About — innovationterms

The project started during an exchange collaboration between TU Delft and the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) . We kept seeing the same issue: key terms were spread across books, lecture slides, and blogs, often with conflicting definitions. So we began standardizing our notes into plain-language explanations with examples you can apply at work.

Editorial approach

We cross-check terminology against recognized sources such as the OECD Oslo Manual , WIPO innovation publications , and method libraries like IDEO Design Kit . When definitions vary by industry, we call out the difference and prioritize usage that is most common in product, strategy, and transformation teams.

Who this is for

We write for students, founders, policy teams, innovation leads, and curious operators. Whether you are preparing a workshop, building a roadmap, or decoding jargon in a strategy deck, the goal is the same: help you understand the term fast, with enough context to use it correctly.

How we keep it credible

Every entry is reviewed for clarity, internal consistency, and practical usefulness. We also refresh terms as frameworks evolve (for example, around AI governance, sustainability, and digital transformation) and remove wording that becomes outdated. If you spot an issue, you can reach us through the contact page and we will review it.

What innovationterms covers

We cover the working vocabulary of innovation: types and theory, strategy and portfolio, product and business models, customer and market insights, design and prototyping, delivery and agile, leadership and culture, ecosystems and sustainability — and how organizations innovate with and around technology and AI.

What innovationterms is not

We are not a general technology encyclopedia, a product-features wiki, a news site, a consultancy, a certification body, or a paywalled research platform. We cover a technology only through the lens of how organizations innovate with or around it — not as a standalone subject.