Innovation networks

The days of heroic invention, driven by independent inventors such as Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, or Nicolo Tesla are long gone.  Free of the constraints that large organizations place on employees, these people generally preferred to invent entire systems, rather than incremental improvements or components. They were radical, breakthrough inventors focused on delivering disruptive innovations.

Today, such innovation usually requires an entire ecosystem, or innovation network, to achieve similar results. Such an innovation network is composed of both internal and external elements and may include business development professionals, market research, internal R&D, legal and patent groups, academia, government and private labs, idea clearinghouses, development and trade partners, VC firms, individual entrepreneurs, trade organizations, and many more.

Managing such complex innovation networks requires genuine skill, finesse and effort in order to extract significant value. Sylphium helps build innovation networks for our clients based on best practice principles.