IXL KOREA

Turning Innovation
into Growth

Strategy · AI · People · System

We help organizations discover new growth opportunities, build breakthrough business concepts, and develop sustainable innovation capabilities.

Innovation 5.0 - From Search to Leadership
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ABOUT IXL CENTER / IXL KOREA

Innovation Management for Breakthrough Growth

IXL Center and IXL Korea operate as one global innovation network. We help corporations, universities and innovation professionals build world-class innovation management capabilities and translate them into ambitious, measurable growth.

VISION

Make Innovation Management a Core Discipline

Advance innovation management as a critical business and professional discipline worldwide.

MISSION

Build Capability for 10X Growth

Help organizations develop world-class innovation management capabilities that turn uncertainty into breakthrough results.

VALUES

Structured, Bold and Professional

Take on tough problems, use disciplined approaches, collaborate across diverse teams, persist through ambiguity and uphold high professional standards.

IXL CENTER TEAM

Global Expertise. Local Leadership.

Jinhong Kim
MANAGING DIRECTOR — KOREA

Jinhong Kim

Managing Director, IXL Korea

Former Global Partner of PwC Consulting

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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TEAM
IXL Center Global Leadership Team
COUNTRY MANAGING DIRECTORS & PARTNERS
IXL Center Country Managing Directors and Partners — Part 1 IXL Center Country Managing Directors and Partners — Part 2 IXL Center Country Managing Directors and Partners — Part 3

ADVISORY BOARD

Advisory Board

Donghoon Kim

Donghoon Kim

Professor, Yonsei School of Business

Former Vice President, Yonsei University

Churl-Ho Yoo

Churl-Ho Yoo

Chairman, Cornerstone Investment

Former President, LG Chemical

Changkyu Choi

Changkyu Choi

Professor, Yonsei GMBA · Partner, IXL Korea

CEO, Cornerstone Investment

PARTNERS

Global Innovation Ecosystem

IXL Korea works with global organizations and platforms that strengthen innovation capability, professional certification and AI-enabled execution.

GIMI

Certified Training Partner

Global Innovation Management Institute — professional certification, capability development and innovation-management standards.

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AKAIO

Implementing Partner

AI-powered innovation platform supporting structured work from foresight and opportunities through concepts and collaboration.

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OUR OFFICE

Seoul, Korea

IXL KOREA

Seoul Office

서울특별시 강남구 테헤란로 534
글라스타워 20층

Managing Director Jinhong Kim
Phone: +82-2-501-8638 Email: enquiry@ixlkorea.co.kr Homepage: ixlkorea.co.kr

COMPANY PROFILE

IXL Korea Company Profile

Download the latest IXL Korea company profile covering our innovation & growth programs, innovation management, GIMI & ISO capability building, AKAIO implementation, university programs and selected cases.

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OUR OFFERINGS

From Innovation Opportunity to Organizational Capability.

IXL Korea supports two goals simultaneously through its Breakthrough Results and Capability Building programs: delivering tangible business results and embedding innovation capabilities within the organization. We offer seven individual programs as well as integrated program pathways to achieve these goals.

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01 INNOVATION & GROWTH

Innovation Olympics

Eureka · Discover & Build

Real corporate challenges translated into opportunities, Fields of Play, business concepts and preliminary business cases.

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02 INNOVATION & GROWTH

IXLerator

Pursuit & Realization

Validate, implement and scale selected Eureka outputs into measurable business growth and impact.

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03 INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Jump Start

Assess Innovation Readiness & Identify Capability Gaps

Assess organizational innovation capability through OIA and individual innovation potential through IPA.

OIA · Organizational Innovation Assessment IPA · Innovation Potential Assessment
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04 INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Innovation Management System Consulting

Build the Innovation System

Build innovation strategy, governance, processes, portfolios, capabilities and measurement through a corporate consulting project.

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05 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

GIMI CIP Certification- Accredited by ISO/IEC 17024

Build Professional Innovation Capability

Develop innovation professionals through capability assessment, targeted development and GIMI CIP certification.

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06 ISO & INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

ISO 56001 Certification

Audit. Improve. Certify.

Assess the organization's Innovation Management System, close identified gaps through consulting when required, and achieve the appropriate management-system certification level.

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07 AI-POWERED INNOVATION

AKAIO Implementation

AI-Powered Innovation Platform Implementation

Innovation 5.0 Support: Leverage an AI-powered innovation platform built on GIMI's innovation methodology to dramatically accelerate innovation activities and outcomes.

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EUREKA PROGRAM

Innovation Olympics

Eureka is delivered through Innovation Olympics using a real corporate challenge. It can be run with graduate/undergraduate student teams or with employees inside the company. In both cases, selected outputs can continue into IXLerator as a direct corporate project.

UNIVERSITY-BASED

Students + Corporate Challenge

Graduate/undergraduate student teams work on a real company challenge through a course-based Innovation Olympics program.

Can continue to IXLerator as a corporate project after the university course
CORPORATE-BASED

Employees + Corporate Challenge

Company employees work on their own strategic challenge through a corporate Innovation Olympics engagement.

Can continue directly to IXLerator as a corporate project

INSIDE EUREKA

From Growth Intent to Business Concepts

Innovation Olympics structures the Eureka stage around five connected steps that turn a strategic challenge into actionable growth concepts and initial cases.

01

Growth Intent

Define why growth is needed, the growth gap (target value and time horizon), and the scope of the innovation portfolio.

02

Opportunity Discovery

Discover high-potential growth opportunities through insights into megatrends, markets, competitors and technological changes.

03

Field of Play

Define where to innovate by combining markets, needs, technologies and capabilities.

04

Business Concepts

Transform selected Fields of Play into differentiated business concepts.

05

Initial Cases

Select the most promising concepts and take initial steps, including market testing, to prepare them for further pursuit.

PURSUIT + REALIZATION

IXLerator

Selected Eureka outputs move into IXLerator, where promising concepts are validated, prepared for implementation and converted into measurable business results.

01

Pursuit

Validate priority concepts, strengthen the business case and determine what should move forward.

02

Implementation

Prepare resources, capabilities, partners and execution plans required to implement the selected opportunity.

03

Realization

Scale validated opportunities and translate execution into measurable business growth and impact.

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JUMP START

Assess Innovation Readiness

Start with two complementary assessments: OIA for the organization’s Innovation Management System and IPA for the innovation capability of its people. Each assessment identifies gaps and guides the next development and certification pathway.

OIA

Organizational Innovation Assessment

Assess the organization’s Innovation Management System, identify gaps against the target management-system level, and determine readiness for the ISO 56001 certification pathway.

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IPA

Innovation Potential Assessment

Assess individual innovation capability across the organization, identify gaps against target innovation roles and determine the appropriate CIP development pathway.

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INNOVATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Build a Sustainable Innovation System

Delivered as a corporate consulting engagement, IXL Korea helps organizations turn innovation from isolated activities into a repeatable, measurable and organization-wide management system.

01

Innovation Strategy

Define innovation priorities, strategic focus areas and clear growth objectives.

02

Governance & Organization

Establish leadership roles, decision rights and innovation governance.

03

Innovation Process

Build a structured process from opportunity discovery to implementation.

04

Pipeline / Portfolio Management

Prioritize innovation initiatives, allocate resources, and manage the innovation pipeline/portfolio.

05

Capability & Certification

Develop innovation professionals through training and capability building.

06

Measurement & KPI

Track innovation progress, learning, pipeline quality and business impact.

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

GIMI CIP Certification

Develop innovation professionals through the world's first and only ISO/IEC 17024-accredited innovation education, practical capability development and Certified Innovation Professional certification.

CAPABILITY

Develop Innovation Professionals

Build practical innovation knowledge, skills and methodologies for professionals working across innovation roles.

  • Innovation capability development
  • Practical innovation methodologies
  • Corporate and university programs
CERTIFICATION

Certified Innovation Professional

Validate professional innovation capability through the GIMI CIP certification pathway.

  • CIP Level 1
  • CIP Level 2
  • CIP Level 3
  • CIP Level 4

ISO & INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

ISO 56001 Certification

Evaluate the organization's Innovation Management System, identify gaps, strengthen the system where required and progress toward the applicable certification level.

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01

Audit

Assess the current Innovation Management System against the target level.

02

Improve

Close identified management-system and capability gaps where required.

03

Certify

Confirm target achievement and award the applicable certification level.

AI & AKAIO

AI-Powered Innovation Platform

Transform data, trends and uncertainties into actionable growth opportunities through an AI-powered innovation platform.

01

Value Chain

Understand industry structure, customers and ecosystems.

02

Trends

Identify signals, market shifts and emerging forces.

03

Foresight

Explore uncertainty and develop future scenarios.

04

Opportunities

Discover high-potential innovation opportunities.

05

Business Concepts

Develop differentiated concepts and growth models.

06

Matchmaking

Identify capabilities, partners and collaboration opportunities.

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UNIVERSITIES & INNOVATION OLYMPICS

Building the Next Generation of Innovators

Learn professional innovation methods, apply them to real corporate challenges through Innovation Olympics, create actionable Eureka outcomes, and earn GIMI CIP certification upon successful completion of the required learning and assessment.

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01

Innovation Education

Build practical innovation capabilities through structured professional methodologies, workshops and applied learning designed to prepare students for real innovation challenges.

GIMI · Innovation Methods · Capability Building
02

Innovation Olympics — Action Project

Student teams work on real corporate innovation and growth challenges through the Eureka process, developing opportunities, Fields of Play, differentiated business concepts and preliminary business cases.

Real Corporate Challenges · Eureka · Action Learning
03

GIMI CIP Certification

Students who successfully complete the required professional learning and assessment earn GIMI's Certified Innovation Professional (CIP) credential.

GIMI · CIP · Professional Certification
LEARNProfessional Innovation Methods
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APPLYReal Corporate Challenges
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CREATEEureka Outcomes
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CERTIFYGIMI CIP

PROVEN IN PRACTICE

Yonsei Global MBA

Innovation Olympics + GIMI CIP

A long-running experiential innovation program connecting professional innovation education with real corporate challenges, international student teams and professional certification.

10+ YearsProgram Experience Real Corporate ChallengesAction Projects Global Student TeamsInternational Collaboration GIMI CIPProfessional Certification

Connect Universities, Companies and Innovation Talent

Create experiential innovation programs that combine professional education, Innovation Olympics action projects, GIMI certification and real-world business impact.

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SELECTED CASES

Global Growth & Innovation in Practice

Selected corporate and university engagements demonstrating how innovation connects global growth opportunities, real business challenges, professional capability and practical execution.

IXL Center innovation overview

The Center for Innovation, Excellence and Leadership (IXL Center) helps Fortune 1000 businesses, start-ups and innovation executives build the capabilities to create innovation breakthroughs and drive sustainable high-performance growth and innovation in their organizations.

We deliver training, advisory and coaching, workshops and speeches that can be customized to fit each client's unique situation and growth or innovation challenge. Our practice leaders have substantial experience helping organizations develop innovations or increase their capability to do so. We have written and continue to develop country-wide innovation studies and innovation management white papers, books and articles. We serve our clients through a global footprint of training and consulting locations and a broad network of experienced innovation leaders including Chief Innovation Officers, business innovation professors and innovation consultants.

01 GLOBAL GROWTH & INNOVATION PROJECTS

IXL Korea

IXL Korea has supported global growth and innovation projects for Samsung SDI, LG Energy Solution, Hyundai Motor, Ronbay Technology, POSCO, Dongjin Semichem, MD Anderson, Chong Kun Dang and Median Technologies across EV, battery and advanced materials, as well as AI-based cancer screening, diagnostics and healthcare, turning new opportunities into commercialization and business development.

02 UNIVERSITY × CORPORATE

MBA Innovation Olympics

MBA student teams apply professional innovation methods to real corporate challenges through Innovation Olympics, creating Eureka outcomes while developing practical innovation capability.

PROGRAMS
Yonsei Global MBA Undergraduate Program, Yonsei School of Business
Innovation Education → Corporate Challenge → Innovation Olympics → GIMI CIP
03 UNIVERSITY-WIDE CAPABILITY

University-wide GIMI CIP Certification

A university-wide innovation capability and certification program designed to make professional innovation learning and the GIMI CIP pathway accessible beyond a single MBA course.

PROGRAM
Yonsei–GIMI CIP Certification Program
Professional Innovation Education · Capability Building · GIMI CIP
CORPORATE Global Growth & New Business
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UNIVERSITIES Innovation Talent & Real Challenges
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IMPACT Innovation Capability & Business Results

INSIGHTS

Explore What Is Shaping the Future of Innovation

News, articles, videos and selected external resources on innovation, growth, emerging trends, cases and new opportunities.

BEYOND EUREKA BOOK SERIES

Healthovate book cover

HEALTHOVATE! INNOVATING TO LIVE LONGER, FEEL BETTER

Ronald Jonash, Pamela McNamara, Hitendra Patel

Healthovate! is a collection of stories of more than fifty innovative companies whose breakthroughs are changing the healthcare industry. These companies have created specific breakthroughs that are dramatically changing the way people receive and use products and services that enrich their health and well-being. Hult International Business School Publishing, Dec 2013

Connectivate book cover

CONNECTIVATE! COMPANIES INNOVATING IN NEW WAYS TO BE ALWAYS AVAILABLE

Ronald Jonash, Victor Fernandes, Hitendra Patel, Steve Wyatt

Connectivate! is a collection of stories of more than fifty innovative companies whose breakthroughs are changing the world. These companies have created a new economic context, making themselves increasingly accessible to create a space-time singularity called Always Available. Hult International Business School Publishing, May 2012

Greenovate book cover

GREENOVATE! COMPANIES INNOVATING TO CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD

Ronald Jonash, Tyler McNally, Hitendra Patel

Greenovate! is a compilation of stories of how many of the world’s leading and emerging companies are addressing sustainability issues with profitable solutions that can spur even more innovation, growth and development as individuals and companies realize that being green DOES NOT MEAN being in the red. Hult International Business School Publishing, Apr 2012

Gamechangers book cover

GAME CHANGERS. 232 INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR WORLD

Hitendra Patel, Mark Rennella, Julija Kaminskaite

Game Changers gives readers a horizontal and vertical view of the wide reach of innovation over time and its impact on the lives of individuals and societies. Innovation has shaped human history in decisive ways. From light bulbs to lasers, from plumbing to water purification, innovation has helped human beings deal with change, cope with major problems and to achieve what had once seemed either impossible or even unthinkable. Global Innovation Management Institute Publishing, October 2017

OTHER INNOVATION BOOKS

THE STATE OF INNOVATION AT FIRM LEVEL IN SINGAPORE

Hitendra Patel, Eduardo Chakarian

Monitor Group, together with Singapore’s Institute of Policy Studies, led a study to assess the state of innovation capabilities in Singapore both at firm and national levels. This flagship study also compares Singapore’s innovation capabilities with those in other leading economies, and has developed a revealing set of insights on the policies, actions and initiatives needed to strengthen innovation capabilities and performance in Singapore. Institute of Policy Studies; 1st edition, 2005

THE INNOVATION PREMIUM: HOW NEXT GENERATION COMPANIES ARE ACHIEVING PEAK PERFORMANCE AND PROFITABILITY

Ronald Jonash, Tom Sommerlatte (at Arthur D. Little)

In today’s constantly shifting marketplace, “innovation” has become the catchword of companies large and small. In The Innovation Premium, Ron Jonash and Tom Sommerlatte draw on years of research and experience to demonstrate-for the first time-that those companies that consistently achieve innovation leadership enjoy measurable advantages, including an average 15 percent increase in shareholder returns.

ENTREPRENEURS, MANAGERS, AND LEADERS: WHAT THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY CAN TEACH US ABOUT LEADERSHIP

Anthony Mayo, Nitin Nohria, Mark Rennella

Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Leaders examines the role that business leaders play in shaping industries and how the evolving context of industries shapes leaders in turn. This co-evolutionary process of leadership and industry development is told through the story of the American airline industry across the 20th century. Entrepreneurs, who explored a variety of different airline concepts in search of a viable business model, dominate the industry’s early history.

Technovate book cover

Technovate!: A Guide to the Technologies Revolutionizing our World

Hitendra Patel, PH.D

Technovate! is your essential guide to navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of technology and innovation. Whether you're a business student, manager, engineer, or simply a curious mind, this book provides actionable insights and shareable understanding to help you thrive in the age of technovation. Explore the future of business, technology, and society, while understanding the importance of ethical decision making. Discover how to leverage emerging technologies to drive growth, solve complex problems, and shape a brighter future.

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Technovate

Technovate!

Technovate! provides a detailed exploration of these cutting-edge technologies, organized into distinct chapters that delve into key areas of innovation. We begin with Digital Technologies and Advanced Computing: The Backbone of the Future, examining the impact of AI, machine learning, quantum computing, and other digital advancements. We then move into Biotechnology and Healthcare: The Convergence of Biology and Technology, exploring breakthroughs in gene editing, personalized medicine, and bioengineering.

Join us on this journey of exploration and discovery as we delve into the world of Technovate! and unlock the potential of technology to create a future that is both innovative and equitable, prosperous and sustainable, for all.

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Let's Create the Next Growth Opportunity.

Whether you are exploring a new growth opportunity, building innovation capability, adopting AKAIO, developing GIMI or ISO programs, or creating a university innovation initiative, we would be pleased to connect.

How can we help?

Innovation & Growth Growth strategy, new business and innovation consulting
AKAIO AI-powered innovation platform and corporate applications
GIMI & ISO Certification, training and innovation management programs
Universities & Innovation Olympics Education, Action Projects and corporate challenges