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Many businesses make the mistake of giving innovation projects to junior executives. It seems natural to hand innovation opportunities to enthusiastic and promising upstarts. But generally it is the experienced heavyweights who can overcome all the process and political obstacles that will occur. In September 1999 Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM, read a line buried deep [...]  Businessweek has published its list of the 50 most innovative companies. It is headed by Apple, Google, Toyota, GE and Microsoft. The top European entry is Nokia at 13. There are only two British entries – Virgin (18) and BP (33). The list is voted by Businessweek readers so it is tends to be dominated by [...] I am running a Master Class on Creativity and Innovation on June 26 in central London. It will improve your innovation leadership skills and give you a range of practical techniques to help generate, evaluate and implement great ideas. Details here. My new book, The Innovative Leader, published by Kogan Page is now available from Amazon and all good bookstores. It is written as a series of short, bite-sized pieces with specific advice and techniques for leading innovation, analysing problems, generating ideas, implementing innovation processes, building a creative culture and developing personal creativity. Paul Sloane [...] |
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