Insights on Innovation
Perspectives, frameworks, and research from the Celsio team to help you think differently about innovation.
ISO 56011 and the Innovation Caucus Skills Framework
This Insight introduces a commentary paper on how ISO 56011 and the Innovation Caucus Innovation Skills Framework can work together: Innovation Caucus as a rich, task‑linked skills vocabulary, and ISO 56011 as a standards‑based competence architecture and proficiency structure.
Choosing Your “Good Enough” Innovation Zone (and what to do next)
This final Insight summarises all five Celsio Innovation Zones and asks a different question: what level of innovation maturity is actually “good enough” for your organisation right now?
Zone 5: Innovation as a Living System
Zone 5 is where innovation becomes a living system. This Insight shows how organisations competing on speed of learning and adaptation experiment not only with offerings, but with governance, funding models, partnerships and culture.
Zone 4: Managed Innovation (with an evidence base)
Zone 4 is where innovation becomes a managed, accountable investment portfolio with clear KPIs, governance and risk routines. This Insight shows how an ISO‑aligned system can give boards and investors the evidence they need, without drowning teams in bureaucracy.
Zone 3: Innovation as a Shared System
Zone 3 is where innovation becomes a standard, teachable way of working across the whole organisation. This Insight explains how a shared framework, clearer roles, and portfolio views can close the gap between bold strategy and patchy delivery.
Zone 2: Islands of Good Practice (and how to join them up)
Organisations in Zone 2 have islands of good practice, but no simple, shared way to join them up. This insight explains how a light, common pipeline can turn scattered efforts into a more consistent flow of innovation.
Zone 1: Innovation by Accident (and why that’s OK for now)
Many organisations are in Zone 1, and experience innovation that’s ad‑hoc, reliant on local heroes, and hard to describe as a system. This insight explains when that can be ‘good enough’ and how to strengthen your foundations without a big programme or rushing into certification.
Do you really need to certify your innovation?
Innovation standards like ISO 56001 are powerful, but certification isn’t always the right goal. This insight introduces Celsio’s zone Innovation Maturity Framework to help you decide what 'good enough' looks like for your organisation right now.
Standing still is no longer an option
For those companies that adopt an innovative mindset, innovation becomes an enabler for growth and a way to stay ahead of the curve.
The urgent need to break the link between innovation and invention
Put simply, entrepreneurship revolves around new ventures, while innovation is broader and can include shaping novel solutions within any organisation.
Landmark Report on N Ireland's Innovation Skills
Highlights the need to align regional innovation strategies with global standards; provides a roadmap to strengthen innovation leadership, creativity, and problem-solving capabilities.
Unlocking Innovation in Business: New Ways to Leverage Technologies
Love Belfast Business spoke to Charlie Tuxworth (Celsio) and Jamie Watts (Amplifi Solutions) about the world of innovation in NI business.
Anyone can generate ideas, but can businesses cope with the consequences of innovation?
When a company innovates, it brings change - real, profound change that can be in equal parts exciting, frightening, and disruptive.
Celsio paves the way for International Standard for Innovation Skills
Charlie Tuxworth, managing partner at Belfast innovation consultancy, Celsio, has been invited to lead the creation of a global standard for innovation.
F!Sk® – Framework for Innovation Skills
A competency-based matrix for sustainable innovation skills development across organisations.
