About innovationterms
innovationterms is an independent glossary built by innovation students and operators who wanted one practical place to understand innovation language without the fluff.
O projeto começou durante uma colaboração de intercâmbio entre TU Delft and the Universidade de TI de Copenhaga (ITU) Continuávamos a ver o mesmo problema: termos-chave estavam espalhados por livros, slides de palestras e blogs, muitas vezes com definições conflitantes. Então começamos a padronizar nossas anotações em explicações de linguagem simples com exemplos que você pode aplicar no trabalho.
Editorial approach
Verificamos a terminologia com base em fontes reconhecidas, como a 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evolve (for example, around AI governance, sustainability, and digital transformation) and remove wording that becomes outdated.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.
Contributors
Conheça os colaboradores que pesquisam, escrevem e revisam nosso glossário e guias.