of course, we do not want to ignore the key issue of sustainable business models in this context. We explain what is the key of a sustainable business model and what a first step towards sustainable business models can look like with the help of trends and how sustainable ideas can be developed.
Innovation culture & people
To enable innovation, a few prerequisites are needed. We have therefore described the triangle of forces in detail, which describes the three pillars of innovation capability. People are at the center of the triangle of forces. After all, innovation is not possible without people.
People with whom we want to drive innovation should first of all have a common understanding of the term and also have a certain mindset. Incidentally, this mindset can also be changed – you can find out exactly how to do this in a 4-phase framework.
We are often asked: “How do I find innovative employees?” We get to the bottom of this question here.
Business Model Innovation
The development of your own business model is essential when it comes to the long-term profitability of your own company.
We have therefore first summarized possibilities and approaches that can show you potential in your own business model, but also show you how you can develop a new business model from scratch. As part of this, we have described the cross-industry approach and working with future scenarios in more detail.
Transforming your own business model towards sustainability is a challenge in its own right. We therefore take a closer look at the sustainable business model and its characteristics and show what the first steps towards a sustainable business model could look like.
Creativity is the key
Anyone who is active in the innovation universe knows that there is no way around creative thinking. But all beginnings are difficult: at the start of a creative work phase, for example, small exercises can make a big difference, which is why we are introducing you to the “Yellow and edible” exercise.
We would also like to support you with additional perspectives:
We answer the question: What do creative people actually do differently? And shed light on fundamental principles, such as the benefits of creative spaces and the importance of inspiration.
We show you what creativity techniques can achieve, introduce you to the stimulus picture method and take a trip into LEGO® Serious Play.
Design Thinking & Co.
Of course, the popular Design Thinking approach is also described in detail, from which, for example, the Design Sprint is also derived. In this context you can also learn the difference between structured and unstructured problems or convergent and divergent thinking but also experience how we use ChatGPT in the verrocchio team for use in innovation projects. Here we have also shed some light on how ChatGPT could specifically support your innovation team.
In addition to Design Thinking, we present other key methods, such as our tried-and-tested creative method Innovationdigging, and address critical voices: Is Design Thinking a hype or a revolution?
Ideas, Workshop & Training
Good workshop and training skills are also very important for your journey through the great innovation universe and have been proven to increase success. Topics such as innovative team leadership, presenting ideas correctly and opportunities for continuous team development are also included.
We have also often observed that many ideas are already in the drawer, but no longer receive any attention. In this case, we have put together some tuning questions that can revitalize your ideas.
For any kind of innovation work, design thinking and the like will only be successful if teams work in a truly agile way with the right composition. The gamification approach could also be helpful here.
In every workshop, it is also important that we continuously reflect on assumptions and presumptions in our process.
If you would like to know what the life of an innovation coach looks like in general, we have summarized for you what actually makes a good innovation coach.
And for all you curious people out there: our colleague Christian has taken a look at the trending topics in corporate learning.
Best-Of Collections
How do I get the best methods quickly? We have put together a small best-of collection for the categories idea generation, idea enrichment and idea evaluation so that you can get started quickly!
Idea generation – the best methods and tools
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Idea evaluation – the best methods and tools
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Idea enrichment – the best methods and tools
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