Climate for innovation; highlights and new!

Financial services (banking) industry. Measure your climate for innovation. Innovation management  Segregated results. Looking for the source of ideas! 

India manufacturing. Registrant 311 reports on the climate for innovation.

China; The Evolving Mindset of the Chinese Manager (ppt). Morris Shapero of Eckerd College. Insights into innovation management practices in China.

Intrapreneurs need greater recognition; Article by Harvey Schachter.

Attention Canadian bankers (banking). The first three bankers (after December 15th) who complete the online survey will receive a free customized report from CIO. Try it out. Answering the questions.

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.

Registrants validate CIO’s rating of 3M. 

McKinsey underplays the role of ‘a supporting culture. CIO believes it is an essential element and not just ‘underlying’! ‘Making sense of corporate culture.

Book takeaways; Detontate, How Google Works, Leonardo da Vinci, The Everything Store

A CEO Manifesto for managing innovation. A focus on research and development. 

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

Stock performance of CIO’s ‘basket’. Four out of five is not bad!

Amazon’s secret sauce! Not so secret anymore.

Envisioning to create innovation breakthroughs

Forty seven (47%) percent of registrants to the on-line survey state that their organization’s innovation is increasing! Try the survey and join the crowd!

Gender issues.  Male versus female opinion. Delegation is equally important to both.

Measuring, the climate for innovation. Its in the numbers!