Exnovation

Summary

Exnovation means the process of terminating a practice, or the use of a technology or product, within an organization, community, or society. Put simply, it can be described as the opposite of innovation. Exnovation has also been described as the "flipside of innovation",[1] or the "lesser-known sibling of innovation".[2]

In commerce and management, exnovation can occur when products and processes that have been tested and confirmed to be best-in-class are standardized to ensure that they are not innovated further.[3][4][5][6] Companies that have followed exnovation as a strategy to improve organizational performance include General Electric, Ford Motor Company and American Airlines.[7]

One of the earliest usages of the term came in 1981, when John Kimberly referred to "removal of innovation from an organisation".[8] In 1996 A. Sandeep provided a modern definition of exnovation as the philosophy of not innovating – in other words, ensuring that best-in-class entities are not innovated further. Since then "exnovation" has become a notable parlance in various practices, from management to medicine.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

In recent years, the concept has been increasingly taken up in sustainability and transition research to designate and investigate the deliberate phase-out of unsustainable technologies, products, and practices, particularly in relation to energy transitions and a coal phase-out.[15][16][17]

Exnovation and innovation are interrelated: "On the one hand, exnovating products and practices creates spaces for new products and practices. On the other hand, the promise of a new product or practice helps eliminating old products and practices."[2]

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  9. ^ Rodriguez, H (2016). "The exnovation of chronic care management processes by physician organizations". Milbank Quarterly. 94 (3): 626–53. doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12213. PMC 5020147. PMID 27620686.
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  12. ^ Frank, Richard G.; Glied, Sherry A. (2008-04-01). Better But Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the United States since 1950. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801889103.
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  15. ^ Davidson, Debra J. (2019). "Exnovating for a renewable energy transition". Nature Energy. 4 (4): 254–256. doi:10.1038/s41560-019-0369-3. ISSN 2058-7546. S2CID 256722280.
  16. ^ David, Martin (2017). "Moving beyond the heuristic of creative destruction: Targeting exnovation with policy mixes for energy transitions". Energy Research & Social Science. 33: 138–146. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2017.09.023. ISSN 2214-6296.
  17. ^ Heyen, Dirk Arne; Hermwille, Lukas; Wehnert, Timon (2017). "Out of the Comfort Zone! Governing the Exnovation of Unsustainable Technologies and Practices". GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 26 (4): 326–331. doi:10.14512/gaia.26.4.9.