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Customized Innovation Strategy and Technology Needs Analysis

Using Innovation Management best practices and AI-enabled industry market analysis and R&D, we provide insights specific to your technology challenges.

 

Crafting a robust corporate innovation strategy empowers your organization to thrive in a dynamic business environment. By seizing opportunities, mitigating risks, and ensuring long-term relevance, your company can stay ahead of the competition. Our structured approach drives innovation, aligning it seamlessly with your business objectives while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and growth across the organization. 

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Ezassi Offers Strategy Consulting for Innovation Programs

Innovation Strategy Solutions provide corporate alignment, innovation program best practices,
and structure for the KPIs that grow innovative culture.

Matthew Heim
Chief Innovation Officer

Ryan Musarra
VP Strategic Accounts

Ezassi Chief Innovation Officer, Dr. Matthew Heim, and Ryan Musarra, Vice President of Strategic Accounts, highlight the comprehensive nature of innovation strategy consulting, with discussion topics covering operational, organizational, technological, and strategic aspects to drive successful innovation programs aligned with corporate goals.

Comprehensive Innovation Strategy Development:

A recent case study discusses developing a comprehensive innovation strategy for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and its dedicated innovation arm, RTI. This involved operational strategy, building technology infrastructure, defining processes, training, and organizational development – essentially covering all aspects of establishing an effective innovation program.

 

The Ezassi Holistic and Systematic Approach:

Our Innovation Management team emphasizes the importance of taking a holistic, systems-based approach to innovation strategy. While breaking down the strategy into distinct components (processes, roles, infrastructure, etc.), it is crucial to understand how these elements interact and align with the overall corporate strategy.

 

Business Process Design:

A key part of the engagement involved designing new business processes across RTI and NNPC’s various business units. This highlights the importance of optimizing and integrating processes to support and enable innovation efforts effectively.

 

Organizational Development and Role Definition:

Developing an innovation strategy also requires defining new roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities within the organization. This organizational development aspect ensures that the right structure and talent are in place to execute the innovation strategy successfully.

 

Digital Infrastructure and Data-Driven Insights:

Implementing the right digital infrastructure is critical for tracking progress, measuring key performance indicators (KPIs), and enabling continuous improvement of the innovation initiatives. Data-driven insights are essential for aligning innovation efforts with corporate strategy and driving desired outcomes.

 

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Dr. Heim also underlines the need for different teams and disciplines to work together seamlessly to execute the various components of the innovation strategy effectively. This was made effortless by incorporating the Ezassi Innovation Management platform and ensures that diverse perspectives of each NNPC employee is given a voice.

If interested in the full strategy discussion, you can find excerpts here.

More Innovation Strategy Resources

Dr. Matthew Heim discusses groundbreaking strategy work done for a recent client, NNPC, Africa’s Energy leader.

This overview will surely inspire any innovation leader looking to restructure or begin a new innovation program within their organization.

An Innovation Strategist is your partner in designing and managing your future innovation goals.

  • Restructure: Identify future-proof roles, departments, and research areas within the organization
  • Streamline: Integrate necessary technology scouting and ideation tools into all business & support units through new processes and workflows
  • Measure: Establish transparent reporting with key performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
  • Digitize: Build an infrastructure to manage & track all innovation pipeline activities
  • Tailor: Create a customized innovation program that directly impacts your strategic goals
  • Transform: Implement the entire plan with comprehensive tracking to ensure success

Ezassi Innovation Management Solutions

Adopt new technologies, improve product offerings,
and move ideas to market faster.

Innovation Management Products:

  • Idea Management Software​ – Full solution for internal and external ideation​
  • Technology Discovery Software​ – Scout for new methods, technologies​, and partnerships
  • Pipeline Management Software​ – Channel ideas into a flow of breakthrough innovations

 

Innovation Management Services:

  • Innovation Strategy Consulting – Corporate alignment, innovation program best practices
  • Technology Discovery Services – Research reports to support R&D resources
  • Innovation Program Management Services – Open Innovation Challenges

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