Applied Innovation Networks Overview

The accelerated rate of technological, social and business-model evolution has eliminated "stay the course" as a business strategy. Cost-cutting is a given, not a source of advantage. The only avenue to growth is innovation.

Not "innovation for innovation's sake," but innovation that is closely linked to corporate strategy and has a positive impact on top-line growth by 1) fostering new business development, and 2) building capabilities that lead to growth in the core business.

Innovation Through Diversity

Applied Innovation Networks specializes in the art of sparking useful innovation. How do we achieve this goal? By forming networks of key thinkers and practitioners around hard-to-solve problems, emerging trends and other areas of corporate interest.

We understand what goes into planning, launching, managing and, above all, extracting value from networks. With expertise covering all critical aspects of networks — including the technology, behavior and science — we give your company the insight needed to drive top-line growth.

A primary principle guiding our work is that a successful network must be diverse. That is, it must solicit ideas from a wide set of perspectives. An open exchange of content across perspectives leads to a recombination of ideas, while selective pressure allows the network to identify the most valuable ideas and realize its stated purpose.

At Monitor Networks, assembling a diverse network starts with determining the work to be tackled. Then we identify the appropriate individuals to address the task at hand. We draw from a number of sources, including your company, Monitor Group, relevant experts and our world-class talent pool. The result: a network that incorporates an invigorating diversity of perspectives to best accomplish your goals.

For more information about Applied Innovation Networks, please contact Mark Ciccone, mark_ciccone@monitor.com.