Another great post with questions from the HBR Blog network.

Before You Innovate, Ask the Right Questions

by Greg Satell

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/02/before_you_innovate_ask_the_ri.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

How well is the problem defined?

Who is best-placed to solve it?

Once we’ve asked the framing questions, we can determine which approach to innovation makes the most sense:

What quandrant does your proposed innovation fit?  How many are you trying?

Basic Research

Breakthrough Innovation

Sustaining Innovation

Disruptive Innovation

“it’s important to develop an effective innovation portfolio that has one primary area of focus, but also pursues other quadrants of the matrix and builds synergies between varied approaches. Innovation is, above all, about combination.”

Read the fullpost.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/02/before_you_innovate_ask_the_ri.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

Stephen