Corporate Innovation Online

Dedicated to a better understanding of and improvement to corporate innovation

Why visit this web site? Ideas, self-help, and news on innovation.

We address corporate innovation issues by providing ideas, self-help tools, and news such as;

  • profiles of a number of the most innovative companies in the world focussing on the management practices which make these companies innovative
  • worksheets and graphs to assist in your evaluation of your own corporation’s culture for innovation
  • a self-help, 25-Factor survey(based on researching 28 of the most innovative companies in the world) which provides a customized report on your own corporation’s management practices which support or detract from corporate innovativeness
  • insight into the culture of select corporations
  • practical ideas for addressing innovation issues

Each corporation has a unique culture for innovation, no doubt heavily influenced by it’s founders, and most often modified by successive leadership regimes. Before embarking on a program to improve innovativeness, it is prudent to understand the current culture so that improvement initiatives address the appropriate issues and get the job done. Choosing the most appropriate management practices is key to the success of any program.

  • Tinkering and economic development? Compare the U.S. with 3 countries.

    U.S. innovative economic success is based largely on four notions; ‘tinkering’, materialism, a flexible financial infrastructure and a high tolerance for failure at both the corporate and individual level.
    Tinkering puts ideas into action. Consumer-driven materialism ensures a ready market for new ideas. A flexible financial infrastructure facilitates the relatively easy establishment and destruction of enterprises. [...]

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  • Calibrate your corporation's “Culture for Innovation”

    When just trying to improve innovation, or implementing any idea management system, where collaboration and trust are fundamental to the success of the system, it is important to know more specifics about the culture of your organization. Take the ‘Calibrate Your Corporate Culture’ survey to better understand where to start the process of improvement. If your ‘Score’ is over ’60′ you should take remedial action! Start by viewing some hints at ‘Innovative Ideas’.

    Take the Survey ›

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