Innovation management blog

How to measure end-to-end portfolio performance

By Chris Potts on 27 September 2019

Topics: guest posts, portfolio management, change management, innovation strategy, enterprise investment, speed-to-outcome

In this fourth and final part in this series of guest posts, enterprise investment specialist Chris Potts, focuses on end-to-end portfolio management, concluding that – from ideas to outcomes – it’s all one portfolio.

How to generate ideas – tools and techniques for ideation

By Cecilia Thirlway on 23 September 2019

Topics: idea management, ideas, ideation, innovation, divergent thinking, five whys, convergent thinking, SCAMPER, 3-12-3, Lotus Blossom

You'll want to capture all the ideas that emerge from your organisation, as and when they arise, but here are nine ways to give the process a helping hand.

Dynamic investment, flexible delivery

By Chris Potts on 17 September 2019

Topics: guest posts, portfolio management, change management, innovation strategy, enterprise investment, speed-to-outcome

In this third instalment of his series of opinion pieces, enterprise investment specialist Chris Potts suggests that flexibility and speed-to-outcomes can drive momentum and help make better choices.

What makes a good hypothesis?

By Cecilia Thirlway on 05 September 2019

Topics: innovation, The Lean Startup, experiments, hypothesis

A carefully chosen and well-written hypothesis makes it easy to design an experiment to test and learn from. So here are six steps to follow when crafting your prediction.

Why some ideas work better than others

By Chris Potts on 27 August 2019

Topics: guest posts, idea management, portfolio management, change management, innovation strategy, enterprise investment, Airbus

In the latest in his series of opinion pieces, enterprise investment specialist Chris Potts suggests the Airbus A380 is a case in point of how investing in change is about working with diverse probabilities of success.