As the global economy has transitioned from an industrial to a knowledge economy, the nature of problems that businesses face has changed as well. That's why the innovation initiatives of many organizations aren't as successful as they could be, according to David Weiss and Claude Legrand in their new book, Innovation Intelligence: The Art and Practice of Leading Sustainable Innovation in Your Organization.

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According to an expert on information governance, the growing complexity of corporate innovation, especially if it involves outside partners, is driving the need for better collaboration tools, such as mind mapping software.

Customers are people. Users, choosers, and influencers are people. Channel partners are people. People create things for other people to use in exchange for money. Understanding what motivates people can help us to overcome hurdles to effective creativity and innovation.

InnovationManagement.se, the well-respected innovation website that previously recommended in this blog, has made a dramatic move by launching a new print magazine devoted to the topic of innovation management.