Most business leaders agree that in an increasingly competitive global economy, companies that fail to innovate will not survive. But they also recognise that there are various levels of innovation
Most companies will be making incremental changes to their products, services or processes on a regular basis, but moving into new markets, adopting new technologies or changing business models requires significant investment and an understanding of how to mitigate risk.
Self Assessment Tools
To help you benchmark your company's innovation performance, we have brought together the following self assessment tools:
- There are two Innovation Self Assessment tools, each addressing a different aspect of innovation. Both are providing useful feedback to help the company with its business thinking.
- Innovative businesses have strong leaders. Measure your Leadership Qualities with this new personal assessment tool.
- Value added is an important measure of the health of a company. Our Value Added Calculator is simple to use. Once you have calculated your company's value added, why not compare it with the companies in the DIUS's Value Added Scoreboard.
More information
Enquiries about benchmarking should be directed to the national Benchmarking centres detailed below:
UK
Adrian Davies
Winning Moves Ltd
Field House
Mount Road
Stone
Staffordshire
ST15 8LJ
UK
0044 1785 827600
adriand@winningmoves.com
www.winningmoves.com
Ireland
Michael Nolan
Enterprise Ireland
Old Finglas Road
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland
00353 87 669 1557
michael.nolan@enterprise-ireland.com
www.enterprise-ireland.com
Germany
Dr Holger Kohl
Fraunhofer IPK
Pascalstrasse 8-9
10587 Berlin
Germany
0049 (0)30 39006 168
holger.kohl@ipk.fraunhofer.de
www.benchmarking.fraunhofer.de
Portugal
Celina Gil
IAPMEI
Rue Rodrigo da
Fonseca 73
1269-158 Lisboa
Portugal
00351 213 836000
celina.gil@iapmei.pt
www.iapmei.pt
Living Innovation
Living Innovation contains a valuable archive of a series of annual broadcasts (1997-2005) featuring world-renowned innovators sharing their thoughts on innovation with live audiences around the UK.
