New Method Measures Innovation Capability
It is not easy to know how innovative we are because it is often several years before it is possible to tell whether a product is successful or not. At LTH, a model has been developed to measure and improve the abstract phenomenon ‘innovation capability’. The model is called MINT, Measuring Innovation Capability in Teams.
"The idea is that the innovative team should formulate its goals itself with an improved innovation capability. We call this inspiration to measurement, because the great thing is that, once you have set the goals and chosen relevant factors, you can construct your own ways of measuring innovation capability", says Björn Regnell, professor in application systems at LTH, who is one of those who have developed the method as part of a PIEp project.
He describes the model as a compass: Where are we? Where do we want to be? How do we get there?
"MINT is about measuring and improving the innovation capability of an innovative team, which can be a specific innovation group in a company or a research team. So, it isn’t about the creativity of individuals or a country’s innovation systems", explains Björn Regnell.
He stresses the difference between innovation on the one hand and ideas and inventions on the other. Innovation realises the ideas and arises from the application and business use of the inventions.
Read Linda Viberg’s full article in the Lund University Magazine at:
http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s/22775 .
15.02.2010. 16:41