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HOW TO ORGANIZE AN INTERNAL INNOVATION TEAM?

More and more organizations are becoming convinced that innovation is no longer a nuisance, but that it is the only way out of the misery. Once you have taken the decision the next step is to think about how you are going to organize that activity (if you haven’t done that already). There are four keys to organizing innovation: the driver This person is acting as an intrapreneur (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrapreneurship ). In addition to this (s)he should have quite a broad experience and background. And he should be able to act as a detached observer. This is necessary to make sure that his perspective is open and not biased. the sponsor This is the decision maker, who is a member of the Board. He should be the man who can assign budgets and resources. He is an active evangelist of the innovation itself. He should make sure that no operational priorities impact the progress of the project(s). the space Innovation can only become a success when there is no oper