Aug 15, 2016 | commercialisation, Innovation, investment readiness
What are you really expected to do when you’re asked or instructed to ‘pitch’ an idea? Search the usual sources and you’ll find a range of definitions for ‘pitch’, but there are some common attributes. A pitch is a deliberate, calculated, measured action to achieve a...
Aug 8, 2016 | commercialisation, Innovation, investment readiness
The explosion in innovation advisor number and types over the past two years has been amazing. We have met innovation lawyers, innovation accountants, start-up business advisers, innovation HR specialists, innovation communication specialists – just to name a...
Aug 1, 2016 | Collaboration, commercialisation, Ideas, Innovation
You’ve no doubt heard the mantra ‘Fail Fast, Fail Often’. If you have a start-up or an innovation project, turning this mantra into a mandate is essentially setting yourself up to waste time and money. Failing is not the objective, whether it’s fast, slow...
Jul 26, 2016 | Collaboration, commercialisation, Ideas, Innovation
Many of our corporate clients are concerned about the disruptive impact that start-up companies will have on their industries, either now or in the future. More worryingly, however, are the ostriches sticking their heads in the sand, believing that it won’t...
Jul 17, 2016 | Ideas, Innovation
Can a process idea and a product idea follow the same pathway? Stage gates are integral to most innovation systems, but many organisations fall into the trap of relying on one stage gate process to be all things to all ideas. At IIG we use an idea pathway approach...
