71 Innovation Methodologies

A while ago I sat down with Machiel Wetselaar & David van Dinther to create a list of innovation methodologies for a course we’re developing. Up to now we’ve gathered 71 different methodologies for implementing innovation in your organization. We are still looking for ways to categorize them, but for now we’ve based our categorization on the maturity of the organization.

We’re pretty sure there are many more methodologies out there. Please drop a comment if you would like one or more methodologies included in this overview. The list is almost random.

Enjoy!

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Innovation Cycle (Avans)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2013
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The Lean Startup (Ries)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2010
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The Lean Enterprise

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2011
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New Product and Development Service Process (Hauser)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1980
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New Product Development Front End (Khurana)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 1997
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Stage-Gates NPD Process (Cooper)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1986
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Revolutionizing Product Development (Wheelwright & Clark)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1992
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PACE NPD Funnel

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1992
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MIT CIPD Funnel

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 1995
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New Product Development Funnel (Katz)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2011
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Open Innovation (Chesbrough)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2005
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Open Innovation Kick-Start Approach (AT Kearney)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2013
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Open Innovation Requirement Model (AT Kearney)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2013
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Experiments Open Innovation (Guinan)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2013
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Human-Centered Design (IDEO)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2014
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Updated Model of Design Thinking

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2013
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Double Diamond (Chu)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2014
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Design Thinking Process (Stanford)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2012
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Crowdsourcing (Whitla)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2009
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Crowdsourcing Process (Geiger)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2011
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Design Competitions

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2012
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Stage-Gate Model in Crowdsourcing (Saldanha)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2014
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Developing Crowd Capabilities (Prpic)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2014
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Co-Creation (Prahalad)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2004
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Co-Creating Value (Ramaswamy)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2008
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Morphology of Co-Creation (Bartl)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2004
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Taxonomy of Co-Creation (Zwass)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2010
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Open Innovation Customer Integration (Reger)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2009
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External Sources (West)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2011
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Managing Distributed Innovation (Bogers)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2012
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Managing Unsolicited Ideas (Alexey)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2012
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Innovation Circle (Berenschot)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2009
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Chain-Linked Model (Kline)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2014
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Delft Product Innovation Model (Buijs)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1980
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Roadmapping

Focus stage: Maturity
Published:
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Design for Six Sigma (Idov)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published:
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Value Engineering (Miles)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1945
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TRIZ (Altshuller)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 1946
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Systematic Inventive Thinking (Connoly)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 1993
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Scenario Planning (Stratfor)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2015
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Multy-Dimensional Framework for Organization Innovation (Crossan)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2010
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5R Trend Model (Bosma)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2012
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Deep Dive (Ideo)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2010
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Experience Design Process (Armano)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2006
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Business Model Generation (Osterwalder)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2010
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Value Proposition Design (Osterwalder)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2014
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Customer Development (Blank)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 1996
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End-to-End Innovation Process (Furr)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2014
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Hourglass Model (Gaspersz)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2006
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Citizen-Drive Innovation (World Bank)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2015
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Innovation Challenge (Herbert)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2015
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FORTH Innovation Method (Wulfen)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2015
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Productive Thinking (Hurson)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2007
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101 Design Methodology (Kumar)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2012
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The Art of Thought (Wallas)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 1926
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Process of Creativity (Gill)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2013
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Creative Problem Solving (Isaksen)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2005
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IDEAL Cycle (Stein)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 1984
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Possibility Thinking (Burnard)

Focus stage: Seed
Published: 2006
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QCA Research Process (Ragin)

Focus stage: Early-stage
Published: 2013
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Fast Track Innovation (Deloitte)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2012
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Innovation Generation Process (Gopalakrishnan)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1997
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Innovation Audit (Adams)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 2006
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Innovation Strategy (Goffin)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1999
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3G Innovation Model (Rothwell)

Focus stage: Maturity
Published: 1992
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Bessant)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2013
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Development Funnel (Bessant)

Focus stage: Growth
Published: 2013
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