Innovation Ecosystem Assessment

Shift from sporadic, ad-hoc innovation efforts to a repeatable and scalable growth engine.

Repeatable Innovation Ecosystem

The Innovation Ecosystem Assessment analyses and designs the key elements that enable your organisation to innovate consistently, effectively, and at scale. It involves aligning your innovation culture, programs, and portfolio of innovation projects to produce repeatable, measurable growth outcomes.

Embed innovation into your organisation’s DNA.

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Without a repeatable innovation ecosystem, companies compromise their ability to grow sustainably, adapt to change, and maintain competitive advantage.

A company may face several critical consequences if it does not create a repeatable innovation ecosystem.

Are you engaging in numerous innovation activities that fail to produce tangible business outcomes?

You will measure success in either growth outcomes or impact on the organisation’s innovation culture.

Is your innovation investment overly focused on efficiency, neglecting growth opportunities?

You will design a balanced innovation portfolio that allocates resources across efficiency, sustaining, and transformative innovations to drive long-term growth..

Are you missing out on emerging market opportunities due to a lack of a diversified innovation portfolio?

You will develop portfolio management skills to identify, prioritize, and invest in high-potential growth opportunities beyond your current core business..

Do your innovation efforts rely more on luck than on systematic exploration, validation, and evidence-based decisions?

You will apply evidence-based decision-making to systematically reduce innovation risk and validate ideas through experimentation.

Does your company culture create barriers to innovation through limited leadership support, risk aversion, or fear of failure?

You will foster a culture where leadership actively supports innovation, encourages calculated risk-taking, and treats failure as a learning opportunity.

Do your innovation projects struggle to scale due to weak processes or support?

You will establish scalable innovation processes and secure leadership alignment to ensure successful projects receive the necessary resources and support.

Is your company vulnerable to disruption due to slow adaptation to external changes and emerging trends?

You will build the ability to adapt quickly through continuous exploration, rapid experimentation, and proactive responses to changing market dynamics.

Build a strong Innovation Ecosystem.

A repeatable innovation ecosystem ensures innovation leads to measurable business success. Future-proof your organisation, increase ROI, and create a structured pathway for sustained growth.

A strategic decision.

Not a cost.

A time-saver.

Not a burden.

Measurable growth.

Not a distraction.

A risk-reduction approach

Not an audit.

A way to systematise innovation.

Not a replacement of internal teams.

A way to future-proof the business.

Not just an R&D initiative.

Innovation Ecosystem Assessment Overview

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Kick-off
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2 – 4
Interviews & survey
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5
Analyse
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6
Workshop
Week
7 & 8
Synthesise
Week
8
Share insights
Week
1
Kick-off
Week
2 – 4
Interviews & survey
Week
5 & 6
Analyse & Workshop
Week
7 & 8
Synthesise
Week
8
Share insights
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1
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2 – 4
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5
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6
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7 & 8
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8
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2 – 4
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5 & 6
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7 & 8
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8

Kick-off

with the core team.

  • Alignment of participants on key objectives, outcomes, and expectations for the assessment.
  • Selection of Project Owner / Single point of contact.
  • Identification of recipients of the culture assessment survey.
  • Collection of existing data and documents.

Outcome: All existing documents and data on culture and innovation performance are collected.

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2 – 4
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7 & 8
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5 & 6
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7 & 8
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Interviews and survey

Assessment of innovation culture, programs and projects

  • Identification of enablers and blockers of innovation culture.
  • Identification of innovation programs
  • Mapping of current projects to types of innovation

Outcome: New data on innovation culture, programs and projects is ready to be analysed.

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2 – 4
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7 & 8
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2 – 4
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7 & 8
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Survey and interview analysis

Analysis of the company’s ability to innovate and categorisation of the innovation pipeline.

  • What is the current status of innovation culture?
  • Are innovation programs contributing to economic growth or innovation culture?
  • How healthy is the portfolio pipeline?

Outcome: Overview of the current status of the innovation ecosystem.

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2 – 4
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7 & 8
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2 – 4
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7 & 8
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Innovation Ecosystem Co-Design

Workshop to co-design a repeatable innovation ecosystem that creates value.

  • Design of the desired innovation culture.
  • Design of the desired innovation program map including actions.
  • Definition of the desired Innovation Project Portfolio balance.
  • Creation of an innovation roadmap based on insights and desired ecosystem

Outcome: Desired Innovation Ecosystem blueprint and Roadmap.

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2 – 4
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7 & 8
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2 – 4
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7 & 8
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Synthesis of results

Compilation of insight from the assessment and workshop into a final deck.

  • Capturing of key learnings and insights from the assessment.
  • Capturing of key learnings and actions from the workshop.
  • Innovation roadmap planning and next steps.

Outcome: A clear summary of actionable insights and a roadmap to improve the innovation ecosystem.

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2 – 4
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7 & 8
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Share-out

Insights are shared within the organisation.

  • Presentation of key findings and roadmap to senior leadership.
  • Clear recommendations are highlighted.
  • Leadership provides feedback on the next steps.

Outcome: Findings are shared with key stakeholders.

Stop guessing. Start scaling.

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From Innovation Theater to Tangible Growth.

Move beyond disconnected initiatives — create an innovation portfolio that delivers real business value.

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Andreas Edler - Strategy and Innovation Coach

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