Front End of Innovation

In the past, at the heart of the "fuzzy front end of innovation" was the belief that, early on, ideas were not fully developed or qualified, and the creative process of generating them could not be managed with a precise, structured approach without stifling innovation.

Today, this has been proven to be untrue as leading companies have created appropriately structured idea management processes to enable successful, sustained innovation results.

Of course, successful innovation requires much more than coming up with creative ideas. The Front End of Innovation must be driven by an organization's strategic choices and core competencies. It must include excellent execution to win in the marketplace with customers, particularly in today's business environment. And, it must be implemented so that it will keep generating and commercializing winning ideas to meet growth goals.

At Kalypso, we help organizations create, implement, and sustain effective idea generation and management processes. Our Front End of Innovation team helps clients to take an original idea, validate the opportunity, and find the best way to convert the idea into measurable business value.

Kalypso helps clients to focus on creating tangible business value and developing a process to capitalize on good ideas. Beyond harnessing ideas and demystifying the "fuzzy front end," we help organizations to optimize product selection, commercialization, and development processes throughout the lifecycle.

Kalypso's Front End of Innovation service offerings cover the full range of creating, implementing, and sustaining these important innovation core competencies, including:

  • Integrated Idea Management
  • Open Source Innovation
  • Voice of the Consumer and Customer
  • Strategic Roadmapping
  • Directed Ideation Practice
  • Communities of Practices
  • Innovation Portals
  • Innovation Tournaments
  • Idea Management Information System Solutions

Related service offerings include:

Integrated Idea Management
Develop effective ideation and idea management processes to capture, communicate, assess, prioritize, and exploit new ideas.
Open Source Innovation
Create and implement open source strategies, business processes, and technologies that facilitate connections and ideas from the outside.
Voice of the Consumer/Customer
Capture consumer and customer insights and translate them into user needs, product requirements and product specifications to drive successful new product development.
Strategic Roadmapping
Implement effective roadmapping practices that improve strategic, market, technology, and product planning processes.