1 Assess the current state

The first step to revitalize innovation is to understand the current state of your client's company and identify the gaps and barriers that are hindering their innovation performance. You can use various tools and frameworks, such as SWOT analysis, innovation audit, or innovation maturity model, to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of your client's innovation capabilities, processes, and culture. You can also benchmark your client's innovation metrics, such as R&D spending, patents, new products, or customer satisfaction, against their competitors and industry standards.

3 Develop an action plan

The third step is to develop an action plan that will outline the specific actions, resources, and timelines that your client will need to implement to move from the current state to the desired state of innovation. You can use various methods and techniques, such as brainstorming, ideation, prototyping, or experimentation, to generate and test innovative ideas and solutions that address your client's challenges and opportunities. You can also use tools such as the innovation roadmap, the innovation portfolio, or the innovation scorecard, to prioritize, manage, and monitor your client's innovation projects and initiatives.

5 Build the capabilities

The fifth step is to build the capabilities that your client will need to sustain and scale their innovation performance and outcomes. You can help your client develop and implement an innovation strategy, which is a coherent and comprehensive plan that defines their innovation vision, goals, objectives, policies, and governance. You can also help them create and nurture an innovation culture, which is a set of values, beliefs, and behaviors that encourage and support innovation across the organization. You can also help them acquire and develop the innovation skills, knowledge, and competencies that their employees and leaders will need to generate, execute, and manage innovation.

6 Evaluate and improve

The final step is to evaluate and improve your client's innovation results and impact and identify the areas for further improvement and learning. You can use various evaluation and improvement tools, such as the innovation dashboard, the innovation audit, or the innovation feedback loop, to measure and report your client's innovation performance and outcomes against their goals and objectives. You can also use tools such as the innovation review, the innovation learning cycle, or the innovation best practices, to analyze and learn from your client's innovation successes and failures and implement the necessary changes and adjustments to improve their innovation process and culture.