For a start, only governments can ensure the framework for innovation is sound.
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Most often innovation is the culmination of several things: a sound idea, vetted through great process, refined by innovative application, and brought to market by outstanding leadership.
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As esoteric as it might sound, the message has resonated with a globalized business community aware that more and more innovation is taking place outside of the workspace, and often online.
To keep it that way will require sound public policy that makes it possible for companies that do this important work to sustain an innovation-based strategy.
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Portentous as it may sound, the manifesto represents the distillation of several successful team-oriented techniques, and should inspire innovation groups outside the confines of software development.
While creativity is clearly a valuable asset, unbridled creativity where random, disparate ideas abound outside of a sound decisioning and execution framework will create distraction and chaos much more often than they will lead to innovation.
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