The document outlines key factors that contribute to growing innovation competence within an organization. These include having the right organizational structure and leadership, aligning employees and processes around innovation, developing systems to create an excellent employee experience, managing innovation across multiple horizons from core to emerging opportunities, using a funnel process to manage ideas from insight to execution, and gaining market insights. Developing strengths in these areas through an integrated system can help organizations enhance their innovation capabilities.

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Org$structure$
Management$of$Innova2on$
Right$People$
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Business$Models$
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Source: Starcher Group LLC
Colonizers & Consolidators
Vision, Values, Structure, Process
Growth, Profit, Balanced
End to end alignment
Best place to work, employee loyalty,
the 12 conditions that matter
Horizon 1 – extend and defend core businesses
Horizon 2 – build emerging businesses
Horizon 3 – create viable options
Alignment, Enablement
Active management & innovation
Communication
Collaboration
Communities
Strength leading to the funnel and
discipline in the funnel
Insight into macro trends and customer gaps
in the2 - 5 year time frame
It takes a system to grow innovation capabilities within an organization