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SUMMARY:Light-Weighting Innovation Strategy: A Roadmap-Portfolio Toolkit -
  Clare Farrukh\, Nikoletta Athanassopoulou\,Michèle Routley 
DTSTART:20140606T090000Z
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CONTACT:Yongjiang Shi
DESCRIPTION:Clare Farrukh\, Clive Kerr\, Robert Phaal\, Nikoletta Athanass
 opoulou\, and Michèle Routley just published a conference paper in the PI
 CMET 2014.  They would like to share it in IfM. \n\nThe field of strategic
  technology management contains a number of practical tools to help align 
 technology investment with business objectives and so support successful i
 nnovation. However the application of such tools is often seen by organiza
 tions as being difficult to configure\, combine and also resource consumin
 g to deploy. Thus\, the research question is: can a light-weighted intuiti
 ve approach deliver valuable results in a short time and thus provide comp
 anies with a tested process that they would be more willing to apply? The 
 aim of this research was to develop and test an efficient roadmap-portfoli
 o toolkit approach for supporting the development and implementation of in
 novation strategy by selecting and exploring opportunities. Drawing on lit
 erature and practice\, the workshop process was developed around structure
 d templates and run in eight organizations (four small companies and four 
 units of larger companies)\, with the approach refined using learning from
  each application. The roadmap-portfolio toolkit was robust and delivered 
 valuable insights to the companies\, many of whom plan to use or adapt it 
 for themselves in further workshops. From a practical perspective\, compan
 ies can obtain value from light-weighted interactions if framed correctly\
 , however a single workshop does not create a whole innovation strategy. I
 t has been demonstrated that efficient\, pre-configured toolkits are highl
 y useful and functional when packaged as a template-based workshop process
  to support\, not replace\, wider strategic discussions and decision-makin
 g.\n\nThe speakers will be Clare\, Clive\, Nicky\, and Michele.   They are
  from Centre for Technology Management and ECS Ltd.  The talk will be chai
 red by Rob Phaal.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 3\, IfM\, Alan Reece Building\, 17 Charles Babbage R
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