1st Edition
ENOVALE How to Unlock Sustained Innovation Project Success
Without sustained innovation, most organizations will simply fade away. Explaining how to achieve sustained innovation success in today’s increasingly competitive global environment, ENOVALE: How to Unlock Sustained Innovation Project Success provides a validated strategy for implementing innovation projects following the ENOVALE™ methodology: envision the need, nominate, objectify, validate, align and adapt, link, and execute.
The authors’ first book, Chance or Choice: Unlocking Innovation Success, introduced a proven management process, using the ENOVALE methodology, for identifying innovation opportunities through validated outcomes. This book takes the outcome and provides a method—from project initiation to completion.
- Goes beyond the typical innovation book to outline specific solutions and strategies
- Includes templates, flow charts, tools, and strategies for each "means" of innovation
- Provides business examples of the philosophy, strategic elements, and success criteria that readers can easily relate to
The text begins by explaining what strategy means in terms of innovation and how it can be transformative for products, processes, and services. After an overview of innovation, the book discusses a series of strategies for each of the three means of innovation. These strategies outline a systematic process you can use to initiate and conduct your own innovation projects.
The book includes numerous business examples that illustrate the authors’ philosophy, strategic elements, and success criteria. After reading this book you will gain a solid understanding of five time-proven implementation strategies that can be applied to any type of innovation project.
Introduction
Summary
Innovation Primer
Defining the Means of Innovation
Perceiving Innovation
Summary
Innovation Strategy
Strategies for Success
Summary
New Technologies
Introduction
Unfulfilled Needs
E—Evolve the Concept
Summary
Discussion Questions
N—Negotiate the Concept
Summary
Discussion Questions
O—Originality
New (Original) Concepts
Summary
New Design—Existing Components
Summary
New Approach
Summary
Discussion Questions
Creativity
Summary
Discussion Questions
V—Verify, Value Building
Summary
Discussion Questions
A—Align and Adapt
Summary
Discussion Questions
L—Link to Performance
Summary
Discussion Questions
E—Execute the Decision Plan
Summary
Discussion Questions
Improvement Projects
Introduction
Performance below Expectations
(Underperformance)
Performance above Expectations (Overperformance)
E—Evaluate and Recognize
Run Chart
Summary
Discussion Questions
N—Negotiate the Improvement
Summary
Discussion Questions
Improving Underperformance to Meet Expectations
O—Operational Profile
Summary
Discussion Questions
V—Validate with Measurement (Underperformance)
Summary
Discussion Questions
Improving Performance to Exceed Expectations
O—Operational Profile
V—Validate (Overperformance)
Summary
Discussion Questions
A—Analyze and Align (Underperformance)
Summary
Mini-Project
A—Adapt (Overperformance)
Summary
Discussion Questions
L—Link to Improvement/Performance
Summary
Discussion Questions
E—Execute Controls (Underperformance)
Summary
E—Evaluate and Review (Overperformance)
Summary
Mini-Project
Innovative Change
Introduction
E—Evaluate the Alternatives
Summary
Discussion Questions
N—Name the Alternatives
Summary
Discussion Questions
O—Overview the Activities
Summary
Discussion Questions
V—Validate the Changes
Summary
Discussion
A—Align for Best Fit
Summary
Discussion Questions
L—Lead the Effort
Summary
Discussion Questions
E—Embrace the Change
Summary
Discussions Questions
ENOVALE for Nonprofit and Agency Organizations
The ENOVALE Process
The ENOVALE Concept of Value
The Concept of Needs
Is Innovation a Reality for My Organization?
Summary
References
Appendix A: Measuring Consistency
Appendix B: Process Mapping
Appendix C: Cause-and-Effect (Ishikawa) Diagram
Appendix D: Cause-and-Effect Matrix
Appendix E: Success Modes and Performance Analysis (SMPA)
Appendix F: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Appendix G: Control FMEAs
Appendix H: Area and Repercussion Effects Analysis
Appendix I: Check Sheets
Index
Biography
Greg McLaughlin, Vinny Caraballo