The Innovation business process is no longer a standalone department, run by the resident innovation expert, but rather is an enterprise business process that requires the consideration of and the integration into a myriad of other enterprise business processes, such as product development, patent docketing, and customer relationship marketing. 

• Continue reading to find out how MindMatters can help you use our Best Practices to build a process for your organization.
• Learn how other organizations have implemented our processes by reading through our Best Practice White Papers.
• Find out more about our Innovator Express software that is pre-configured with industry-tested Best Practices

Organizations are realizing that, like accounting or manufacturing processes, the innovation and/or intellectual property process can yield significant productivity gains by working through a step-by-step workflow.

To fully appreciate and build a complete innovation process requires expertise in business process design, intellectual property, and other enterprise operations.  If these are not working in harmony you can experience inadequate or inconsistent flow of quality ideas, ineffective idea management and decision-making processes, weak portfolio management and innovation imbalance, or sub-optimal IP protection.

With our experience in a variety of global organizations, MindMatters brings not only the industry's Best Practices in innovation, but also the industry's Next Practices.   Using our proprietary model, we work with your team:

• Understanding and mapping the innovation/design process from conception through various internal steps and processes, including the various administrative functions, as well as management's role and decision-making process;
• Gathering an appreciation of the specific oversight and security issues and policies as it pertains to overall protection;
• Developing a specific list of recommendations for future consideration and implementation, presented to management at the conclusion of the study.

MindMatters offers consulting services that help you understand and capitlize on your innovation environment. For more information contact us now.