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Capabilities and Leadership Close the Skills Gap in Manufacturing

Innovation 360 Group

When it comes to innovation, building capabilities and applying the right leadership style give top performing manufacturers the edge over skills-focused peers. Very often the talent equation can be solved by finding and activating radical pockets within the organization and supporting them with the right leadership and structure.

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The Challenges being Faced by Innovation Consultants

Paul Hobcraft

Also innovation itself is going through really a massive change. The need for ecosystems, platforms, the greater use of analytics, big data and reliance on technology. The external innovation consultant needs to change. The one real change that is occurring is in thought leadership from consultants.

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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Leadership through vision and influence, rather than command and control, is required. Incremental innovation : Even in highly mature industries, such as automotive, experimentation gains ever more importance. Interactions are complex and unpredictable. Network effects, inducing strong monopoly tendencies.