What is innovative capability?
By innovative capability we mean the joint ability of an organization and its interest groups to renew and develop successfully. Innovative capability is especially affected by organizational structures and culture, leadership and interaction, individual creativity and capability of change, as we as exploitation of knowledge outside the organization.
The theses of the new innovation paradigm:
- Organizations must be able to adjust to open innovation activities
- Very practice-based contexts are the driving force of the innovations
- The role of the customer in innovation activities is changed from object to subject
- The greatest innovation potential lies in the interfaces of different fields of expertise
- Efficient value networks capable of implementing innovations are necessary
- Very often organizations suffer from a communication gap that prevents innovation and creativity
- There is a vast innovation potential hidden within the personnel of organizations
- Absorbing foresight knowledge in an organization demands new methods.
