Innovation Teams : Before Innovation Work is Begun

This paper focuses on innovation teams before innovation work is begun. The reason is that innovation teams are considered to be successful doing such work. However, prior studies show problems in innovation-related-knowledge, - knowledge gaps, -information and -awareness why this research aims to understand these aspects and how they relate to newly formed innovation team as they need to handle these aspects. Two case studies conducted during 1,5 years show that a newly formed innovation team is in a very complicated situation where the identified aspects relate not only to the individual members but also to the team, its context and network within and outside the organization. Practical implications for this research could be used when planning-, creating- and starting up new innovation teams, helping management and team members to understand the complexity, for which a model is developed and described