Innovations Roadmap: Front End – Internal & External Resources/IP/Partners

Effective innovation resource management ensures that the best ideas make it to the market. A cost-effective IP/partnership strategy can strengthen competitive advantage. Innovation can originate from one person’s idea and effort, but it is rare that one person has all the capabilities necessary to move from vision to execution. Innovation generally requires a variety of people, with different skills and expertise, to come together and collectively create value. In some ways, you could say that innovation resources and IP partnerships have always been a combined process. Today, globalization means that expertise exists in every corner of the world; it is not always easy and cost effective to put the necessary experts together in a room. However, technology provides solutions to bridge geographic gaps. Social software is a relatively inexpensive way to bring together diverse opinions. It also allows many more people to share ideas and work together towards an innovation goal.

The Innovations Roadmap is an online program designed to equip senior management executives with the inspiration and skills needed for the successful adoption of innovation. There are 29 modules divided into 3 sections: Front-End, Development, and Commercialization.

Here you gain access to one of the ten modules included in Section One: Front End – Click Here for the Full Innovations Roadmap

Section One: Front-End – Module Ten – Internal & External Resources/IP/Partners Includes:

Learning Objectives

• Understand the role of Internal/External Resources/IP/ Partners in an innovation process
• Be able to develop a resource and IP plan for their innovation initiative
• Understand the basic themes and processes involved in a resource and IP plan for an innovation initiative
• Know the best strategies for managing a resource and IP plan process

Course Outline & Major Topics

• Introduction
  • Why are Internal/External Resources/ IP/ Partners management important?
  • Why you need a resource/IP plan
  • Main uses of resources/IP
  • Generally accepted good practices
• Get Started
  • Identifying internal and External Resources
  • Why are they important?
  • What factors need to be considered?
• Learn
  • Resource Based View of Strategy
  • VRIN Framework
• Practice
  • Factors to consider: Sample form for a new product
• Apply
  • Internal External Analysis Template

Who Should Take This Course?

• Innovators
• Team Members & Leaders
• Small Business Owners

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