Navigating Innovation

Benoit Gailly is Professor of Innovation Management and Strategy in the Center for Research in Entrepreneurial Change and Innovative Strategies (CRECIS) at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. He held the Puilaetco Chair in Management and Financing of Technology Innovation at the Louvain School of Management (LSM) from 2001 to 2006, and is Program Director of the Executive Master's Degree in Innovation Management. Benoit is also the former LSM Vice-Dean for Corporate Relations and former Chair of the committee regarding the transfer and valorization of research results for the Academic Council. Before his time at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Benoit also studied at Roskilde University in Denmark and INSEAD. His research focuses on innovation-based strategies and innovation support systems. He is the author of numerous scientific publications on innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as Developing Innovative Organizations published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011. A former manager at McKinsey and an entrepreneur and advisor for several innovation networks and companies (both large firms and start-ups), Benoit is also a member of the Essenscia Innovation Circle and the Secretary General of the GRD Network.

1. Introduction: Make Sense of Innovation.- 2. Build a Shared Strategic Vision of Innovation.- 3. Manage Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.- 4. Identify Attractive Innovation Opportunities.- 5. Develop a Balanced Portfolio of Business Models.- 6. Nimble Execution: Fail Fast and Win Big.- 7. Conclusion: More Brain, Less Storming.

"This is a well written and structured book and goes a long way to fulfilling its one stop shop objective. ... The book provides a roadmap, but they're the ones who will have to organize and enable the journey." (John Bessant, International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 24 (1), 2020)

"It's certainly ambitious - it claims to offer a 'one stop shop' for the fundamentals of innovation management best practices. And it is well grounded; the foundations are based on a literature review of over 2,000 pieces of research - a good cross-section of the traveller's experience we've accumulated over the past hundred years of trying to understand innovation management. ...  it's full of helpful examples and, importantly, enabling tools, a valuable feature is the app, which is available to complement the book." (John Bessant, International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 24 (1), August 19, 2019)