how would you measure *radical* innovativeness? that is, not merely innovativeness, but specifically the ability to bring about radical or disruptive or breakthrough innovation.
McLaughlin et al. 2008 outline a method to assess radical innovation culture: Article Developing an organisation culture to facilitate radical innovation
You might want to look at the book from Jim Collins called from 'Good to Great'. He explains it very well, and it will give you some interesting angles that you then can explore further. His work was brought into my attention by several CEOs that I have worked with, and they adopt his principles with great result. He developed an attractive empirical model and also refers quite a lot to Hedgehog concept which application and merit he argues very well.
@Matti,
would such a measure be comprehensive? does radical innovation culture guarantee radical innovation or radical innovativeness?
@Pavel,
I would certainly agree that goals may be a antecedent of radical innovativeness. but it may still be a very broad measure, and likely not the only way/ factor/ contribution. One is now limited to saying, if you can put forth BAHG (big and hairy goals), you are radically innovative. Then it becomes a question of how to put forth goals. Jim Collins may or may not describe in detail how to develop goals, but perhaps this can be developed further.
Suitable culture is likely to be a critical factor but not sufficient by itself. If you're looking for more comprehensive views, I can recommend a couple of studies that discuss radical innovation as an organizational capability and organizational barriers to radical innovation:
Article Major Innovation as a Dynamic Capability: A Systems Approach*
Article How do established firms improve radical innovation performa...
Article Radical Product Innovation Capability: Literature Review, Sy...
Article What Makes It So Difficult? A Systematic Review on Barriers ...
Article Inhibitors of Disruptive Innovation Capability: A Conceptual Model
thanks Matti,
based on the replies, there is little to suggest that radical innovativeness is systematically or commonly measured. and such a measure to me is far important than the conventional innovativeness measure.
Not much there on measurement per se, see http://johnbessant.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Tool-Discontinuous-Innovation-Audit.pdf for an exception. Of course, it is possible to derive measurement schemes from the conceptualizations on radical innovation capability and its elements. A difficulty lies in that the phenomenon is very broad and covers quite many management and organizational aspects and may have overlaps with other concepts.
It's also good to note that some innovativeness measures may be more oriented towards radical innovations despite of not stating it explicitly. I would review existing 'conventional' innovativeness measures and see which of them have similarities with the discussion on radical innovation.
nice one Matti,
i suppose if you can measure it, you can define it. and that might be the inherent issue. still, i think something can be done here.
Some way to measure radical creativity must include the launch number of new products or services. Not just known products, but something really innovative, like the iPhone, which created a brand new category, that of smartphones. An innovative service was Southwest's low-cost aviation.
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