CIMS Assessments:

Rating Your Innovation Management Fitness


Businesses can't move forward if they don't know how they rate. To help companies determine where they stand, CIMS has devised several valuable assessments. These assessments, when taken with an eyes-wide-open approach, enable companies to uncover weaknesses, discover strengths and develop useful insights and strategies.

"Our assessments provide companies powerful insights into their innovation proficiency. They also lay out a roadmap for change."

Paul C. Mugge
Innovation Professor,
CIMS Director,
College of Management, NCSU

 

IM Maturity Assessment:  Are you experiencing IM "breakdowns"?  For companies that fail to master an organized approach to innovation, the consequences can be considerable.  They include:

  • Isolation and morale decline in the R&D division as ideas and prototypes never make it out of the gate
  • Insufficient information with which to make critical go-no go new product decisions
  • Loss of market share to competitors that do understand innovation management

You can take an individual IM Maturity Assessment on this site, but for a more complete picture, CIMS will work with your team to tailor an assessment for your organization.

 

Value IQ Assessment: Is your innovation management limited to a suggestion box in the break room? Learn how you can encourage a culture of innovation.

 

Virtual Team Readiness and Health Assessment: If you work with other units, divisions or suppliers beyond your four walls, this assessment helps you expand IM expertise across your en tire organization.