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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
Is the Internet in Lockdown Phase?: Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society has generated a rushing river of ideas and discussions about the intersection of technology and society since its formation 10 years ago. The work has been so fundamental that Harvard announced this week the Center, which is based in the law school,...; Tags: Innovation, PC, Harvard, Jonathan Zittrain, Internet, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-05-16
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
Image Solutions: Innovation and Advancement in Integrated Image-Based Solutions: This paper encapsulates about banking operations and technology. Technology has fueled the imagination of treasurers as they continue to focus on working capital management, transforming their function into one of strategic contributor to financial performance. Treasurers have embraced automation as a means to effectively manage tactical, routine treasury processes while...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial services, Wachovia Corp., treasurer, treasury, banking operation, working capital, risk management, banking, shareholder, bank, financial; White papers
Innovation Challenge: Minimizing Oxidation Off-flavors: By far, the most common customer complaint received by fluid milk processors is oxidation off-flavors. One study found exposure of milk in blow-mold plastic containers to fluorescent lights in supermarket dairy cases caused light-induced oxidation in approximately 80% of store samples. A few years ago, a major dairy processor had...; Tags: Dairy Management Inc., processor; 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
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
Strategic Innovation and Breakthrough Performance: October 9–12, 2005: This seminar is targeted at mature companies that want to pursue opportunities for breakthrough growth. Executives and senior managers are invited to attend. Participants will come away with a better understanding of why strategic innovation is crucial, how to identify potential high-growth opportunities in emerging but unproven industries, and how...; Tags: Strategy, Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth, industry, performance; Download resources
Originating Loans in a Fraction of the Time: How a Combination of Business Innovation and Technology Helped Korea First Bank Transform Its Business: KFB wanted to transform its process of originating loan contracts and establish a technology foundation for the future. Because its approval method was manual, loans were taking too long to process and qualified loans were not always processed. EDS worked closely with KFB to automate complex business processes, improve collaboration...; Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., business process, collaboration, tool; Case studies
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
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
CoPs Driving Performance and Innovation: Best Practices of Ernst & Young, L.L.P., Flour Corp., and the Federal Highway Administration: Today, as more organizations attempt to draw knowledge assets and people together in communities of practice CoPs, managers and executives want to use them to run their global businesses in new and innovative ways. This article explores the rapidly evolving methodology of CoPs, from planning and creating to maintaining and...; Tags: Strategy, APQC, knowledge, best practice, performance; White papers
Advanced Systems Earn an Ivy League A+ for Innovation: Metering, Monitoring and Managing Yale University's Utilities: Since its founding in 1701, Yale University has offered undergraduate courses of study leading to a bachelor's degree. Until now, facility upgrades and retrofits were made with little consideration given to data management or integration. All the systems -- including several generations of building automation systems BAS, the power plant...; Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., Yale University, facility upgrade, data management, monitoring, network, computer; Case studies
The Risk Management Mandate: Enterprise business leaders are increasingly treating technological and business innovation, and the opportunities and risks they entail, as inextricably intertwined - and managing them accordingly. The consequences of a security breach can be catastrophic, particularly now that regulations like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...; Tags: Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Strategy, Benefits, Microsoft Corp., HIPAA, health insurance, risk management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, best practice, health care, information technology, security; White papers
Innovation in Ink Jet Printing: This article explains how, being no longer used only for sampling, textile ink jet printing is becoming a viable option for short run production. Two companies, Stork Prints, a global market leader for textile printing systems and Ciba, an innovative producer of specialty chemicals, offer their involvement and perspective on...; Tags: Document management, North Carolina State University, inkjet printer, printing, printer; White papers
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
Speeding Up Innovation And Squeezing More Insights: This presentation explains how to speed up innovation and squeezing more insights.; Tags: Leadership, Strategy; Presentations