An innovation manager is responsible for managing innovative strategies, activities, and opportunities for an organization to impact growth and create unique value.
Innovation needs to be more central to the thinking, decision making, and management of organizations in order to provide sustainable growth. A holistic enterprise-wide innovation process is needed to achieve this.
To achieve ambitious sustainability targets, businesses must adopt generative and inclusive design instead of an extractive approach. Good stewardship must be embedded into product and service design. Innovation teams must embrace five design principles to transition into more sustainable and regenerative product and service alternatives.