{"id":48108,"date":"2023-05-05T13:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T13:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/?post_type=resource&p=48108"},"modified":"2024-11-26T19:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:45:41","slug":"innovation-framework-how-to-build-one","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.gpstrategies.com\/resources\/article\/innovation-frameworks-what-they-are-and-how-to-build-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Frameworks: What They Are and How to Build One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s face it: the term \u201cinnovation\u201d is a siren of buzzwords. It paints a picture of historic successes and breakthroughs, skyrocketing profits, and massively productive employees. Beyond the feel-good jargon and gobbledygook, however, are powerful tools and mindsets that can actually proliferate real change and progress. Developing an innovation<\/a> framework can help you and your organization to not just create new things and develop new ideas, but to see those ideas and creations make a real impact. The challenge lies in sifting through the unstructured, fluffy space that is innovation frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Innovation Misconception<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is a widespread misconception that innovation<\/a> is some otherworldly, extraordinary element that the lucky few stumbles upon. Realistically, you want your innovation potential to be sustainable and reliably accessed over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want innovation, you need tools to understand and gauge innovation. You need science, not magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regardless of industry or mission, the goal of every organization is to thrive, especially during times of disruption. But if thriving bottom lines and employees don\u2019t just manifest out of thin air and luck, how exactly do we reach our potential, aim higher, and create growth or progress?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovation<\/a> vs. Invention<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Innovation<\/a> and invention are often mistakenly considered the same thing. Invention is a new insight or product; it usually has great value. However, innovation is a step further\u2014it is something new that has value and is adopted<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adoption is key here. Innovation as a capability<\/a> is an organization\u2019s widescale ability to initiate innovation, to create those valuable new things, and<\/strong> to see them through to adoption. If a new product, service, or system isn\u2019t adopted by your people or received well in the market, it was more of an invention than an innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some businesses may experience innovation without aiming for it. Businesses that experience this happy accident\u2014innovation without an innovation framework\u2014may find it difficult to sustain the practice of creating useful, profitable, and marketable goods and services. You may have an explosively successful team of inventors, but if the process you use to create new things cannot be measured or reproduced, your innovative progress cannot be maintained. This is where innovation frameworks become a key player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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