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The market environments and customer needs are continuously changing. In order to sustain growth, keep costs under control, deliver on quality, handle legal and environment requirements, manage the operations and deal with complexity, uncertainty and competition, innovation is key. But defining innovation is a challenge, and depends on the maturity levels of the organization.  The approach to drive innovation programs in an organization is Innovation Management.

Avertim’s Innovation Management is a holistic methodology that guarantees that all critical success factors are covered: Visionary Leadership, Culture, Creative Capacity, Willingness to Challenge organizational norms, Ability to Capture Ideas, and Collaboration with Ecosystems.

Avertim's methodology consists of 4 steps:

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ASSESS
ASSESS

The innovation maturity level is explicitly evaluated, and the existing methods, processes and tools assessed. The approach also assesses the culture of innovation,  and detects improvement opportunities.

DEFINE
DEFINE

Aims to outline all stages and set targets to implement innovation into the organization. 

IMPLEMENT
IMPLEMENT

The objective is to implement and structure the innovation management, and to spread the innovation culture throughout all levels of the organization. 

SUSTAIN
SUSTAIN

This last step covers the continuous follow-up and improvement in the long-term strategy.