• What was your strategy for choosing incremental or
discontinuous innovation in Milestone One?
I do not think I really had a strategy, after learning about both it
just seemed like discontinuous innovation made the most sense
to me in the scenario given. They already used incremental
innovation and were going to fall behind due to competitors
coming up with radical new products and new substitutes in a
market. If they used discontinuous innovation, they can still use
incremental innovation as well so it seemed like the best choice.
• What were your reasons for selecting the processes for managing
innovation you used in Milestone Two?
I selected a hybrid approach for managing innovation. I chose this
approach because I did not think one approach on its own was
the best choice for the company. The hybrid approach I went
with was an approach that would incorporate the Stage-Gate and
Agile methods. The stage-and-gate method would provide the
structure while the agile method provides speed and agility which
I believe is useful for innovate environments. My work uses the
agile method and it has been very beneficial to the new projects
we have been working on.
• How do your recommendations for the organization structure
promote a climate for innovation in your project?
One of my recommendations for the organization structure was
to provide slack resources and resource support which would
promote innovation. I also recommended having open
communication forums which would encourage greater
collaboration and innovation. They can also give all employees
time to innovate like 3M does. Their innovation teams can also be
changed to be more autonomous (like the skunk works team) and
free from the control of senior managements which would allow
them to be more creative and speed up response time and
production. (Bennet, n.d) I also recommended that leadership as a
whole need to be onboard and encouraging, they need to provide
the space and resources to innovate while also understanding
that it takes time and there will be failures and mistakes and they
need to be allowed. In innovative environments the people need
to feel like they can take risks and will be supported in their
innovative endeavours.
References
Bessant, J (n.d).
Skunk Works.
John Bessant Managing Innovation.
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