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Innovation: the creation, development, and implementation of a new product, process, or service with the goal of improving efficiency, effectiveness, or competitive advantage. Innovation may apply...; Innovation definition on BNET »

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Here's an Idea: Bin the Suggestion Box: Britain may be one of Europe's innovation hotspots. But its businesses are still paying lip-service to innovation as an organisational strategy, according to Adobe's "Unleashing Innovation" survey. The vast majority of employers and employees it surveyed acknowledge innovation's importance to their business, but only 16 per cent...; Tags: Innovation, Idea, Feedback System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Does Consensus Kill Creativity?: Can innovation thrive in a culture of comfort? Businesses believe it's more likely to flourish in environments that "challenge convention and consider new ways of solving problems", according to an Adobe study. But is Britain's workforce up to a daily brainstorming barney? Maintaining a constant siege mentality...; Tags: Innovation, Collaboration, Value, Gann, Portals, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Groupware, Strategy, Internet, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Where Will New Ideas Have the Greatest Impact?: Is innovation about killer ideas --- something big that will turn the world on its head? Or is it simpler than that? Odds are we won't be able to come up with groundbreaking innovative concepts like the Apple iPod or Cirque du Soleil every week. We need...; Tags: Innovation, Opportunity, Odds, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Jennifer Goddard; Blog posts 2008-04-20
Ami Kassar: Innovation in Small Business Finance: Ami Kassar is Chief Innovation Officer at Advanta, one of the country’s largest credit card issuers to small businesses. Kassar talks about why it’s important to stay innovative in the world of finance and the benefits of investing in small businesses.; Tags: small business, credit card, finance, benefit; Videos 2008-05-02
Fostering Innovation Stumps Executives: The Find: Every executive demands those invaluable intangibles such as innovation and creativity. Yet surprisingly few know to truly nurture them. The Source: Recent surveys by Accenture and the Conference Board. The Takeaway: Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts sums up how important innovation...; Tags: Leadership, Workforce management, Strategy, Jessica Stillman, innovation, training; Blog posts 2008-04-04

An Evolutionary Approach to Innovation: Can biology teach people anything about innovation? The essence of Darwinism is that progress is created by adaptation to changed conditions. What starts as a random mutation can also spread to become the norm through a process of natural selection. The same is surely true with innovation. New ideas are...; Tags: Leadership, innovation, biology; White papers
The Culture of Innovation: In strategy meetings throughout the world, "ideation" sessions are taking place. Their goal? Brainstorming the next big hit. But how does one latch on to a new idea? And how do you propel your organization forward to make it receptive to the change management required to bring new ideas to...; Tags: Leadership, innovation, change management, strategy; White papers
To Build Up Innovation, Break Down Your Networks: Breaking networks is the only way to prepare an organization to take innovation efforts beyond mere ideas. A person can train an individual about what an innovation is and why it demands different behavior, but he can't retrain an organization simply by training the individuals within it. The individuals may...; Tags: Strategy, training, knowledge, network; White papers
Agile Processing Systems Help Taiwan's Largest Credit-Card Processor Lead the Market: Long-Term Business Partnership Delivers Innovation and Results: Originally founded as a nonprofit agency, Taiwan's National Credit Card Center NCCC processes more than 380 million credit-card transactions annually. However, government deregulation has made the Taiwanese marketplace increasingly competitive. So the company turned to longtime partner EDS to develop a new IT infrastructure designed for aggressive growth. EDS helped...; Tags: Strategy, Taiwan, Electronic Data Systems Corp., point-of-sale, IT infrastructure, payment, partnership, agency, information technology, network; Case studies
HBOS: Technology Innovation (IT Strategy, Next Generation Mobile): The Halifax/Bank of Scotland merger meant that the IT focuses at HBOS for 2002 and early 2003 were predominately on integration work and realizing merger synergies. The challenges were to generate ideas for ways technology innovation could benefit the overall business, create a community for "innovation" within HBOS, and to...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Leadership, Strategy, Accenture Ltd., HBOS Plc., merger, innovation, collaboration, benefit, information technology; Case studies
Bangor Naval Base Silverdale, Washington: Innovation Brings Cost Savings and Energy Efficiency: Bangor is the headquarters for the Commander Navy Region Northwest and serves as one of two homeports to the Navy's Trident ballistic missile submarine fleet. Johnson Controls' goal in its work with Bangor is to provide service that is faster, better, cost efficient and more effective than in the past....; Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., natural gas, cost savings, partnership; Case studies
The Link Between Motivation and Innovation: Every government agency has a number of front-line employees who have a gift for identifying better ways of doing things. Just about everyone else have good ideas from time to time as well. The question is does management encourage everyone to contribute their ideas and then implement the best ones?...; Tags: Leadership, motivation, workplace; White papers
Plantronics: Innovation in Talent Identification Essential to Tap Top-Quality Candidates: Plantronics, is a market leader since the company introduced the first lightweight communications headset in 1962. Plantronics were looking to reduce time to fill positions while identifying best talent for each job, improve staff productivity so staffing team can handle a growing volume of open positions, and transform recruitment into...; Tags: Workforce management, Hire.com, Plantronics, talent, staffing, job; Case studies
Can Financial Innovation Turn Sour: Over the past several years, financial innovation has become a constant theme. Variously known as swaps, derivatives, structured notes or asset backed securities, special purpose securities have been created to manage risks, provide liquidity, and change the term structure of balance sheets - almost any purpose that creative financial people...; Tags: Financial accounting, derivatives, financial, liquidity, asset, security; White papers
Draining the Swamp of Spreadsheets: How Innovation Can Save You From Overdosing on Sarbanes-Oxley: Detection is an important part of any internal controls system, but it is miles away from preventing control violations before they happen. If corporate America wants to develop a simplified, sustainable process for SOX compliance, a combination of preventative and detective automated controls - directly tied to the documented business...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX compliance, financial application, spreadsheet, compliance, financial; White papers
Expand Your Innovation Horizons: Too many companies emphasize low-risk innovations that aim to incrementally extend their existing businesses. Most innovations fail and it's easy to see why. They are expected. They are unimaginative, boring, and fail to excite or fill any real need. Indeed, most so-called innovations aren't innovative. They are mundane line extensions...; Tags: Leadership, Strategy, innovation; White papers
Is Innovation in Your Organizational DNA?: Organizational DNA and biological DNA have some similarities. They both are difficult to observe directly, and have powerful impacts on behavior. But there are crucial differences, too. Biological DNA is inherited at birth, and cannot be changed. Organizational DNA is created early in life, and can be changed, albeit with...; Tags: Biotechnology, DNA; White papers
Third-Generation Design Consultancies: Designing Culture for Innovation: Design consultancies are cited by many as being experts in innovation. Consultancies exhibit many characteristics in their work processes, as well as in their organizational design (for instance, the use of multidisciplinary teams and low hierarchical structures) that are known to be conducive to innovation. This is an opportunity for...; Tags: Leadership, organization design, innovation, team; White papers
Large National P&C Insurance Carrier: Technology Innovation: The client turned to Accenture for help in managing the ongoing development and maintenance functions of its core applications. The 11 applications, which Accenture had helped the client develop previously, covered critical process areas in claims, billing and underwriting. As an integration leader, Accenture was up to the challenge of...; Tags: Accenture Ltd., customer satisfaction, billing, high-performance; Case studies
IBM Mid-sized Manufacturers Executive Kit: Manufacturing process Innovation for profitability: Today, manufacturers must innovate their processes to turn products quickly and turn a profit. But innovation requires a management culture that supports out-of-the-box thinking, and risk taking to develop long-term success. This kit provides you with 5 key materials to help you squeeze costs from your processes without sacrificing quality.; Tags: Leadership, IBM Corp., innovation, manufacturer, manufacturing; Resource centers