Innovation blueprint

COMPANY NAME

A Scope C
B People C Resources
Results KPI’S Operating model Funding
1 3 5 7
What is it you want to achieve with this initiative? How will you measure the impact of this initiative? Where would you like to position the initiative? What is the investment for this initiative?

Disconnected Internal Separated Integrated

Innovation landscapes Type Team Assets

2 4 6 8
What type of innovation outcomes will you pursue? What type of activity is this? Who will manage & execute the initiative? Which existing assets are present in the company?
How far away from home will you play? How much time should they dedicate?

HUNTER High investment BUILDER

Co-create business Top-down Transform organizations
Sponsor:

DISRUPTIVE ARCHITECTURAL Innovation

INNOVATION INNOVATION
Venture
 Structural 
 Innovation 

transforma-
Lead/owner:
Requires fund partnership lab
new Requires new business model but Requires entirely new business model & tion
business model no new technical competencies new technological competencies
Team:
e.g. Google Android, e.g. blockchain, digital
open-source software, imaging, memory foam,
ride-sharing services, graphene, personalized Co-
the .mp3… medicine… External Internal Center of
development
accelerator track accelerator Excellence
FIT WITH
External focus

Internal focus
EXISTING
Business first

People first
BUSINESS
MODEL

INCREMENTAL RADICAL Co-experi-

External Internal Community
(RE)-INNOVATION INNOVATION mentation
incubator incubator of practice
Leverages track
existing Fits current business model Requires new technical competencies
business model & technical competencies but leverages existing business model

e.g. next-gen iPhones, Microsoft e.g. genetic engineering,

Windows, Amazon automated biotechnology,
warehouses & stores, micro- e-vehicles, Google X…
Co-creation Design Innovation
Scouting
processors, Gillette razors… session sprint training

Leverages existing Requires new EXPLORER Low investment EXPERIMENTER

technical competences technical competences
Discover connections Bottom-up Spark interest
FIT WITH EXISTING
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

D Action plan
Phases
9
What phases will this activity go through?

About this tool
 overview. It is a rough sketch that all the key
This blueprint allows you to summarise the elements of an innovation initiative.
goals of an innovation initiative in a 1 printsize: A1
boardofinnovation.com/tools
Scenario blueprint
COMPANY NAME

A Scope C
B People C Resources
Scenario KPI’S Operating model Funding
1 3 5 7
What is it you want to achieve with this initiative? How will you measure the impact of this initiative? Where would you like to position the initiative? What is the investment for this initiative?

Disconnected Internal Separated Integrated

Horizons Risk Team Innov

2 4 6 8
What type of results are your aiming for? Which risks are involved? Who will manage & execute the initiative? What assets should be used for this activity?
Can you plot some example projects? How much time should they dedicate?

Sponsor:
RADICALLY NEW

Lead/owner:
MARKETS

Team:
External focus
Business first
ADJACENT
MARKETS
MARKETS
EXISTING

EXISTING ADJACENT RADICALLY NEW

OFFERS OFFERS OFFERS

D Action plan
Phases
9
What phases will this activity go through?

About this tool
 overview. It is a rough sketch that all the key
This blueprint allows you to summarise the elements of an innovation initiative.
goals of an innovation initiative in a 1 printsize: A1
boardofinnovation.com/tools