Innovation Path
The Innovation Path will provide participants lot of practical insights into innovation. Typically 1-5 teams from one or several companies participate in the workshops.
Innovation Path environment is an opportunity for effective networking and experience sharing with other participants. The innovation path can be organized on a company-specific basis or for the innovation ecosystem including several stakeholders.
The Innovation Path includes half-day target setting day with the key persons, 1-5 workshop days and a half-day final review including the roadmap building with the key persons.
During the Innovation Path, highest level specialists will guide your team to solve the development challenge of your team, business unit or company.
The innovation path provides an opportunity to
- Build-up and implement an innovation strategy
- Develop a new product, service, process or business model
- Validate innovation process
- Boost innovativeness and innovation culture
During the Innovation Path
- A tested solution to the desired development challenge is obtained
- A tightly scheduled and guided rapid process is used
- Iterative and flexible newest innovation models are used
- Multiple concepts are created and tested
- New innovation processes and tools are learnt for your organisation´s later use
- Internal and external benchmarking approaches are implemented
Dr. Pekka Berg, and his team have a solid research experience in innovation. Innovation Path experts are involved in innovation management research, in basic and postgraduate education and in further education at Aalto University. The method has been thoroughly tested over 30 years in more than 300 companies and organizations globally.
References
Innovation at the heart of SSAB strategy
Marko Mäkikyrö, Director, SSAB By-product sales and development: "Innoman's expert work is a unique combination of academic knowledge and practical help on the way from good to best."
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CEO of Genelec Siamäk Naghian: “Genelec's goal is to develop the paradigm of management - in the future all management at Genelec will be innovation management. The development project was particularly rewarding and motivating because the ideas and concepts created are genuinely such that they have significant commercial potential."
Read moreInnoman helped Neste: to speed up the analysing and developing of new ideas
"We were looking for a new approach to doing, to bring a new idea to a concept level, and to test the idea. We wanted to look over various approaches and learn new methods to develop an idea particularly in service production", tells us Mr. Antti Pulkkanen, the Head of Service Design at Neste.
Read moreSSAB Merox: Innoman introduced flexible lean thinking to innovation business
Innovations are an important part of the activities of SSAB Merox, focusing on sustainable development. Innoman’s experts introduced new working methods based on lean thinking to be utilized by the teams of Merox, with the aim of establishing a lean business model.
Read moreUusimaa2019
The regional government reform strategy is progressing. The initial version of the region’s RDI management model was completed with new participatory tools and methods, which Uusimaa2019 also obtained for its use as support for the continuing work.
Read moreValio
"During the path, we learned about several new innovation and conceptualisation tools that can also be used in other projects", says Valio’s Innovation Manager Virpi Jonson.
Read moreGetting Naulankanta into growth – Revising the strategy, operational processes and ERP
A professional builder’s reliable partner Naulankanta Oy has been in rapid growth in Finland, and is now about to expand also into international markets. The developing business activities of the enterprise have imposed a challenge to change old working methods and information systems to fit in the new situation. Innoman has helped Naulankanta to develop the business strategy and productization, and also to design an internationalization plan.
Read morePure Waste improved the growth base through strategy work
Pure Waste faced new requirements in information systems, operating models, organizing and management models, as business grew and demand based on the responsibility value proposition increased. External insights and experience were needed to get development work on the right trail.
Read moreHelgi Vaarman: Innoman is developing the business of a small service enterprise
Entrepreneur Helgi Vaarman, specializing in household cleaning services, asked Innoman’s help to develop their business. A sound business idea and experience provided the foundation for transforming innovative new services into effective business.
Read moreKynix Oy learnt how to sell value and benefit
The cooperation between Kynix Oy and Innoman started when they realized in Kynix that they’d like to have some additional resources for their everyday operation. The purpose of the cooperation was to discuss how to develop, market and make further plans.
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+358 40 545 5560
pekka.berg@innoman.fi
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