Technical guide · Innovation
Innovation Maturity — Oslo
The capacity to innovate systematically, measured across 6 dimensions by the international standard of the Oslo Manual (OECD).
01 · The problemWhat this assessment solves
Is there a budget for innovation? Anyone formally responsible? A strategy that truly guides decisions and a process to turn ideas into new products, processes, and business models?
Most answer vaguely: there are isolated initiatives and occasional efforts, but no system connecting innovative intent to measurable results.
02 · What it isWhat the model is
It measures systematic innovation capability across 6 dimensions and 75 questions, with a score by dimension and an overall maturity level, analysis, and an action plan.
It uses the international standard of the Oslo Manual (OECD) and distinguishes intent from execution — those who have a strategy from those who actually innovate.
03 · The scaleThe 5 maturity levels
Each dimension — and the organization as a whole — is placed at one of these levels, always with a color, number, and name.
No innovation practice is structured. Initiatives happen entirely ad hoc, with no process, budget, owners, or metrics; the organization responds to opportunities reactively and sporadically.
The organization recognizes the importance of innovation and experiments with occasional initiatives, but without consistency. There is some informal budget, isolated training efforts, and embryonic processes, with no coordination across areas.
Innovation practices are formalized in critical areas: there is a documented strategy, dedicated budget, defined processes, and basic metrics. Innovation begins to be integrated into the organizational strategy.
Innovation is a real strategic priority: there is innovation governance, dedicated teams, active external partnerships, data-driven decisions, and systematic measurement of results. The organization innovates in a coordinated way.
The organization is a benchmark for innovation in the sector: it operates an open innovation model, co-creates with the ecosystem, influences public policy, has world-class R&D, and has a genuinely rooted culture of experimentation.
04 · The structureWhat the assessment evaluates
No critical area is left out. Each dimension brings together the themes evaluated by the assessment.
Innovation Concept
The four types of innovation in the Oslo Manual: product, process, marketing, and organizational.
Innovation Measures
How the organization plans, executes, and measures innovation investments and impacts.
Factors Affecting Innovation
Internal and external factors that influence the propensity and capacity to innovate.
Innovation Cooperation & Networks
Cooperation with universities, institutes, and companies as a lever for innovation.
Innovation Policies
Formal policies, internal and external incentives, and R&D support.
Innovation Capabilities
Competencies, leadership, technology, and culture that sustain innovation over the long term.
05 · HighlightsWhy apply this assessment
06 · AudienceWho it's for
07 · How to applyFrom questionnaire to plan
There are 75 questions organized into 6 dimensions and 13 themes, all mandatory — answer based on your current reality.
In minutes you receive an overall score, by dimension and by theme, the maturity level, and an analysis with prioritized gaps and an initial action plan.
08 · ReferencesBased on international standards
In practiceWhat the assessment reveals
A consumer goods manufacturer (1,200 people) had accumulated R&D projects with no commercial results: the budget existed and the team was capable, but launches weren’t reaching the market.
What was missing was a system to carry ideas all the way to the market.