AKRI Programme for Innovation and Improvement

Programme Elements

Programme elements are organised as 6 workshops

Each workshop is based on one of the main 6 chapters of the book. The contents of the book are briefly described in the contents page selectable from the menu. The book can be purchased separately from AKRI Ltd. It's cost is £85 with free P&P within the UK. For the moment, it can be purchased by cheque only, payable to AKRI Ltd.

Book Details: ISBN 978-0-9560632-0-5, Publication: September 2008, Hard Cover. 105 Pages

Discuss Innovation

Find out what others have said about innovation, see how your own views and experiences match or differ from theirs. Clarify your own thoughts about innovation.

Define Innovation

Consider every aspect of innovation from knowledge to creativity, from attention to exploitation and gradually formulate and understand a working definition that can serve as a core element in the innovation process

Develop a Process for Innovation

Understand why a process is needed for a sustainable innovation scheme. Consider processes defined by others and assess their strengths and weaknesses. Develop an innovation process for the organisation.

A Culture for Innovation and Improvement

Understand the enablers for innovation and understand the role of organisational culture and environment. Critically analyse culture and environment and map out a path towards an innovative organisation.

Assess Innovation

Understand how to assess innovation. Examine schemes intended to score innovation in organisations and understand the value of such schemes. See how to turn assessment into a way to sustain innovation within an organisation.

Manage Innovation and Make it Work

Put Thinking about Innovation together and create a Process and a Policy for Organisational Innovation that caters for the needs of your organisation or your business. Review the conclusions and test them against practical issues.