Question

Intentional, Anticipated Innovation - who is good at?

Parallel to other question on passive/accidental innovation, are there any organization you know of who have consistently innovated or transformed themselves to stay relevant or even grow the business time and time again? What made them? What was/is in the DNA?

Answer 1

Solution:

Intentional or anticipated innovation is the innovation that was expected when the work was carried out towards it. It was expected that we should be coming up with some innovative ways to generate innovation in the organization and this is why it was expected out of such activity towards development of innovation within an organization.

There are many companies that drive their business on innovation. They have developed their competensies for innovation over the years with appropriate development of work culture that supports the innovation iwthin the company. Hence, one such company is 3M. 3M is known worldwide for their innovative products that are used across industries for various purposes. The organization has a work culture that supports the growth of innovation. THis is why 3M has been instrumental in developing the culture of innovation withon their organization and they have shown innovative bent of mind time and time again. This was all possible for 3M because of their work culture and organizational strucutre that supports the innovation within the organization.

HEnce, this is how innovative companies are strucutred and their work cultures are shaped to constantly come up with innovative initiatives to grow their business.