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A growing number of business leaders and entrepreneurs are recognizing that innovation must be embedded into the very DNA of a company's operations and culture, a part of normal, day-to-day operations. In fact, innovation may be one of the only sources for sustainable competitive advantage and enduring success in today's fast-changing business world. This collection of articles explores corporate innovation issues, trends and strategies, including topics such as using innovation as an engine for business growth, strategies for generating and managing business ideas, and innovation best practices. It includes articles from leading innovation experts and authors like Robert B. Tucker (Driving Growth Through Innovation) and Paul Sloane (The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills).

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Imagine what you could accomplish in your organization if you were able to learn and understand the foundational principles of innovation. Andrew Papageorge has formulated three such guiding principles that can help you to innovate more swiftly and effectively.

(4/12/2005)
Permission to innovate
Conformity is a powerful force. Over time, through school and our work lives, independent thinking and creativity become so stifled that organizations literally need to give their employees “permission to innovate,” according to Barrie Bramley.

(4/6/2005)
Innovation movement reaches critical mass
According to author Robert Tucker, 2004 was a tipping point for the Innovation Movement, because a record number of companies took their first steps to improve innovation within their firms. Here are some key questions to help guide your organization’s innovation initiatives in 2005.

(2/11/2005)
Empowering innovation
A great leader can turn your team into entrepreneurs who are hungrily looking for new opportunities. The key is empowerment. Learn how to empower your employees to innovate in this article by Paul Sloane.

(1/5/2005)
How to use TRIZ to bring clarity to the 'fuzzy front end' of innovation
Instead of conducting wide-ranging brainstorming sessions so generate hundreds of ideas in search of the one "big one," author Jack Hipple recommends a TRIZ-based approach that focuses instead on clear problem definition and looking at past patterns of invention for potential solutions.

(12/9/2004)

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Archived Articles
The ten personas of a brainstorm facilitator 11/23/2004

Imagination: The number one tool for innovation and creativity 11/23/2004

Failure is the mother of innovation 10/13/2004

Six great ways to ruin a brainstorming session 8/23/2004

Innovation strategy: Does your new product idea really solve a customer problem? 7/16/2004

Show me the numbers: A look at innovation metrics 6/23/2004

Innovation strategy: Who killed your business? 6/23/2004

'Golden nuggets' and 'fool’s gold' from the Front End of Innovation Conference 6/1/2004

Innovation strategy: Is ROI the wrong question? 4/30/2004

Innovation strategy: The care and feeding of idea practitioners 3/25/2004

Innovation strategy: To uncover great ideas, generate a large quantity of them 3/9/2004

Spark your creativity to boost your company's bottom line 2/26/2004

American manufacturers: It's time to innovate or evaporate 2/5/2004

Innovation spectrum: The trouble with tribbles 1/8/2004

Ten great ways to crush creativity 1/6/2004

How to survive and make an impact as an innovation champion 11/17/2003

What is TRIZ and how can it be used in problem solving or brainstorming? 10/20/2003

World Creative Forum explores key questions about creativity in business 10/10/2003

Presenting Innovation in a Way That Gets to 'Yes' 10/2/2003

Selling your ideas: A critical executive skill 7/15/2003

Business Weblogs help companies collaborate, share ideas 3/31/2003

Innovation: Creating the best practices of tomorrow 3/11/2003

Seven strategies for generating business ideas 3/11/2003

Sparking growth systematically: How to turn innovation into a discipline 2/12/2003

Innovation vanguard firms show the way to beating the downturn 2/10/2003