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Innovation Management Assessment

Welcome to the Innovation Management Assessment (IMA), based on the ISO 56000 Innovation Management Systems and 56004 Innovation Management Assessment Guidance standards. This tool is designed for enterprise professionals and leaders, offering a reliable and structured approach to evaluate your organization’s innovation capabilities and uncover opportunities for improvement.

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Why Take the Assessment?

Quick Completion

Assess your innovation management capabilities with seven targeted questions in just 10 minutes.

Clear Insights

Understand your organization's strengths, areas for improvement, and capability maturity level.

Actionable Results

Receive a report with recommendations to refine and prioritize your innovation strategy (sample report).

For more information, please refer to our FAQ.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Innovation Management Assessment?

The Innovation Management Assessment (IMA) features questions across key areas, including Context of the Organization, Leadership, Planning, Support, Operation, Performance Evaluation, and Improvement. These questions are designed to assess your current innovation management capabilities, identify areas of strength to leverage, and uncover opportunities for improvement.

Why Take the Assessment?

The Innovation Management Assessment helps you evaluate whether your organization has embraced innovation management as a core competency. By adopting innovation management, you can build a robust innovation engine to drive continuous growth and transformation. It enables you to consistently gather creative ideas and actionable solutions from your innovation ecosystem, including employees, customers, partners, and startups.

Who Should Complete the Assessment?

To gain the most comprehensive insights, participation from individuals across diverse roles within your organization is highly recommended. This approach captures a wide range of perspectives from various levels, including senior leadership and frontline staff. For example, members from your innovation management team, R&D, product management, operations, services, marketing, and heads of business units can all contribute valuable feedback.

Note: Our public assessment does not aggregate results. If you're interested in baselining, aggregating, and benchmarking your results against industry standards, please contact us for a more detailed evaluation.

How Was the Assessment Developed?

The assessment is based on the ISO 56000 Innovation Management Assessment Guidance Standard, alongside the foundational principles of ISO 56000. This framework provides a systematic approach to evaluating an organization’s innovation competency and identifying areas for improvement.

By adhering to the structure, recommendations, and principles outlined in ISO 56000, the assessment ensures a reliable and comprehensive evaluation of an organization's innovation management practices. Drawing from ISO 56004, it empowers organizations to effectively assess their strengths and uncover opportunities for enhancement.

Note: This is the public version of the assessment. For a more in-depth evaluation, including aggregated results, baseline and benchmark comparisons, and advanced analysis, please contact us.

What Are the Results of the Assessment?

Upon completing the Innovation Management Assessment, you will receive:

  • An emailed report detailing your innovation management capabilities (view sample report).
  • Tailored recommendations on key areas for improvement.
  • A comprehensive Guide to Innovation Management Assessment.
  • A shareable link to your IMA results for easy reference and collaboration.

These resources are designed to help you understand your current capabilities and take actionable steps to enhance your innovation management practices.

Do You Provide Comparative Results?

The Innovation Management Assessment available on our website is the public version, which does not include comparative results. For a more detailed assessment with data aggregation, benchmark, and baseline comparisons, please contact us.

The Innovation Management Assessment has been used by business professionals across medium to large-sized global organizations, providing us with a rich database of insights. Leveraging these extensive interactions, our innovation management advisors and service teams have compiled best practices and actionable guidance to support your journey.

After completing the assessment, a representative from our team will reach out to review your results and share key insights gained from serving the innovation management needs of leading organizations worldwide.