| Company: | Gartner Consulting, Vice President (IRL) |
| Details: | An innovation core competency is more than a skill set or a methodology. It is an enterprise's ingrained ability to discern trends or signals, add insight and enterprise context, and make good, quick decisions on whether to act or react to this knowledge. A core competency in innovation will thrive when teams and individuals engage in innovation processes.
This paper proposes that, rather than being something that just happens, innovation can be managed. As with any managed environment, innovation programs need structure, which we identify as having three common components or 'pillars': Focus, or the context in which innovation will be pursued Processes that prescribe the path for ideas from inception to commercialization or implementation Practices to support individual processes with methods, tools or frameworks that can improve the execution and management of key tasks within the process Dr. Tony Murphy is Vice President in the consulting operations of Gartner Inc. He has over 30 years experience in information technology across a wide spectrum of roles and technologies. He currently advises a large number of governments and commercial organisations in the effective deployment of technologies. He is Visiting Professor in Technology Innovation at the International Entrepreneurship Academy (INTENTAC) and a Fellow of the International Business School at the Jonkoping University, Sweden. His previous book, Achieving Business Value from Technology: A Practical Guide for Todays Executive , published by Gartner Press, has become an international best-seller. « Back to event |