Innovation Landscapes

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How many kinds of innovation are there?
We counted ten. We looked at common variables used to reinvent businesses today and discovered that they could be clustered into ten high level categories.

Categories are useful because they allow us to break down industry activity into discreet chunks, then track that activity over a period of years -- forming the basic parameters of every Innovation Landscape diagnostic.

Which ones matter most?
As we studied industry after industry we compiled the most innovative tactics -- along with the most prevelant techniques -- that we encountered in each category. Simply click below to find recurring popular approaches.

Which ones matter most to you?
At different stages of an industry's evolution, innovation will shift from some categories to others. Firms that precipitate those shifts tend to be winners in that industry; the most successful strategies selectively combine innovations from across categories.

Where does this stuff come from, anyway?
In the library sciences, they call it bibliometric database research methods. This database search process allows our researchers to sort company activities and announcements by our categories of innovation. We then use supplemental qualititative research and interviews to create explanations of leading innovations and trends. Used together, these methods provide patterns of innovation, graphically shown as Innovation Landscape diagnostics.

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