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Innovation Panel Interviews

Welcome to this new innovation community for Chief Innovation Officers and innovation managers, developed by Chuck Frey of InnovationTools and Hitendra Patel Ph.D. of the Center for Innovation Excellence & Leadership at the Hult International School of Business. Our goal is to provide innovation practitioners with a collection of real-world advice on how to implement and manage innovation initiatives, gathered from the best and the brightest minds in this field.

The members of this innovation roundtable were selected to provide a cross-section of perspectives and business segments. They bring a wealth of experience and wisdom to the table, which should result in some fascinating interviews. The interview topics were developed by surveying innovation managers about the top innovation challenges they face and the key questions they have about innovation. Our distinguished panel will tackle each issue in a series of interviews, presented here.

We encourage you to utilize the comments feature at the end of each article to share your thoughts and opinions with us. Remember: This is a community, a dialogue - that means we need your help to drive a lively discussion of these critically important innovation topics. We look forward to your thoughts!

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Chuck Frey
InnovationTools

Hitendra Patel
The Center for Innovation Excellence & Leadership Hult International School of Business

How do you measure innovation results and outcomes?
	The sixth major issue to be tackled by our distinguished panel of innovation practitioners is the all-import issue of metrics: How do you measure innovation results and outcomes and motivate the organization to deliver across all stages of the process, and what are the best metrics for measuring innovation performance?
	12/12/2008

How do you build and sustain a culture and climate for innovation and entrepreneurship?
	The fifth major issue to be tackled by our distinguished panel of innovation practitioners is innovation culture, specifically: How do you build and sustain a culture and climate for innovation and entrepreneurship, and how do you encourage "smart risk taking" and drive out fear of failure?
	8/19/2008

What are the most effective approaches to drive an innovation pipeline?
	The fourth major issue to be tackled by our distinguished panel of innovation practitioners is innovation processes: How do you implement them and integrate them into your day-to-day operations to drive sustainable innovation, and what are the best strategies and tools to support these efforts?
	5/29/2008

How do you connect innovation to business strategy?
	The third major issue to be tackled by our distinguished panel of innovation practitioners is connecting innovation to business strategy. Specifically, how do you connect innovation to business strategy, and get the funding and senior management commitment to follow through on both short- and long-term innovation initiatives?
	3/19/2008

How do you source and manage ideas to come up with the best innovation opportunities for your company?
	The second major issue to be tackled by our distinguished panel of innovation practitioners is sourcing and managing ideas. This roundtable discussion contains a wealth of ideas for identifying and capitalizing on the best innovation opportunities.
	1/29/2008

How do you define innovation and make it practical and saleable to senior management?
	The first major issue to be tackled by our distinguished panel of innovation practitioners is innovation itself. How do you define innovation? And how can you make it understandable and saleable to your organization�s senior management team?
	1/7/2008

Survey identifies top 10 innovation issues
	These are the key issues that our distinguished panel of innovation experts will focus on in this new series of interviews on InnovationTools.com.
	1/4/2008

THE INNOVATION
EXPERTS PANEL

Troy Geesaman, Laga

Dr. Makarand “Chips” Chipalkatti, Osram
Sylvania

Victor Fernandes, Natura

Jonathan Rowe,
Gene Express Inc.

Marc Chason,
Motorola Labs

Ron Jonash, Monitor Group

Mark Turrell, Imaginatik

David Silverstein, BMG

Norman Bodek, PCS Inc.

Robert C. Wolcott,
Kellogg School of
Management

This interview series is published by InnovationTools, and produced by Chuck Frey, founder of InnovationTools, and Hitendra Patel, from the Center for Innovation Excellence & Leadership at the Hult International School of Business.