For individuals · Free
Free Innovation Pulse Check
A fast, honest read on how innovation is really experienced inside your organisation — with a personalised score you can use immediately.
Innovation capability assessment
Find your innovation pulse.
Oxy helps you turn instinct into insight. Measure how your organisation innovates across five critical pillars — then see exactly what to strengthen next.
- Free
- 15–20 minutes
- Instant personalised report
Built on experience
- Innovation360 Gold Partner
- IMBB Certified
- ISO 56001 expertise
- South African insight
Choose your depth
One pulse. Two ways to measure it.
Start with your own experience, or build a shared picture across your whole organisation.
For organisations · Organisation-wide
InnoPulse Full-Scale
Bring executives, employees, customers and partners into one evidence-based diagnosis — complete with stakeholder gaps, heatmaps and a practical roadmap.
The five vital signs
Innovation works as a system.
A weakness in one pillar can cap the rest. InnoPulse shows you where energy is flowing — and where it’s getting stuck.
01 / 05
Strategic
intent
A clear, funded innovation ambition linked to business strategy.
02 / 05
Innovation
process
The gates and portfolio governance that move ideas to launch.
03 / 05
People &
capability
Leadership, skills and the safety to experiment and learn.
04 / 05
Culture &
environment
The behaviours that make experimentation safe and routine.
05 / 05
Implementation
& value
Measurement and the discipline to scale what works.
How it works
From “maybe” to measurable.
A simple progression from insight to action — without burying your team in theory.
Measure
Build an evidence-based baseline across the five pillars with a focused assessment.
- Five-pillar capability view
- Evidence-based starting point
OutputBaseline score
Diagnose
See strengths, blockers and the single pillar holding the rest of your system back.
- Strengths and blockers
- Highest-leverage priority
OutputPriority gap
Build
Close the gaps with strategy, systems, training and practical delivery support.
- Targeted capability actions
- Practical delivery support
OutputAction roadmap
What you leave with
A shared view of what matters now—and a practical route forward.
EvidencePriorityAction
Start with the free check →
“Innovation shouldn’t depend on a lucky heartbeat.”
Oxy’s rule #1Make the system visible, then make it stronger.
Beyond the assessment
Innovation services to build the capability.
Once you know where you stand, The Growth System helps you make innovation a managed, repeatable capability — from strategy to hands-on delivery.
Strategy & systems
Strategy, systems & ISO 56001
A funded innovation strategy, a right-sized innovation management system, ISO 56001 advisory and readiness, and an idea management pipeline that moves ideas from capture to delivery.
Skills & culture
Innovation training & culture
Practical innovation training, innovation culture development, facilitated innovation workshops, and the hands-on InnoDrive programme that pairs capability building with real delivery.
Measure your capability
Innovation capability assessment
Start with the free innovation capability assessment, then go deeper with InnoPulse Full-Scale — a multi-stakeholder organisational diagnosis across executives, employees, customers and partners.
Have us run it
Outsourced innovation management
Outsourced innovation management gives you an experienced innovation function on demand, while end-to-end innovation consulting supports strategy, process, culture and measurement across South Africa.
Explore the full range of innovation services at thegrowthsystem.com.
Good questions
Before you take the pulse.
The essentials, explained without the consulting fog.
What is an innovation capability assessment?
It is a structured way to measure how well your organisation turns ideas into value. InnoPulse looks beyond idea volume to the strategy, processes, people, culture and delivery systems that make innovation repeatable.
Who should take the free Pulse Check?
Anyone who wants an honest read on how innovation is experienced in their organisation. It is useful for leaders, managers, innovation teams and employees alike.
What makes InnoPulse Full-Scale different?
It compares perspectives across stakeholder groups, revealing gaps that a single survey average can hide. The result is an executive-ready diagnosis and a clearer roadmap for action.
What happens after the assessment?
You receive a clear view of strengths and blockers. The Growth System can then help you prioritise improvements through strategy, ISO 56001 advisory, training, idea management and hands-on implementation support.
Your next move
Ready to see what’s really powering your innovation?
Take the free Pulse Check now, or talk to The Growth System about a full organisational diagnosis.