A framework for innovation: Cracking the code

Abstract

Purpose

This paper analyses a survey conducted by futurethink. This survey addresses the issue of effective innovation.

Design/methodology/approach

The survey by futurethink provides the basis for this article.

Findings

Having studied successful innovators across a variety of sectors and organizational structures, futurethink has developed a framework that breaks down the “black box” of innovation into four key capabilities that organizations need to effectively innovate: ideas; strategy; process; and climate.

Originality/value

The analysis also found clues on how organizations may better innovate by looking at how they're currently structured.

Citation

(2007), "A framework for innovation: Cracking the code", Strategic Direction, Vol. 23 No. 11, pp. 33-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/02580540710832951