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Thinking about an innovation centre?

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Have you ever thought of creating your own centre for innovation?

These are sometimes called centres of innovation excellence and provide that environment for people to learn and explore the different aspects of innovation. It becomes the centre that wants to constantly promote innovation across your organisation.

There are many different aspects a centre could focus upon, here are a few suggestions to stimulate your thinking:
  • Investigative trend discovery
  • Uncovering different ‘real’ needs
  • Discovery of breaking opportunities
  • Generating of novel ideas and ‘crazy’ moments
  • Cross boundary exploration-the Medici effect
  • Validation of concepts
  • Exploring white space from emerging beliefs.
Creating a centre is a sizable commitment. Its value largley depends on the amount of management support and encouragement it is given in resourcing it. R & D centres provide a similar environment of discovery, insight and promotion.

Structuring an innovation centre can make a compelling difference to your business edge in todays world, making it a centre of expertise. Let us help you think this concept through as having an in-house facility can offer considerable benefits for the longer-term.