The Concept of Innovation

Want to go deeper in your understanding of innovation? 
If you are unsure that you :

• understand why and how innovation is important
• recognise the benefits which innovation can confer on an innovating organisation

Then this unit is for you! Just go to the link below: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=397393&direct=1

Our IIME "landing page"

This is THE single point-of-contact webpage for the IIME project. Visit our "landing page" at:
http://about.me/theinnovationspace

"Something's rotten in Denmark"?

From a recent article these figures on innovation were released by the Danish Chamber of Commerce and Statistics Denmark, and refer to Danish companies only:

1. Only 44 % of Danish companies engaged in innovation activities on products, services and processes

2. Only 21,3 % of the Danish companies have launched a new product or service in the last 3 years

I don't know what global figures are but some researchers state that most executives claim the main barrier to innovation is pressure to achieve short-term goals.

What do you think?

• What do you think the figures are in Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Romania, etc?
• Are you DOING innovation now?
• Why not (more)? What other barriers?

I invite all readers of this post (and especially the IIME workshop participants) to take a moment to post a comment.

Finally, perhaps things are not quite "rotten" ... but higher levels of participation can only help!