GOVERNMENT AND NON-PROFIT

Overview
Average Maturity Level
NOVICE
Average Maturity Score
1.84 / 4.00
Least Developed Innovation Ecosystem Pillar
LEADERSHIP
Innovation Strategy
Average Maturity Level
NOVICE
Average Maturity Score
1.69 / 4.00
Main Blocker
Apparently there is a lack of clarity around innovation strategy and translating it into clear tactical plans that employees can act on.
Second Blocker
It seems that the innovation strategy is rarely translated into clear tactical plans that employees can act on.
Third Blocker
Innovation targets as well as the role innovation plays in achieving certain top-line and bottom-line objectives seem not to be communicated to the employees in the majority of organizations in this industry.
Innovation Leadership
Average Maturity Level
NOVICE
Average Maturity Score
1.58 / 4.00
Main Blocker
Senior leaders in this industry typically don’t display the mindset and behaviour required for leading for innovation.
Second Blocker
Senior leadership action doesn’t typically match the organisations articulation of the importance of innovation with the majority of focus being efficiency improvements of legacy products.
Third Blocker
Day-to-day efficiency improvements seem to get the priority of senior leadership resulting in time rarely being dedicated to discuss innovation-focussed topics.
Innovation Management
Average Maturity Level
NOVICE
Average Maturity Score
1.74 / 4.00
Main Blocker
It seems that managers in this industry need to be offered more in-depth training on how to evaluate innovation ideas and acquire the mindset of venture capital investors.
Second Blocker
It seems organizations in this industry find it difficult to translate the innovation strategy into clear and pragmatic objectives making the implementation of the strategy difficult.
Third Blocker
Apparently the skills and competencies required by employees for innovation are underdeveloped across the industry.
Innovation Culture
Average Maturity Level
NOVICE
Average Maturity Score
1.96 / 4.00
Main Blocker
It seems that in organizations in this industry only a handful of employees are given the opportunity to take their own ideas forward and further their careers. Innovation is not a democratized activity.
Second Blocker
Roles and responsibilities around innovation are often unclear due to poor internal communication around innovation.
Third Blocker
Apparently in organizations in this industry, employees don’t know exactly what innovation is beyond technological improvements and furthermore they don’t know what it achieves for the company.
Innovation Process
Average Maturity Level
COMPETENT
Average Maturity Score
2.25 / 4.00
Main Blocker
Translating the innovation strategy into individual obtainable goals is apparently is sometimes challenging for organizations in this industry.
Second Blocker
Organizations in this industry seem to have a somewhat clear process for collaboration, knowledge exchange and communication between employees. However employees sometime still feel siloed.
Third Blocker
Resource allocation for innovation is sometime perceived as an issue by organizations in this industry.