Innovating for success
‘Business-as-usual’ is no longer enough to maintain competitive edge, combat disruption, and drive success. You need products and processes that differentiate you from the pack.
Innovation is now the end game for ambitious Programme, Project, Portfolio and Change Management strategies. And innovation is not simply about the wonders of technology. The boundaries between technology functions and business areas are increasingly blurred. It is no longer good enough – or competitive enough – for a senior business manager to pitch a business problem over to IT for the techies to come up with a solution.
To get the most out of innovation, leaders at the highest level have to broaden their skills and collaborate in pursuit of the most innovative project portfolio management solutions.
Nurturing innovation
The good news is that innovation is often imbedded in your own organisation.
But you need to nurture it, by engaging with your workforce and encouraging creative thinking by the people who understand your business best. You need an innovation culture, permanently seeking improvements in your products, services and processes, and optimising your assets.
It is not enough to let innovative programmes and projects happen organically. People’s ideas need to be captured and triaged in a structured way, so that each one can be evaluated, links identified between different ideas, and checks made that the ideas fit your vision and business strategies before any serious investment is made.
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For ideas that pass through these assessment filters, rigorous business cases have to be built to validate their potential.
If they are to be adopted, timescales and resources are allocated and prioritised according to the strengths of each case and competing requests for approval.
For efficient management and good governance, transparency is paramount at every step, including openness about lessons learned for ideas that don’t progress and a clear communication path back to the originators.
How we can help
CPS will help you create an innovation strategy for your business, recommending effective and proven processes, governance procedures and tools.
We will assess your current strategy and walk through your innovation / demand lifecycle at each step to establish its strengths and recommend how to resolve current weaknesses.
We can help you provide clear visibility across the organisation, so that innovation is embedded within your culture.
Our expertise
Why talk to us about Innovation Management?
Our Innovation Consultants provide a unique combination of innovation, business and technology knowhow to support organisations throughout their journey to improved innovation.
They have wide ranging backgrounds in projects and programme innovation, and can make sure that our clients benefit from recommendations to support ideas and innovation throughout the organisation.
They have the experience to understand your unique drivers and deliver tailored support for innovative initiatives of any size and complexity.
As well as decades of experience in Innovation Consultancy, we also deliver and manage clients’ Demand Management, Ideas Management and Innovation Management operations.
Ready to learn more?
Why not talk to us today to find out how we can help you
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