Innovation - Softcover

The Institute Of Directors

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749436271 ISBN 13: 9780749436278

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2002

Synopsis

<i>Innovation</i>, based on research, seeks to find the characteristics and processes which distinguish innovative companies and to provide management tools for inspiring, delivering and commercializing innovative new ideas. It uses case studies to show innovation in practice.

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<b>Adam Jolly</b> is a business writer and editor specialising in the management of growth, innovation, technology and business risk. He has produced titles for many leading business organisations and his work appears regularly in the national press. He is consultant editor on a number of Kogan Page titles including <i><b>The Handbook of European Intellectual Property</b> <b>Management</b></i>; <i><b>Clean Tech Clean Profits</b></i> and <i><b>The Innovation Handbook</b></i>.

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<p>Preface<br><br> The Design Council<br><br> Foreword<br><br> Andrew Warren, Vice-president and Head of Sales & Marketing, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young<br><br> Section 1: Inspire<br><br> 1. Strategic commitment - The foundation stone for innovation<br><br> Dan Rixon, Executive Consultant, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Renishaw<br><br> JCB<br><br> BAE SYSTEMS<br><br> 2. A culture of innovation<br><br> Margaret de Lattre, Managing Consultant, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> AA<br><br> Dyson<br><br> ITS Technology<br><br> 3. Stretching performance<br><br> Michael Riding, Managing Director, Lloyds TSB Corporate<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Creature Labs<br><br> Dundrum Bay Oyster Fishery<br><br> 4. Where people come first<br><br> Professor Alec Reed CBE, Founder and Chairman, Reed Executive plc<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Dolland & Aitchison<br><br> TR Europe<br><br> 5. Learning and development<br><br> Vince Darley, CEO, Eurobio UK Ltd<br><br> Case Studies:<br><br> Creature Labs<br><br> Thames Water<br><br> Select Software<br><br> Section 2: Create<br><br> 1. Teams and networks<br><br> Garrick Jones, Executive Consultant, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> TR Europe<br><br> Linear Drives Ltd<br><br> ITS Technology<br><br> 2. Leadership<br><br> Alisdair Mann, Vice President, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> A&R Cambridge<br><br> JCB<br><br> AA<br><br> 3. New ways of working<br><br> Nigel Crouch, Senior Industrialist, Innovation Unit, DTI<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Dolland & Aitchison<br><br> TWI<br><br> 4. Risk management<br><br> Adrian Bloomenthal, Development Director, Rethinking Construction<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> JCB<br><br> BioProgress Technology<br><br> 5. Intellectual property<br><br> Anthony Murphy, Director of Copyright, The Patent Office<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Gorix<br><br> Renishaw<br><br> 6. Funding innovation<br><br> Michael Riding, Managing Director, Lloyds TSB Corporate<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> BioProgress<br><br> Marks & Spencer<br><br> Peabody Trust<br><br> Section 3: Connect<br><br> 1. Partnering with customers<br><br> William Mellis, Vice President, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> BAE Systems<br><br> Creature Labs<br><br> A&R Cambridge<br><br> 2. Information systems: innovation - it's changed!<br><br> Andy Mulholland, Chief Technology Officer, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Waitrose<br><br> Bank of Scotland<br><br> 3. Supply chains: collaborate to innovate<br><br> David Atkinson, Senior Consultant, Simmons Dickinson<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Marks & Spencer<br><br> Sainsbury<br><br> 4. Design and innovation<br><br> Jane Pritchard, Innovation Services Leader, IDEO<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Dyson<br><br> Linear Drives<br><br> 5.Working with rules and standards: rewriting the rules on regulation<br><br> Nigel Crouch, Senior Industrialist, Innovation Unit, DTI<br><br> Case studies:<br><br> Gecko<br><br> Microsense</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749436271
• ISBN 13: 9780749436278
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 175
• Editor: Jolly Adam