INNOVATION ASSESSMENT 
How innovative is your organization?
INNOVATION PROCESS 
KEY 
ACTIVITIES 
IN-HOUSE 
Creation 
within a 
company 
CROSS 
POLLINATION 
Collaboration 
across 
departments 
EXTERNAL 
Collaboration 
with parties 
outside the 
firm 
SELECTION 
Screening and 
initial funding 
DEVELOPMENT 
Movement 
from ideas to 
first result 
SPREAD 
Movement 
across the 
organization 
KEY 
QUESTIONS 
Do people in 
our company 
create good 
ideas on 
their own? 
Do we create 
good ideas 
by working 
across the 
company? 
Do we 
source 
enough 
good ideas 
from 
outside the 
firm? 
Are we good 
at screening 
and funding 
new ideas? 
Are we good 
at turning 
ideas into 
viable 
products, 
businesses 
and best 
practices? 
Are we good 
at spreading 
developed 
ideas across 
the 
company? 
Score 0 -10 
Idea Generation Conversion Diffusion 
TOTAL SCORE: ____/60 
Adapted from TEIC 2011
INNOVATION TARGETING 
Product Innovations Last 12 Months 
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Process Innovations Last 12 Months 
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Marketing Innovations Last 12 Months 
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Organization Innovations Last 12 Months 
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Adapted from TEIC 2011
LEARNING AND DIRECTION 
1. Observations from the process assessment? Overall and by 
activity? 
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2. Observations from the targeting assessment? 
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3. Future innovation directions based on learning from assessment? 
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Innovation Assessment Questionnaire

  • 1.
    INNOVATION ASSESSMENT Howinnovative is your organization?
  • 2.
    INNOVATION PROCESS KEY ACTIVITIES IN-HOUSE Creation within a company CROSS POLLINATION Collaboration across departments EXTERNAL Collaboration with parties outside the firm SELECTION Screening and initial funding DEVELOPMENT Movement from ideas to first result SPREAD Movement across the organization KEY QUESTIONS Do people in our company create good ideas on their own? Do we create good ideas by working across the company? Do we source enough good ideas from outside the firm? Are we good at screening and funding new ideas? Are we good at turning ideas into viable products, businesses and best practices? Are we good at spreading developed ideas across the company? Score 0 -10 Idea Generation Conversion Diffusion TOTAL SCORE: ____/60 Adapted from TEIC 2011
  • 3.
    INNOVATION TARGETING ProductInnovations Last 12 Months • • • • Process Innovations Last 12 Months • • • • Marketing Innovations Last 12 Months • • • • Organization Innovations Last 12 Months • • • • Adapted from TEIC 2011
  • 4.
    LEARNING AND DIRECTION 1. Observations from the process assessment? Overall and by activity? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 2. Observations from the targeting assessment? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ 3. Future innovation directions based on learning from assessment? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
  • 5.
    More Information Web:www.boardroommetrics.com Twitter: @boardroommtrcs Slideshare: slideshare.net/boardroommetrics LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/boardroommetrics Phone: 905-709-4031 Email: info@boardroommetrics.com