When you say, How do you foster an innovative culture, It's not actually for me about innovation schemes or about prizes or incentives, it's actually about people coming to work and being allowed to use their creativity and their imagination, and it could generate a sky couch or it could generate just a happy mum another day.

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"Like Richelle, I think we're all happy we're still alive and living for another day, " he said.

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His happy day was further enhanced by the publication of another book, this time by Mr Alvarez himself, his autobiography.

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