Abstract: A method includes: obtaining answers to a plurality of predetermined questions from at least one person, the questions relating to a situation in which an enterprise provides a client with offerings that include at least one of a product and a service; and utilizing the answers to at least some of the questions to prepare a report, including identifying within the report areas of past innovation within the enterprise with respect to the offerings, and areas currently appropriate for innovation within the enterprise with respect to the offerings. The method can be implemented in the form of a computer program stored on a computer-readable medium.

Abstract: A method involves: assessing an innovation status of an entity; identifying at least one initiative with an innovation focus which is structured to increase the value of the entity; implementing the initiative; and repeating the assessing, identifying and implementing.

Abstract: A method involves generating ideas, providing a workspace divided into multiple sections that each correspond to a respective different category, assigning each idea to a respective category to which that idea is perceived to be most relevant, and associating each idea with a respective physical identifier. Each identifier is positioned within the workspace section corresponding to the assigned category for the associated idea, at a physical position which, in relation to other workspace sections, is representative of the perceived relevance of the idea to the categories associated with the other sections. The workspace and identifiers are part of an apparatus that can be used to carry out the method.