We all have to innovate, but sometimes the pace of technological advance can be overwhelming, leaving organizations in constant flux or comfortable obsolescence. Like all things that should be managed, innovation must be measured and replicable to ensure predictable and dependable results. At the same time, the systems put in place to manage the necessary innovations must be agile enough to respond to the ever-increasing pace of change. Transformations that might’ve required months back in the day must now be implemented over long weekends, and the disparate technologies needed to effect a smooth transition must be wrestled into conformity and compliance. It’s like a hero’s journey with an unbelievable ending. But you can believe it.
Tom Brazil, our very own Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, has literally written the book on managing agile innovation systems. As you might expect, it’s entitled Implementing an Agile Innovation Management System, and it draws from the work of Langdon Morris of Innovation Labs. More importantly, Brazil’s new work explores the five key elements of the innovation management master plan—innovation strategy, portfolio, process, culture, and infrastructure—in a way that makes each more approachable as a constituent part of the whole. More than simply a how-to, Brazil’s words and insights stem from years of experience as an IAOIP Certified Chief Innovation Officer and more than 34 years of directing innovation teams and effecting positive digital change across a wide spectrum of industries, including DoD and Fortune 100 companies.
If you are staring down the double barrel of pace and change, take a little time and read a good story, one that will transform the way you look at innovation and refresh your appetite for keeping your organization ahead of the curve.
And call ICS about your innovation management strategies. After all, we wrote the book on it. Well, Tom did, but you get the point. Now get the book!
