Self-assessment tool: Is your business innovating?
Use Innovate NI's self-assessment tool to find out how innovative your business is and get recognition along the way
Innovation is at the heart of business. It creates new value and growth and, when done right, can lead to long-term benefits.
To help local businesses actively engage in innovation, Innovate NI has developed an Innovation Accreditation Programme that consists of:
- a four-step innovation framework - to take you from ideation to commercialisation
- an innovation recognition scheme - to help you gain recognition for your efforts
Supporting this framework and scheme is an innovation self-assessment tool, a simple online questionnaire that enables you to:
- discover how innovative your business is
- join the framework
- receive the corresponding recognition
When you complete the questionnaire, the results suggest where your business sits on the framework and tell you how to progress through the different innovation levels.
Following successful completion of each level, you can achieve Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum Innovator status and receive official recognition from the Department for the Economy (DfE). You can also get promotional materials to help market your business as an innovative enterprise.
Complete the self-assessment questionnaire now
Innovate NI is a DfE initiative, delivered by Invest Northern Ireland in partnership with local councils and further education colleges.
The initiative, including the programme and the self-assessment diagnostic, is open to all Northern Ireland businesses, sole traders, charities and organisations and individuals.
To see how other businesses are using the innovation framework to create new products, services and processes, read Innovate NI case studies.
First published 3 August 2021