The Pathway Curve Methodology
The approach we take to embedding innovation in all its forms is a unique one that we call the Pathway Curve Methodology.
Innovation needs to be worked at, to grow into a deeper understanding, over time. It needs to be understood in all its different forms and often many can become confused and disappointed by their initiatives by not taking a more measured approach to them.
Innovation building faces a multitude of obstacles to overcome so innovation has a chance to be embedded within an organization.
The more you wish to build from incremental, through distinctive to finally more radical, game-changing innovation you need to recognize, resolve and seek solutions that take you from where you are to where you want to be.
Firstly what are you trying to achieve?
Firstly you have to ask what you are trying to achieve, is it incremental innovation, distinctive, disruptive or even radical? Getting a thorough understanding of what it takes to move up this learning curve to achieve the different types of innovation takes time.
You gain from this approach a deeper understanding as well as it supports experimenting in ‘controlled environments’ to take these fully on board, embedded and practised.
Here is ONE EXAMPLE of the pathway curve of understanding
Focusing on the critical organizational impact where the return, cost and viability have a growing need for visibility, and have a learning and maturity curve to climb. It is getting to recognize differences, adapting and advancing in understanding to get to the constantly evolving innovation value-adding dashboard this curve brings.
Our methodology takes you through a structured approach, a way of climbing up this innovation understanding curve so the different needs you are trying to achieve (distinctive, radical, disruptive) can be managed in a clear way to support any future innovation initiative.
Let me provide one of the other Innovation Pathway Curves
When we build capability and capacity we cannot build this simply overnight, we need to systematically build this, partly depending on what you want to achieve; incremental, distinctive or radical innovation as these are a growing set of competencies to drive you up the innovation pathway.
We need to keep building our innovation core for greater value generation potential here. It is recognizing and setting about moving up this curve of understanding.
We all need to be taken through FIVE of these curves in learning. So we have five innovation pathway curves to scale.
- The Obstacle curve- recognition and overcoming the barriers
- The capability & capacity curve- evolving as you tackle different phases
- Growth building steps
- Organizational impact understandings
- Discovery & transformation path
Briefly, we introduce the Innovation Pathway Curve Methodology here with a couple of pathway curves-
In Summary
The learning is how willing and open are you to learn, and how capable and hard you feel the need to push up these five complementary but distinctive curves of innovation understanding. It is not an easy journey, it takes, time, patience and determination
At each start point, we need a diagnostic and climate assessment, we need to gauge desire and commitment and we always need leadership commitment and understanding.
At Agility Innovation we can help you to understand and be effective on your own innovation curve to understand all the different components of innovation that need to be in place and valued.
Interested?- well reach out, make the initial contact and let’s simply discuss this for you to get ahead of the innovation curve of understanding!