FORTH Innovation Method Information

The FORTH Innovation Method helps organisations double innovation effectiveness by turning innovation ambition into implemented solutions that create meaningful value. Founded by innovation thought leader, keynote speaker and author Gijs van Wulfen, FORTH was developed to overcome a common innovation challenge: organisations have plenty of ideas, but struggle to turn them into real impact. FORTH combines design thinking and business thinking in a 15–20 week structured innovation journey, resulting in 4–6 mini business cases ready for decision-making. Multidisciplinary teams navigate five stages: Full Steam Ahead – Observe & Learn – Raise Ideas – Test Ideas – Homecoming. Instead of handing promising concepts over at the end, FORTH involves customers, experts and decision-makers throughout the journey. This builds insight, trust and innovation ownership. This is WE-nnovation: you can invent alone, but you cannot innovate alone. People support what they help to create. The journey delivers 4–6 validated mini new business cases with strong internal support, ready for decision-making and implementation. Independent research shows that FORTH substantially improves the progression of innovation concepts towards development and market introduction. Today, FORTH is used across six continents. More than 300 certified FORTH Innovation Facilitators in 35 countries apply the methodology, and the FORTH Innovation Map is available in 14 languages. FORTH helps organisations increase innovation effectiveness, break innovation barriers, build innovation ownership, strengthen innovation discipline and reduce uncertainty step by step. Innovation is not about having more ideas. It is about making the right ideas happen. Check out: www.forth-innovation.com to boost your innovation effectiveness.