Another important organizational design element is to match individuals’ values with the needs of an organization. One of the best tools for doing this is a Values Management Inventory available from Values Technology. By using such an assessment, each individual in the organization can be understood in terms of their phase of development [...]
Another extremely valuable tool for innovation organizations to use is the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory. KAI measures style of problem solving and creativity. This tool provides insight into how people solve problems and interact whilst decision-making. Using this insight, Innovation Management leaders can improve the dynamics and cohesion of their teams. The tool shows [...]
Excerpting from that MBTI® manual, “the purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people's lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and [...]
There a large number of assessment tools they can be used to evaluate human performance and interests. Many innovation organizations have experimented with their use. Although all the instruments generate interesting results only a few have provided insight to senior management on how to best apply the human resources they are responsible for. [...]
A property planned and effective patent awareness and risk policy is an essential component of corporate self-governance in today’s business environment. As part of the responsibility of self-governance, management must implement an effective patent risk management program and ensure that it is properly maintained over time. Periodic self-assessment is an important tool for [...]
Filing Priority Matrix Figure For large corporations once a decision has been made to file a patent the next issue associated is the priority of the filing so the legal department and external counsel prosecution schedules can be managed. The “Filing Priority Matrix” figure uses anchored scales to tie the time urgency of [...]
Also listed in the disclosure should be: The most relevant potential application of the invention. Usually a company will supply a checklist of its business units along with an option to specify uses outside the company’s current product lines. A concise description of the invention. A clear description which explains the idea and [...]
Understanding how the human creative process works has come a long way. No doubt artificial intelligence will move us even further in the future, but for today the tool certainly exist for most corporations to undertake ambitious growth goals. There is no reason to fear the unknown when looking forward to what a [...]
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