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Noboru Konno, President of JIN and Magnus Karlsson, Partner of Amplify exchange signed agreement at IMS SUMMIT 2024 in Osaka, December 2

December 2, 2024, Tokyo

Japan Innovation Network (JIN) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Amplify AB (Stockholm, Sweden) to promote the development of Innovation Management Professionals in Japan. These professionals lead and organize systematic innovation activities and build innovation capabilities in an organization or across organizations in an open innovation ecosystem.

Since 2015, JIN has organized the national steering committee for ISO TC 279 (Innovation Management System) and has represented Japan in ISO negotiations. Founded in 2002, Amplify is a pioneering international consulting and training company in Sweden, specializing in supporting the deployment of Innovation Management Systems (IMS). The company has provided acceleration support and training services for innovation management to multinational companies in Europe.

Since 2019, following the publication of the international standard “ISO 56002: Innovation Management System,” JIN and Amplify began collaborating on the promotion of IMS and the capacity development of innovation management professionals. Building on this successful partnership, both parties have now entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to further strengthen their collaboration, with a focus on developing innovation management professionals in Japan.

Through this strategic cooperation, JIN and Amplify will jointly implement the following activities in Japan:

[Activities]
– Provide advice, coaching, consulting, training, training-of-trainers, providing tools and methods and other relevant products and services in the field of innovation management
– Prepare for personal certification of Innovation Management Professionals

[Target audience]
Innovation management professionals, top and senior management, the board of directors, other leaders and managers, internal and external analysts and auditors, and other roles contributing to innovation activities in, for, or across all types of organizations and sectors.

JIN will continue to strengthen its cooperation with organizations promoting innovation and IMS in Japan and abroad, while providing up-to-date information and expertise to organizations in Japan.

About Amplify AB:
Founded in 2002, Amplify is a pioneering international consulting and training company in Sweden, specializing in supporting the deployment of Innovation Management Systems (IMS) and training of Innovation Management Professionals. Amplify has provided acceleration support and training services for innovation management to multinational companies in Europe.
https://amplifyinnovation.com/