01. The process of attempting to extrapolate trends far out into the future is known as what?
a) Trend scouting.
b) Trend watching.
c) Trendcasting.
d) Trend distillation.
02. When searching for members to build an X-Works Teams, one needs to look for professionals who are naturally given to what?
a) Strategizing skills.
b) Discovery skills
c) Execution skills.
d) Oration skills.
03. Use of recognition and rewards is the relational aspect of Enterprise Innovation and does what?
a) Ensures the right signals get sent (and get sent consistently) regarding the financial ultimatums the business is under.
b) Ensures the right message gets sent about the consequences of NOT participating in the innovation program.
c) Ensures the right signals get sent (and get sent consistently) regarding innovation.
d) Ensure the right message gets sent regarding how serious the organization is about beating its competitors.
04. Why must – at any given time – a healthy Enterprise Innovation program employ a variety of mechanisms of engagement?
a) So as to drive a range of outcomes.
b) So as to drive a variety of financial metrics.
c) So as to drive a healthy debate in the organization about innovation.
d) So as to create the perception of being truly innovative.
05. When networks and ecosystems are aligned around ways of operating that accommodate _______, they can play a powerful role in making an innovation happen.
a) business analysis
b) efficient new processes
c) making additional revenue
d) new business models and value propositions
06. Where should the members of the Evaluation Group hail from?
a) The Finance department.
b) A variety of corporate functions.
c) The Design department.
d) The Corporate Strategy department.
07. Why does Enterprise Innovation require having a seat at the C table (the CInO)?
a) To ensure it has equal footing and visibility with the organization's other functions and has a voice when needed.
b) To ensure it has more organizational visibility than the organization's other functions.
c) To ensure it has equal staff with the organization's other functions.
d) To ensure it has superior power over the organization's other functions.
08. Having agreed-upon ground rules for innovation governance drives _______ within the program and across the organization.
a) new intellectual property
b) cross pollination
c) creative thinking
d) transparency
09. In terms of building relationships beyond a core innovation team, the guiding philosophy must be what?
a) Stakeholder engagement, but not until absolutely needed.
b) Stakeholder alignment.
c) Stakeholder dictation from senior executives.
d) Stakeholder legal contracts.
10. Which of the following is one of the things an enterprise's Executive Leadership must do to make its Enterprise Innovation program successful?
a) Issue a mandate for innovation.
b) Issue a rulebook for innovation.
c) Deliver a directive for beating competitors.
d) Deliver a compelling motivational speech.
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