InnovationCreation

FYI, the Expanding the Innovation Horizon Global CEO Study 2006 is out and available from IBM.

Joyce Wycoff of the Innovation Network sent out some highlights:

• Emphasis is on external partnerships, broadening the mix of innovation (more emphass on business models), and removing barriers. The elevator summary: Think broadly, act personally, manage the mix of innovation.

• One interesting graphic is Figure 11 on page 22 which shows that Outperformers use a higher percentage of external ideas. The collaboration gap (importance versus extent of collaboration and partnering) is a significant insight. Anyone who helps organizations cross the IP barrier should be able to do well in this field.

I will be reading this 64 page report over next several weeks and put in my two cents :)