Avanti Fontana focuses her research, publication, and workshop on strategy and management of innovation. She has more than 10-year experience in the domain. She has designed workshop on management of innovation as well as designed Innovation Award for business and social organizations and communities.
She authored INNOVATE WE CAN! firstly published in March 2009 by Gramedia Widiasarana Indonesia, Jakarta. The book has received positive responses and inspired organizations to innovate. Based on the book, Avanti designed and developed workshop programs on innovation management for business and social organizations with the workshop brand The Practice and Art of Innovation.
Since 2003/2004, Avanti has been facilitating courses in the levels of undergraduate and graduate programs in Management, Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Indonesia, in particular in the domain of: Strategy and Management; Organization Design; Knowledge and Innovation; Strategic Entrepreneurship; National Innovation System; National Management System; and Macro Talent Management.
Avanti supervises theses in the doctoral, master, and undergraduate levels for students doing research on the domains above mentioned.
In 2004, Avanti and Phillip Gobang cofounded the Center for Innovation Studies, then in 2010 CIS School of Innovation, an institution that facilitates the learning and practice of innovation in Indonesia.
In 2010, Avanti managed and hosted “AVANTI FONTANA ON QTV” television program that raised the theme of innovation on Channel 22 FirstMedia or www.qchannel.tv in 27 episodes.
In 2014, she co-founded, along with eight colleagues/alumni of Lemhannas RI (2013), Planet Innovation Foundation (Yayasan Planet Inovasi), which focused on inspiring and encouraging national consciousness and national innovation. With more than 10 years of experience in facilitating Management of Innovation through workshops and coaching sessions, Avanti has gained enrichment in the domain and has offered many features of innovation for different domains in business, technology, and art.
In 2017-present, Avanti is adjunct research at Demographic Institute, Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Indonesia on Demography of Innovation. She experienced doing research in the Institute in 1992-1996 before pursuing her advanced studies in France on Strategy and Management of Technology and Innovation. She is also member and secretary to the Academic Senate Faculty of Economics and Business UI (2017-2022). She has been in the position of Staf Khusus Kepala Staf Kepresidenan Jend.TNI (Purn.) Dr. Moeldoko (February 2018-October 2019, and October 2019-current 2021); in the period, she had the opportunity to lead a task-force on Macro or National Talent Management at KSP where she led KSP team on the study of Macto Talent Management policy in the context of national development and global environment.
She received her doctoral degree in Management (Docteur en Sciences de Gestion) from a joint doctoral program in the Department of Strategy and Management at ESSEC Business School Paris and Paul University Cezanne d’Aix Management, in a joint program with Organization Postgraduate Program Marseille III France in 2003/2004 and her master’s degree (Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies) in Strategy & Management in 1998/1999 from University of Paris X (in a joint program with ESSEC and HEC Business Schools, France). She received her bachelor’s degree in Economics from Faculty of Economics Universitas Indonesia in 1995. Avanti Fontana is also the 2013-alumni of PPRA-L, a non-degree Program of National Leadership at National Resilience Institute Republic of Indonesia (Lembaga Ketahanan Nasional, Lemhannas RI).
Her research work covers different areas of innovation listed, among others, below.
List of Publication of Avanti Fontana as Main Author or Co-Author.
* Doctoral Dissertation
R&D and Manufacturing Integration in New Product Development Process. The dissertation research focused on exploring organizational and contextual factors that influence new product development and innovation process and performance. The research involved leaders in the organizations and project-management levels of global companies in consumer electronics, 1999-2003.
1. Innovate We Can! Manajemen Inovasi dan Penciptaan Nilai Individu, Organisasi, Masyarakat , Avanti Fontana, Gramedia Widiasarana Indonesia, 2009, 2010, 2011. (KLK)
5. Organizational Excellence: Systematic Continous Improvement and Innovation, Vincent Gasperz & Avanti Fontana, Vinchristo 2011. (KLK)
7. Lean Six Sigma: For Manufacturing and Service Industries, Vincent Gasperz & Avanti Fontana, Vinchristo 2011. (KLK)
10. Avanti Fontana. 2010. Paradigma Inovasi dan Disiplin Proses Inovasi. Dalam Buku Ekonomi Inovasi yang diterbitkan oleh Lembaga Pengembangan Inovasi dan Kewirausahaan (LPIK) ITB. Bab 7: Halaman 67-89.
18. Fontana, Avanti. 2013. “Innovation & Leadership.” Materi disampaikan pada Corporate Management Training Pembekalan Karir Kedua MENJADI WIRAUSAHA DAN PROFESIONAL, kerja sama MABES TNI AD, Kementerian Negara BUMN RI, dan Rumah Perubahan. Garuda Training Center, 08.00-10.00 WIB, 12 Juli 2013.
20. Musa, Soebowo and Avanti Fontana. 2014. “Measuring Entrepreneurial Leadership in Innovation Management – An Exploratory Analysis.” Paper presented at the ISPIM Asia-Pacific Innovation Forum 2014, Singapore 7-10 December 2014. This paper is the preliminary version of the paper led to the empirical study on the measurement of Entrepreneurial Leadership in Innovation Management that will facilitate the innovation process within the organizations. Readers who are interested in the subject, please contact the author(s).
24. Fontana, Avanti. 5 Mei 2015. “Inovasi Manajemen: Instrumen Kualitas SDM dan Proses Intelijen dalam Mendukung Perumusan Kebijakan.” Presentasi pada Seminar Intelijen Sekolah Manajemen dan Analisis Intelijen Angkatan Pertama, Satinduk Bais TNI, Bogor. Presentasi tersebut melihat Manajemen dan Analisis Intelijen dengan Paradigma Sistematika Inovasi IPO2.
33a. Zubaedah, Yasmina (Author) & Fontana, Avanti (Editor). 2016. Building Agility: Firm Configuration for Innovation & Growth. UI Press.
33b. Fontana, Avanti. 2016. “Introduction: Towards a Neocontingency Perspective in Managing Organizations.” In Zubaedah, Yasmina. Building Agility: Firm Configuration for Innovation & Growth. UI Press.
34. Fontana, Avanti & Arifin, Zainal. (Eds.) 2016. 19 Tahun Inovasi Ketenagalistrikan di Indonesia: PLN Berinovasi untuk Indonesia. Puslitbang Ketenagalistrikan PT PLN (Persero).
38. Fontana, Avanti. 2016. Editor for Zubaedah, Yasmina. 2016. Building Agility: Firm Configuration for Innovation and Growth. UI Press. Introduction by Avanti Fontana, “Towards a Neocontingency Perspective in Managing Organizations.”
39. Musa, Soebowo & Fontana, Avanti. 2016. Entrepreneurial Leadership Measurement Validation in Innovation Management. Paper presented at The ISPIM Innovation Forum, Boston, USA on 13-16 March 2016. The publication is available to ISPIM members at www.ispim.org.
40. Fontana, Avanti. 2017. Manajemen Inovasi dan Kewirausahaan Komunitas. Majalah Bimas Katolik 27, 1, Edisi Januari-April 2017.
42. Customer Orientation, Internal Resources, and Innovation Process. Reported Research by Sania Humaira & Avanti Fontana, June 2017.
43. City Innovation: The Impact of Destination Personality, Image, and Destination Quality on Intention to Recommend and to Revisit (Study of Bandung City, Indonesia), Reported Research by Candrika Sagitasari & Avanti Fontana, June 2017.
44. Fontana, Avanti & Musa, Soebowo. 2017. Management of Innovation: A Systematic Approach. Paper presented at Forum IPTEKIN VII LIPI, Jakarta, 23 October 2017. Paper published in the Proceeding of IPTEKIN VII Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia.
46. Fontana, Avanti. 2017. Preliminary Research Paper on STI Systems in Indonesia. Paper presented at Asian Productivity Organization Coordination Meeting for the Research on STI Policies in the Member Countries. Vientiane, Lao PDR, 21 November 2017.
48. Fontana, Avanti. 2017. Survei Suara Inovator Indonesia (SSII). Dalam 109 Indonesia Innovations. pp.xxvi-xxix.
49. Fontana, Avanti. 2018. Innovation Performance Measures. CIS Working Paper, 25 September 2018. Akses avantifontana.com/research (Nomor 53). Inquiry/Feedback: avanti.fontana[at]ui(dot)ac(dot)id
51. Fontana, Avanti, Team Leader. 2019. Macro Talent Management Framework and Policy Study. Unpublished Document written by the KSP Taskforce of National Talent Management, April-July 2019.
52. Widjojo, H., Fontana, A., Gayatri, G. and Soehadi, A. (2019). Value co-creation for innovation: evidence from Indonesian Organic Community, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-02-2019-0105
53. Widjojo, H., Fontana, A., Gayatri, G., & Soehadi, A. W. (2019). Value Co-Creation for Marketing Innovation: Comparative Study in the SME Community. International Journal of Innovation Management, 2050030. (File PDF)
54. Utoyo, I., Fontana, A., Aryana, A. (2019). The Role of Entrepreneurial Leadership and Configuring Core Innovation Capabilities to Enhance Innovation Performance in a Disruptive Environment. International Journal of Innovation Management. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919620500607
55. Widjojo, H., Fontana, A., Gayatri, G., & Soehadi, A. W. (2019). Value Co-creation for Innovation Process in Small Business Community. Purushartha 12 (1) March-August 2019. http://cshe.smsvaranasi.com/purusharth_journal_abstract_vol_XII_1.htm (File PDF)
56. Widjojo, H., Fontana, A., Gayatri, G., & Soehadi, A. W. (2020). VALUE CO-CREATION PLATFORM IN INDONESIAN SME COMMUNITY: SDL PERSPECTIVE. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 25(02), 2050009. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1084946720500090 (File PDF)
Teaching-Learning Guidelines
Avanti Fontana. Depok, 4 September 2015. Buku Pedoman Kerja Mahasiswa (BPKM) untuk Seminar Pengetahuan, Inovasi, dan Perubahan. Mohon menyebutkan sumbernya saat Anda mengutipnya. BPKM disusun berbasiskan Buku Rancangan Pengajaran Seminar Pengetahuan, Inovasi, dan Perubahan Tahun Akademik 2015/2016.
Avanti Fontana. 29 Agustus 2016. Buku Rancangan Pengajaran Seminar Pengetahuan, Inovasi, dan Perubahan. Modul Berbasis Web.
Buku Rancangan Pengajaran Seminar Kewirausahaan.
Buku Rancangan Pengajaran Inovasi dan Kewirausahaan.
Buku Rancangan Pengajaran Strategi dan Manajemen.
Buku Rancangan Pengajaran Pengantar Bisnis.
Business and Social Services
Workshop Sessions
Avanti Fontana on Innovation Assessment. Workshop and Coaching Modules. CIS School of Innovation and Center for Innovation Studies, Jakarta-Indonesia. 2010-current.
Avanti Fontana on Workshop Inovasi Kebangsaan Angkatan I-XVI. Workshop and Coaching Modules. Yayasan Planet Inovasi. 2014-current.
CIS Workshop The Practice & Art of Innovation for Business Organizations, Since 2010, CIS School of Innovation
Modul The Practice & Art of Innovation. CIS School of Innovation. Tahun 2010-2016.
Modul Integrated Problem Solving Management & Innovation. CIS School of Innovation. Tahun 2013-2016.
Modul Workshop Inovasi Kebangsaan Angkatan I-XVI. Planet Inovasi Foundation & CIS School of Innovation. 2014-2019.
Modul Sistematika Inovasi dalam Workshop Cerita Inovasi Tanah Air Indonesia Angkatan I-IV. CIS School of Innovation & Planet Inovasi. 2015.
Request on Demand:
* Workshop on Practice & Art of Innovation
* Workshop on Innovation Performance
* Workshop on How to Diagnose Your Innovation Fitness
* Workshop on Innovation Policy
Avanti Fontana
avanti.fontana[at]ui.ac.id
avantifontana[at]gmail.com
+62-813-1018-2099 (Tel./SMS/WA)
Upd. 08 July 2020