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• Is innovation inhibited in mainly-Muslim countries?

  A recent article in the New Yorker magazine prompts further research into this issue. Innovation, the main driver of economic development and the creation of jobs, may be inhibited by religious beliefs but progress in several Islamic countries seems to refute this notion. For more background information have a look at some of the ideas set out in a paper; Download the discussion on Innovation and Religion.

  Posted on Thursday, March 31st, 2011 at 3:17 pm in Cultural Aspects of Innovation, Discussion, Economic development.

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  Tags: Economic development, innovation, religion

• BP’s Newest Culture – what do we know?

  Tony Hayward’s initiatives were on the way to changing BP in a positive manner. Progress was disrupted by the Macondo drilling well disaster. Bob Dudley is again remaking BP; yet again changing priorities amongst safety, cost reduction and profit improvement. We comment on Hayward’s changes and his legacy, Dudley’s initiatives so far, and the potential impact on BP’s risk profile. Read more; Download BP’s Newest New Culture.

  Posted on Monday, November 1st, 2010 at 9:21 pm in Cultural Aspects of Innovation, Discussion, Leadership, News, Rewards for Innovators.

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  Tags: culture, innovation, innovative, performance, risk

• The Economist annual Innovation Award (1of 8) goes to Reckitt Benckiser. Explore some of the reasons why!

  Reckitt Benckiser (RB) was awarded The Economist’s very prestigious annual Innovation Award on October 29th, 2009, for its “innovative and entrepreneurial corporate culture”. We set out to parse RB’s culture and we get about 50% done based on the information which we can access. Perhaps others can help? You can download a copy for free – from this web site – of the ‘Draft work in progress’ and see how far we got. Comments welcome. How would you describe their corporate culture? Is it a culture which will – on an ongoing basis – better RB over its competition? For the free copy go to Innovation Culture Profiles and download the report – which includes a comparison with the better-known competitor, Procter and Gamble.

  Posted on Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 7:28 am in Cultural Aspects of Innovation, Discussion.

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