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Ideation/Improvement
Innovation doesn’t just happen – it’s a process. Ideas for new products, new services, and new ways to go to market  may occasionally “just pop up”, but there is no need to leave it to chance when you can develop a more process-based approach to innovation.

To succeed in the 21st century, companies need to innovate. Today, that means more than grinding out the obvious product extensions. It means competing in “open space” with products and services that are not just new to the company but new to the world. Every company wants to develop the next iPod, the next category breaker, the next new thing, but innovations like these don’t just happen.

Your ability to innovate can lie in any of five factors:

1. Strategy
2. Ideation
3. Process
4. Culture
5. Measurement

A great new product that falls outside your strategic scope will be doomed to failure. A new product that has to fight its way through a cumbersome development process may fail to launch on time. And a culture that discourages out-of-the-box thinking may shift you from “in the groove” to “stuck in the rut.”

KT takes a holistic approach to the process of innovation, and provides world-class consulting services on all five factors. To assess where your own innovation strengths lie and to see how you compare to others in your industry, take a free product development survey.