ISO BOOK

Mastering Innovation Management with ISO 56000 is a practical guide to the ISO 56000 series, the international standards for managing innovation. It shows organizations of any size or sector how to treat innovation as a structured, repeatable part of the business instead of a one-off effort.

The book covers the full series:

• ISO 56000: the shared vocabulary and core principles of innovation.
• ISO 56001 and ISO 56002: the requirements for an Innovation Management System (ISO 56001 is the first one you can be certified against), plus an 8-step implementation roadmap.
• ISO 56003: innovation partnerships, from choosing partners to structuring agreements.
• ISO 56005: managing intellectual property through the innovation process.
• ISO 56006 and ISO 56007: strategic intelligence and managing ideas and opportunities.
• ISO 56008: measuring innovation, from project metrics to portfolio assessment.

Each chapter pairs the theory with frameworks, tools and case studies from companies such as Gestamp, Enel, IBM, IKEA and Google. It ends with a look at where innovation management is heading, including AI, sustainability and collaboration.

Dr. Annika Steiber is CEO of Management Insights and the RenDanHeYi Silicon Valley Research Center, and an expert for ISO TC 279 and Singularity University. She holds a Ph.D. in Management of Technology from Chalmers University and was a professor and Director for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Menlo College.

Dr. Brett Trusko is a distinguished professor and best-selling author of 6 books. He founded the International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP) and the International Journal of Innovation Science. He is a former CPA and CFO, a Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and teaches at Texas A&M and Mt. Sinai Medical School.

Dr. Sorin Cohn-Sfetcu is the ISO 56008 Project Leader for Innovation Measurements at ISO. He is Founder and CEO of BD Cohnsulting and former Chair of the Board of Startup Canada. He teaches business innovation management in executive MBA programs in France and Canada.

Dr. Hitendra Patel is Managing Director of IXL Center and Founder of the Global Innovation Management Institute (GIMI). He has 30 years of experience advising Fortune 1000 companies and governments, co-founded Monitor Group’s Innovation Practice, and holds six patents from his time at Motorola. His books include 101 Innovation Breakthroughs and Greenovate.

Publisher: Global Innovation Management Institute (GIMI), Cambridge, MA, USA Edition: 2025 Length: about 155 pages, 7 chapters, with a glossary and bibliography Who it’s for: senior executives, innovation program managers and teams, innovation committee members, strategy and R&D managers, business development managers, consultants, educators and government program managers What’s inside: step-by-step frameworks, case studies, tools and methods, figures, and a full innovation glossary Certification link: it’s a foundational reference for GIMI’s innovation management certifications (more at www.giminstitute.org)