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Creating a Culture of Innovation: Tools and Processes to Foster Innovation in Your Organization

Innovation - it's not just another business buzz word. It’s a concept that has captured the minds of business people and one that's here to stay. Innovation leaders such as Google, Apple and IBM live and breathe innovation, and their creative capabilities have paid off handsomely. Today business leaders need to understand what "being innovative" really means, and how to become and remain innovative.

This paper summarizes a best practices project completed by Mezzanine in 2008 and 2009. We spoke with executives at over a dozen companies considered among the most innovative in the world. Our goal was to identify the tactics, ideas and strategies that innovation leaders use.

Intended for business leaders in all companies, this paper will provide food for thought in developing a culture of innovation at your organization.

Specifically, it covers:

1. Company culture as the basis for innovation
2. HR strategies that encourage innovation
3. Tools and processes to develop innovation
4. Challenges and risks in innovating

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