I wrote a blog last year called “the three horizon approach to innovation (http://bit.ly/ck8KfN). That gave a short introduction to the three horizon approach arguing we should take a more evolutionary perspective across the entire innovation business portfolio by using this model.
Going beyond that initial introduction- a trilogy of blogs
I plan to explore in three simultaneous blogs the three horizon model more extensively, this is the first of the blogs. Part two is here and part three here
The three horizon framework is valuable to build into your thinking about strategy and innovation. It places emphasis on where to tackle the different approaches to innovation (incremental, disruptive and radical) and place these within their different timing frames that are often need to manage these successfully across their development cycle.
The three horizon framework also allows for greater organizational participation on taking out ‘future thinking’ with different mindsets to visualize a variety of challenges in these various horizons and that has a huge value to work through and frame the activity and resources they will need over different time periods. Continue reading “The Value of Managing Innovation across the Three Horizons”
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The use of the three horizon model, frames and can alter the nature of the tensions and dilemmas between vision and reality and the distinction between innovations that serve to prolong the status quo and those that serve to bring the third horizon vision closer to reality. It provides a great way to frame your innovation thinking
The Three Horizon Approach to Innovation
The three horizons for innovation thinking
Thinking through the management of innovation have you ever considered the Three Horizons approach? It is likely through this approach business leaders can adopt an evolutionary perspective across the entire innovation business portfolio.
If you are using a three horizons type approach to innovation, it becomes clear that you need to continue investing in innovative activities across all three time horizons, even if you’re in the middle of a present day crisis. To do this effectively, you need to have some idea of where you’re heading in the future, and that’s why I think it’s a useful tool for linking innovation to strategy. Continue reading “The Three Horizon Approach to Innovation”