Ideas to improve innovation. Based on research.

Reports identify practices and ideas in use by idea-intensive, highly-successful companies. Your source for practical ideas.

A new way to engage younger employees. New life for MBO; MBO2.0. A new way to align corporate and individual ‘values’.
Hubris – something to watch for! A Canadian perspective.

Industry analysis

Financial services (banking) industry. Innovation management Segregated results. Looking for the source of ideas!
India manufacturing. Registrant 311 reports on the climate for innovation. India’s manufacturing sector has a long way to go.

Data from the online survey

Registrants to the online survey from Canada and the U.S.A. are mostly aligned in their opinion on the management practices which create a great climate for innovation.
Measuring, the climate for innovation. Its in the numbers!
Forty seven (47%) percent of registrants to the on-line survey state that their organization’s innovation is increasing! The online survey is no longer available. Just the results!
Gender issues. Male versus female opinion. Delegation is equally important to both.
Registrants validate CIO’s rating of 3M.

Managing innovation

Intrapreneurs need greater recognition; Article by Harvey Schachter.
Samsung’s innovation management practices. Time to innovate?
Envisioning to create innovation breakthroughs
A CEO Manifesto for managing innovation. A focus on research and development.
McKinsey underplays the role of ‘a supporting culture. CIO believes it is an essential element and not just ‘underlying’! ‘Making sense of corporate culture.
Nortel summary report

A tribute, courtesy the Globe and Mail, to Clayton Christensen

Amazon’s secret sauce! Not so secret anymore

Book takeaways;
Detontate, by Tuff, Goldbach.
How Google Works by Schmidt, Rosenberg, Eagle.
Leonardo da Vinci, by Isaacson.
The Everything Store by Stone.