Innovation: Putting Ideas into Action (Best Practices Report)

Identify and adopt common innovation success factors found within some of America's world-class organizations. In Innovation: Putting Ideas into Action, both small, less well-known companies and large, global companies demonstrate how successful innovations apply across industries, organizational sizes, product ranges, and geographic locations. Learn how best-practice organizations facilitate and embrace innovation at a fundamental level.

This report covers best practices for defining an innovation strategy, developing supporting infrastructure and processes, establishing a culture that embraces innovation, and measuring success. Included are in-depth case studies of Bausch & Lomb, IBM, Kennametal, Mayo Clinic, Procter & Gamble, and The Clorox Company.

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For additional information on this topic, you can also read APQC's updated Innovation: Putting Ideas into Action 2009 (Best Practices Report).