{"id":85590,"date":"2021-03-01T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/?p=85590"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:00:18","slug":"kadi-villers-innovation-activities-are-chaotic-in-many-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/kadi-villers-innovation-activities-are-chaotic-in-many-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadi Villers: innovation activities are chaotic in many companies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tehnopol offers its companies the opportunity to\nconduct a free Innovation Health Check (hereinafter IHC) survey. IHC is an\nenterprise innovation audit that identifies opportunities for strategic\ndevelopment, resource savings, opportunities for product development or\nimplementation of a new business model, and recommendations for finding\npartners. The audit focuses on the company\u2019s innovation culture, understanding\nof the business environment, shaping growth strategy and vision, structure, people.\nTehnopol\u2019s innovation manager Kadi Villers told us more about innovation and\nIHC.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are there any typical mistakes that companies tend\nto make when trying to support innovation in their company?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on my communication with companies, there are indeed some things\nthat stand out that do not give hope for good results. For example, the fact\nthat no particular person is appointed to handle innovation projects and\ninnovations, this task and responsibility is shared between different people to\nhandle on the side of their main job. Inevitably, this often means setting\npriorities in a situation where the main job takes up most of the person\u2019s time\nand attention, everything else remains to be done when time is left. It is also\nnoticeable that in many companies innovation activities take place either as\none-off projects or in other chaotic ways, and there is a lack of a structured\nand consistent approach. Unresolved issues are how to ensure that new ideas\nreach the organization continuously, both internally and externally, how to\nprocess these ideas within the company, how to ensure that there are sufficient\nresources at the right time to implement ideas worth developing, and what to do\nwith the ideas that were put aside. Lastly, I would point out that although the\nsituation seems to be improving in this respect, a large number of companies\nare still engaged in innovation only in-house, and opportunities for\ncooperation with external partners are gradually opening up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How exactly does the IHC work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IHC\nbrings together a cross-section of the company\u2019s representatives, both hierarchically\nand functionally, and, through their discussion, provides an insight into the\norganisation\u2019s performance in terms of whether all the prerequisites for\ninnovation have been created. Six thematic areas, such as processes, leadership\nstyle or resources, are discussed in blocks of topics, and participants must\nreach a consensus on each answer. The audit will result in a report\nhighlighting the company\u2019s strengths and weaknesses, with recommendations on\nhow to overcome these bottlenecks, as well as benchmarking the results of other\nEuropean companies that have completed the IHC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To whom\nwould recommend the IHC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\npractice, we have realized that IHC is not suitable for small and\nmicro-enterprises, as their nature and small size means that many processes,\ncommunications and activities work in their own way, and this makes sense in their\ncontext. Therefore, we recommend IHC for companies with at least 50 employees.\nThere are no restrictions or precepts in the areas of activity. Therefore, we\nrecommend an audit to all medium-sized companies that want to approach\ninnovation activities more consciously and thoughtfully, try to create\nstructures and processes for continuous innovation, and want to get an estimate\nof whether their company has or still needs to create conditions conducive to\ninnovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are\nsome of the key values of IHC?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One\nimportant aspect of the audit is whether different employees perceive the\ncompany\u2019s situation and problems in the same way or whether the company already\nneeds to address issues such as how to improve information exchange and ensure\nadequate communication for all, how to involve necessary employees or how to\ngive and take responsibility outside the management. According to the\nparticipants, they value the fact that the audit openly addresses topics that\nare not considered important in everyday work, because it is assumed that they\nare equally clear to everyone anyway \u00ad\u2013 and then it turns out that they are not\n\u2013 or simply are not considered necessary to discuss with other colleagues from\nother fields but then it turns out that they have worthwhile ideas or input on\nthese topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We asked Gaspar\nAnton, founder of EyeVi Technologies<\/strong>, a 3D mapping company who passed the\nIHC, and Tarvo \u00d5ng, CEO of Fusebox<\/strong>, a virtual power plant developer, how\nthe audit process went for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto Anton and \u00d5ng, the audit process was inclusive. \u201cTogether with the\nteam, we solved issues concerning the core of the company. Members had to reach\na consensus by giving scores on various issues. There were many healing\ndiscussions, \u201csaid \u00d5ng. Anton added that their company\u2019s team could think\nin a very open manner. The duration of the whole process was approximately two\nto three hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nauditors agreed that the recommendations were relevant and necessary. Anton\npoints out that there is always room for development. \u201cIn general, we had\neverything well in the company and the team was unanimous, but it is also very\nimportant to know that. There are always points for development, \u201csaid\nAnton. Commenting on who should go through the process, \u00d5ng found that it\nbenefits all companies that have established their company\u2019s main processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More\ninformation about Innovation Health Check can be found here<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tehnopol offers its companies the opportunity to conduct a free Innovation Health Check (hereinafter IHC) survey. IHC is an enterprise innovation audit that identifies opportunities for strategic development, resource savings, opportunities for product development or implementation of a new business model, and recommendations for finding partners. The audit focuses on the company\u2019s innovation culture, understanding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":79627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85591,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85590\/revisions\/85591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}