Case Studies
A Risk Based Approach to Technology Development
Process: A technology risk assessment process was developed and run for the client and used to assess and mitigate the key risks to commercialization. A mitigation plan fed the trial development programme with the critical information needed which focussed efforts and resources. Results: The key decisions were the scale of manufacturing facility and understanding the … Read more
Designing an Open Innovation System
Process: The assignment was completed by establishing clear objectives with the CTO and undertaking an in-depth research study to establish the state-of-innovation in the firm. A thorough review of innovation operations was conducted by interviewing 15 innovation leaders from a wide range of business units across the corporate innovation system. Results: The results of the … Read more
Creating a Corporate Venture Strategy
A series of workshops were held to gather the market, commercial, technical and manufacturing information and clarify goals. A process was developed, with the business leadership, to identify the core elements of the strategy and identify the broad investment case. A final investment plan was produced and presented to management. Results: Having developed technical and … Read more
Strategic Roadmap for Formulations
The assignment was completed by a combination of face to face meetings and workshops in a number of phases of work. Agreement: Creation & sign-off on the engagement plan detailing key stages & deliverables. Research: Interviews with member companies and completion of a literature review to report the state-of-the-art. Analysis: Creation of a Roadmap to … Read more
Roadmap for Industry Consortium
The assignment was completed by a combination of face-to-face meetings and roadmapping workshops in a number of phases of work. Agreement: Creation & sign-off on the engagement plan detailing key stages & deliverables. Research: Interviews with member companies and completion of a literature review to report the state-of-the-art. Analysis: Creating a Roadmap to identify opportunities … Read more
Rapid Technology Planning
It was critical to making sure the best information accessed from consumer insights and external trends and expertise. An innovation process was built to rapidly assemble a select group of the company and external experts in the topic area and run a 2-day workshop process to develop initial business cases for further development. The “raw” … Read more
Technology Strategy Creates Value for the Portfolio
An innovation process was designed based on strategic roadmapping to identify new sources of value and technology enablers for each key market area. These were then integrated to articulate key technology themes and presented to the board for investment. Business Impact Clarity and alignment on innovation development activities. Increased strategic commitment to technology and innovation: … Read more
Innovation Technology Strategy: Towards Sector Technology Leadership
The starting point was a well-worked-out business strategy answering where to play and how to play questions and describing the desired end state. Validation from a technology implication perspective was required and to identify key future technologies supporting high potential value opportunities. A multi-level workshop and desktop research process were designed to take the senior … Read more
Preparing Innovation Portfolio for Digital Services
Strategic technology roadmapping and portfolio methods are an essential toolset for innovators operating at the so-called fuzzy front end of innovation. But without a business imperative, the impact can be artificial. A new topic area was chosen to identify new sources of value creation – Digital Services – for one of the businesses and identify … Read more
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