Innovation+information+sources

Some links and readings on the topic of innovation:

1. Six secrets to creating a culture of innovation - Harvard Business Review []

2. "To convince people - come at them from different angles" - Ignore the title as it does not indicate content well - this is more about people getting the same message from different sources - the Gov2.0 message needs to come from others not in government - and make it as many different sources as possible @http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April12/contagion.html

3. Stop blabbing about innovation and actually start doing it []

4. Disruptive technology and how to compete for the future []

5. Innovation by the NSW Department of education - a bit publicity style but the content is relevant []

6. Innovation and diversity - one of the things the APS gets wrong is the whole hiring in your own image thing - (well most of the time anyway) - this article stresses the importance of diverse thinking in order to be successful innovators []

7. How to create products hand in hand with your customer - don't read this one superficially - the concepts presented are true for any Gov2.0 stakeholder engagement - the stakeholder has to be part of the design process (as in Gov 2.0) []

8. Need to innovate - start with hiring []

9. How do you manufacture innovation []

10. "//The Cambridge phenomenon"// about how an English town in a swamp became an innovation powerhouse: @http://tomw.net.au/nt/cp.html

11. Every innovative team needs these []

12. The new science of building great teams from HBR []

13. Innovate on purpose : blog site dedicated to ideas, conversations and approaches for sustainable, repeatable innovation. [] There are some excellent blog postings which really make you think about the key issues in the innovation space.

14. Creating a conference meeting space for innovation and collaboration []

15. Four ways to keep great ideas from getting stuck in the pipeline []

16. Innovation - the magic formula - art or science or a combination of both? []