Innovation Partnership Guide

This book explains one topic per page, like a big glossary, easy wiki, quick encyclopedia, or summary notes. Edited by Joel Parker Henderson (@joelparkerhenderson).

This book covers topics such as innovation creation, partnership collaborations, joint venture approaches, strategic alignment, technology transfer agreements, and business analysis tools.

Contents

Introduction

• What is this book?

• Who is this for?

• Why am I creating this?

• Are there more guides?

Innovation partnership

• How to write a partnership statement

• How to find partnership opportunities

• How to formalize partnerships

• How to apply for grants

Innovation management

• Drivers of the need for innovation

• Degrees of innovation

• Culture of innovation

• Open innovation

• Voice of the Customer (VoC)

• Subject Matter Expert (SME)

• Disruptive technology

• Diffusion of innovations

• Stage-gate

• Kondratiev long waves

• Contingency theory

Strategic alignment

• Strategic alliance

• Strategic balanced scorecard (SBS)

• Strategic partnership versus tactical partnership

• Strategy map

• Synergy

Business partnership types

• Joint venture

• Public-private partnership (PPP)

• University partnership

• Government partnership

Partnership life cycle (PLC)

• Partnership Readiness Level (PRL)

• Project portfolio management (PPM)

• Innovation Pentathlon framework

• Partner Relationship Management (PRM)

• Partnership metrics

Strategy

Business model

• Business Model Innovation (BMI)

• Business Model Canvas (BMC)

Strategic effects

• Network effects

• Platform effects

• Flywheel effects

• Viral effects

• Moat effects

• Threshold effects

• Scale effects

• Leverage effects

• Monopoly effects

Business growth models

• Market expansion

• Product line extension

Business analysis

• North Star

• Five Forces analysis

• PESTLE analysis

• SWOT analysis

• Feasibility analysis

• Stakeholder analysis

• Use case analysis

• Process mapping

• Value stream mapping (VSM)

• Maturity models

• Demand forecasting

• Predictive analytics

Business strategy and business tactics

• Research and development (R&D)

• Ability, capability, capacity

• Business development

• Outputs versus outcomes

• Due diligence

Creative thinking techniques

• Ideation

• Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG)

• Brainstorming

• Thinking hats

• SCAMPER

• Futurespective

Startup entrances

• Incubator

• Accelerator

• Skunkworks

• Spinoff

• Spinout

• Technology transfer

Industry introductions

Roles and responsibilities

• Partnership Manager

• Product Manager

• Project Manager (PM)

• Responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)

• RACI matrix

• PARIS matrix

• Organizational chart

• Chain of command

• Stakeholders

Organizational values frameworks

• Code of conduct

• Code of ethics

• Membership values

• Leadership values

• Cultural values

• Social value orientation (SVO)

• Culture fit and values alignment

• Triple bottom line

• Cultural dimensions

Planning

Intent plan

• Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions (RAID)

• SMART criteria

• For more see Project Management Primer

Project management

• Project management life cycle (PMLC)

• Project versus program

• Project portfolio management (PPM)

• Portfolio optimization

• For more see Project Management Primer

Teamwork

• Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing (FSNP)

• Icebreaker questions

• TEAM FOCUS

• Active listening

• Shoshin

• Blameless retrospective

Digital transformation

• Business information systems

• Change management

• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

• Playbook

• Runbook

Artificial intelligence (AI)

• AI for partner management

• AI for product development

• AI for project management

• AI for business strategy

Law

Intellectual Property (IP)

• Patent

• Copyright

• Trademark

• Trade secret

• Industrial design rights

Legal agreements

• Partnership agreement

• Joint Venture agreement (JVA)

• Framework agreement

• Service agreement

• Consulting agreement

• Subcontracting agreement

• Confidentiality agreement

• Non-disclosure agreement (NDA)

• Non-compete agreement

• Non-solicitation agreement

• Work-for-hire agreement

• Arbitration agreement

• Letter Of Intent (LOI)

• Power Of Attorney (POA)

• Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU): see Letter Of Intent (LOI)

• Master Services Agreement (MSA): see Framework agreement

Technology transfer agreements

• Licensing agreement (LA)

• Joint development agreement (JDA)

• Assignment agreement (AA)

• Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)

• Facility Use/Service Agreement (FUSA)

• Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)

• Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA)

• Technology Transfer Office (TTO)

Lore

Partnership quotations

• If you want to go fast go alone; if you want to go far go together

• Perfect partners don't exist

• The whole is greater than the sum of the parts

Idioms

• Ahead of the pack

• Shoulder to shoulder

• The ball is in your court

• Think outside of the box

• For more see our Business Lingo Primer

Aphorisms

• The Law of Demos (Kapor's Law)

• The Law of Conservation of Complexity (Tesler's Law)

• The Pareto Principle (The 80/20 Rule)

• Chesterton's fence

• For more see our Business Lingo Primer

Soft skills

• How to collaborate

• How to work with stakeholders

• How to lead a meeting

• How to get feedback

• How to give feedback

Conclusion

• About the editor

• About the AI

• About the ebook

• About related projects