Solverboard Innovation Management: Resources

Unblocking Innovation: Paving the Way for Strategic Change and Transformation

On Tuesday 27th October 2020, Solverboard took part in the virtual Business Change & Transformation Conference, hosting a panel discussion with three experts in business strategy: Katherine Allan, Founder of KSK Consulting; Cris Beswick, Co-founder of Outcome; and Arend Welmers, CEO of Ninety Days.

In this session, we consider the relationship between innovation, transformation and change management, and offer potential solutions to five common innovation blockers…

Fear of failure
Conflicting goals
Lack of innovation skills
No definition of what innovation is
Disagreement over who owns innovation

Moderator: Aaron Slater, Head of Marketing at Solverboard

Mothers of Invention: Episode 4

Charlie Widdows hosts a chat about the role of communication in creating an effective innovation culture. Guests include (in order of appearance):

Marissa Ellis, Founder at Diversily
Philippa Haynes, Brand Strategy Expert
Aimee Skinner, Innovation Manager at Bristol Water (at time of recording)
Cecilia Thirlway, Strategic Communications Advisor
Nick Parker, Chair at the RSA

Innovation Blockers Report 2020

Now more than ever, businesses cannot afford to have blocks or obstacles to innovation. This 2020 report looks at what the most problematic blockers are, and gives you all the information you need on how to successfully overcome them.

Mothers of Invention: Episode 3

A group of innovation managers, consultants, and specialists have a weekly chat hosted by Solverboard. This week the group begins to tackle the topic: redefining innovation in a post-pandemic world.

Featuring: Charlie Widdows, Aaron Slater, Bastiaan Saris, Aimee Skinner, Nick Parker, Katherine Allan, Cecilia Thirlway, James Snelgrove, Marc Woodland

Introduction to Solverboard

Solverboard is the only all-in-one innovation platform that can help you find the best ideas, streamline their delivery and measure their value.

Mothers of Invention: Episode 2

Every week during lockdown we've caught up with innovation managers, consultants, and specialists who are supporting their businesses and clients to respond to the coronavirus crisis.

Innovation Blockers Report 2019

While building our platform, we talked to countless innovation professionals about the struggles they face on a daily basis. There were five blockers that came up time and time again. So we asked four innovation experts for their opinions on how to deal with these ‘innovation blockers.’

Our workflow

Strategy > Ideas > Tests > Options > Projects. Manage the entire innovation lifecycle and accelerate delivery.

Mothers of Invention: Episode 1

A group of innovation managers, consultants, and specialists have a weekly chat hosted by Solverboard. This week we meet some of the regular members and begin to hear how they are coping with the Covid-19 crisis.

Featuring: Charlie Widdows, Nick Dean, James Snelgrove, Nick Parker, Cris Beswick, Katherine Allan, Steven Kainth, Philippa Haynes, Aimee Skinner, Aaron Slater

Resources.

Innovation reports, videos, podcasts and more.