Innovation is on the agenda of almost every organization.
Across the various stages of innovation, many different aspects are important and need attention. In this context, it may be challenging to make sure that your investments in innovation are effectively creating the impact that you need.
I’m eager to support you in this journey. Here are a few examples.
Your Challenge
Many dimensions play a role in innovation. Along the timeline of a new initiative, gradually more of those dimensions become crucial.
- At the start the focus may be on essentials like: customer needs, the corresponding proposition, business models, competition, etc.
- Gradually you’ll have to worry about your channels, quality, supply chain, manufacturing. You’ll grow your team and develop your organization.
- In regulated environments, like Healthcare you’ll need to deal with additional aspects, such as regulatory frameworks, clinical validation, health economics and reimbursement.
You’ll find lots of information on how to handle these challenges in textbooks, but all together this can lead to huge complexity and your teams may feel overwhelmed by “process”.
How I can help
- It is essential to understand the impact of each of these dimensions and how the various ways of working address them.
- It is key to make the right choices (what, when, how) and to find pragmatic ways to implement new approaches, so that your needs are served without unrewarded complexity.
- And when doing so, it is crucial to take your workforce along so that they remain engaged and inspired.
I support you in this journey, by bringing in my expertise via consulting or coaching, via integrating into your team and/or by stepping into an ad interim leadership role.
Your Challenge
If you plan to invest in a company or to acquire it, you will thoroughly investigate all aspects of it. Next to current performance you will want to assess its capability towards the future.
How I can help
I support your assessment of companies, in particular for the part that is related to innovation. This may include the assessment of
- the strength and balance of the innovation roadmap or funnel,
- the maturity of the various propositions and their quality,
- the approach towards platforms and architectures,
- the maturity of the innovation organization as a whole.
Your Challenge
In successful innovation ecosystems, players of various kinds build on each other’s strengths: large companies, start-ups and scale-ups, universities, institutes, campuses, regional development agencies, etc. In this diverse landscape, ecosystems thrive if parties build win-win partnerships. This requires deep understanding of each other’s strategic priorities, challenges and opportunities.
How I can help
I support Universities, institutes, agencies, campuses in building successful alliances with innovative companies, by developing a deep understanding of their business imperatives and shaping win-win partnerships.
Your Challenge
As a leader in innovation you are building the future of your company. You lead in a complex multi-dimensional and multi-stakeholder environment (including leadership, employees, customers, shareholders, partners, suppliers, etc. ).
How I can help
When new challenges come your way, I support you as your mentor or coach, helping you to analyse the new situation, define priorities, find pragmatic ways forward and engage your teams