The question is related to the manners of an alignment between the two components (Delphi method and innovation strategy) in companies of any sector.
Dear J.W:
In 2010, the chief nursing officer and nurse director for Wales commissioned a study (Morgan et al., 2014) to identify attitudes and behaviours associated with professionalism for nurses and midwives in Wales. The study was part of an exploration project of professionalism in nursing and midwifery. A Delphi study design was used to generate a consensus on the question ‘What does “professionalism” mean in terms of attitudes and behaviours for nurses and midwives in Wales?’ The question was put to an expert panel, comprising 27 members of the Consultant Nurse, Midwives and Health Professionals Forum and eight directors of nursing, using electronic questionnaires.
The descriptors generated were subsumed into categories that were ranked, statistically tested and attributed a Likert-type score before consensus was achieved. The resultant categories and themes defined acceptable and unacceptable attitudes and behaviours, and enabled the development of an overarching short definition of professionalism. This carves a unique niche in the evidence base on professionalism and provides a tool for replicating the study in other countries and for other professional groups such as healthcare support workers, nursing and midwifery students and allied health professionals!
- Morgan, J., Hopkins, W., Acreman, S., Jewell, K., Garwood, L., & Candy, E. (2014). What does professionalism look like? Attitudes and behaviours derived from a Delphi study. Nursing Management - UK, 21(7), 28-40.
Hope this helps!
Nadeem
Dear J.W,
In my experience we the Round Table process, we use foresighting methods and story telling to develop plausibile scenarios of the future. Our approach I described in the article on the evaluation of the RT process. These scenarios result in the identification of leverage areas for change. These are the starting points for thinking about innovation strategies. This is a quite natural process flow.
Succes,
Nic
Dear Mr. Zartha,
Since foresight studies performed with the use of Delphi method are based, inter alia, on opinions of experts on the future possible developments and scenarios in a given field, any organisation acting in the area that is covered by the research, may have those results thorougly assessed by its employees (managers would be the best in my opinion) in order to check its alignment with the innovative strategy of this organisation. In case of discrepanacy the organisation may adjust its strategies to the results obtained in the research and even find new interesting areas that it did not include in those strategies.
If you are looking for articles written on the basis of foresight Delphi studies, here is one that was written by our team:
Best regards,
Tom.
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