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My friend Erik Spurlock referred me to
CNBC's series on The Business of Innovation, which is available in podcast here:
Here are Erik's insightful comments, which might make you interested in taking the next step and listening to the podcast:
I watched CNBC's The Business of Innovation. It was an excellent series. Here are the highlights of the panel's 2009 innovation challenges:
- Challenges with personnel. Innovation is everyone’s job. The message of innovation needs to be apart of everyone's pursuit.
- Collaboration. Finding the right partners to be apart of your innovation. Getting competitive advantage and mind share from those partners.
- Leadership – Classic challenge. Making the hard decisions. Making the decisions to take on the right types on innovation. Taking innovation to scale.
- Learn how to fail fast, listen to customers, Convert lessons into real value for your customers. Learning Curve on your side, not a hindrance.
The episodes' themes:
- The Human Element - All about the importance of people
- Innovate or Die - Stay relevant. Listen to your customers Avoid complacency
- Redefining Innovation - Enhancing customer experiences, using technology to innovate a customers experience
- The Responsibility Revolution - Exploring green business practices as innovation
- The Executive Plan - Working innovative strategies that drive business
I hope that you enjoyed the material as much as I did.
Erik ended his email to our group with this important question... which I now pose to you:
"As tactical, strategical and operational managers at your companies, how are you driving innovation?"[where: 75223]
