Over the last few weeks, we’ve been conducting a series of interviews with innovation leaders from a variety of organizations. From P&G and Estee Lauder to Sandia National Laboratories and NESTA, every leader we have spoken to has expressed a few common themes around what type of person makes for a successful innovation effort, especially in this economy.
In short: innovators are people who can look beyond the problems and challenges in front of them. They look past what they can see and hear and touch and come up with ideas and solutions that get to the root of a problem. The economy? It’s not the root of the problem; so it’s not an excuse for putting innovation on hold. Innovators consistently identify ways to move forward, even when everything else seems to be pulling them back. Read the rest of this entry »
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