Accidental Innovators
This is a very interesting category. It includes firms that have little Innovation Commitment but who nevertheless actually have a reasonably good level of Innovation Competence.
Characteristics
The important issue with these firms is that they are pretty good at executing ideas. They may be in a position where they have to do new things just to survive, or they have developed a culture that supports experimentation, or they are good at learning. Experimentation and learning from failure are two of the elements of Innovation Competence, and it’s possible to do these without explicit processes in place to support them. And some organisations are naturally good at generating, selecting, executing and diffusing ideas.
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