Boosting the Unexpected – Industrial Cases revealing Knowledge Transfer Impact.

The current pandemic has forced businesses and societies to implement ultimate transition actions without allowing time and proper longterm or even short-term planning. The simultaneous explosive digital transformation in all practices of society and business challenge both industry and university to invent and discover novel ways of collaboration for mutual benefit. Therefore, new creative and agile value-based innovation management methods must be introduced for practical use. In this paper we introduce a set of industrial case studies where the methods and tools of the Knowledge Transfer Charter (KTC) were utilised as part of improving the innovation capabilities of companies. Boosting the unexpected and revealing disruptive elements of innovation crucial for resilience of prospering businesses in times of crisis is essential in guiding industry towards the SDGs. This process needs to be supported with agile innovation management tools such as the KTC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]