POLL RESULTS!

Questions asked:

1. How important is specialized knowledge in innovation?
2. Do companies know how to manage innovation successfully?

Thank you to everyone taking part in the poll!

Although the results are not statistically significant, it is interesting to note that 60% of the votes expressed indicated that specialized knowledge is essential in innovation.

With regard to the second question, 40% of the votes indicated that the voters were unsure whether companies knew how to manage innovation successfully. The other votes were split evenly between "yes, companies do know how to manage innovation successfully" and "no, companies do not know how to manage innovation successfully".

Perhaps you will agree that this is an interesting result -- especially with regard to the second question. When the results from the two questions are read together, perhaps we should question whether a lack of appropriate knowledge and skills are not having a negative effect on the management of innovation in companies!
If this is so, many companies may be spending much on innovation without success.
Even worse -- they may be appointing the wrong people to "get the job done"!
Thinking a little down the line, perhaps some companies will have a low success rate when it comes to innovation -- and this when innovation, new products and optimized existing products and -processes are important to company growth (acquisitions excluded).....

Interesting.....

For now --

Why not have a look at our new polls?

Something different this time.
The first question is about disruptive innovation, and the second is all about reverse engineering.

Have your say!!

CMB
http:www.ewklibrary.com

Results : Innovation- and Consumer Insight polls

Polls Closed!

Our first two polls closed on 31 December 2007.
Thanks for voting!

With regard to the first question, all participants agreed that innovation was very important in any company.

With regard to to the second question, not everyone agreed that consumer insight was an important resource in every company! Interesting indeed -- perhaps we need more of you to have your say on these issues?

Since only a few of you took part in the first polls, we'll repeat the questions again a little later in the year -- remember to make your opinion known -- vote!

Our new polls are already up and running -- why not have your say? You can vote until 1 March 2008 and are most welcome to post comments to motivate your opinion!

On this second day of the new year our wish is that 2008 may be a special year for you and yours -- remember -- you can make a difference -- just "believe it" ... and then "do it"....

CMB
http://www.ewklibrary.com/