Comments on: An Innovation Action Plan http://blog.managingautomation.com/edge/2009/11/an-innovation-action-plan/ A Discussion of Business & Technology Issues Critical to Manufacturers Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:40:07 -0500 hourly 1 By: Lean Education http://blog.managingautomation.com/edge/2009/11/an-innovation-action-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1450 Lean Education Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:40:07 +0000 http://blog.managingautomation.com/edge/?p=507#comment-1450 he best way to accelerate growth, increase demand, and multiply jobs is to get management to make significant investments that will incur higher levels of risk but will also yield significantly higher returns. It's called investing in research and development, pursuing new business models, and launching new-to-the-world products or services.. he best way to accelerate growth, increase demand, and multiply jobs is to get management to make significant investments that will incur higher levels of risk but will also yield significantly higher returns. It’s called investing in research and development, pursuing new business models, and launching new-to-the-world products or services..

]]> By: Mike Johnson http://blog.managingautomation.com/edge/2009/11/an-innovation-action-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1442 Mike Johnson Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:50:42 +0000 http://blog.managingautomation.com/edge/?p=507#comment-1442 There are some who might go one further and say that bureaucracy (in its present form) is intentionally antithetical to innovation, or at least limits those innovations that do not suit it. Of course that sounds conspiratorial, but it's one way to account for the deficit between an institution that putatively promotes innovation while systemically squelching it. There are some who might go one further and say that bureaucracy (in its present form) is intentionally antithetical to innovation, or at least limits those innovations that do not suit it. Of course that sounds conspiratorial, but it’s one way to account for the deficit between an institution that putatively promotes innovation while systemically squelching it.

]]> By: lean six sigma http://blog.managingautomation.com/edge/2009/11/an-innovation-action-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 lean six sigma Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:34:06 +0000 http://blog.managingautomation.com/edge/?p=507#comment-1434 President Barack Obama has jumped in with both feet to pull the economy and financial markets out of their sickening drop. At his urging, Congress has enacted a record economic stimulus plan. Obama has put together plans to rescue the nation's big banks as well as up to 9 million households overextended by their mortgages. But this is not enough. Obama needs to reignite the private sector. The best way to accelerate growth, increase demand, and multiply jobs is to get management to make significant investments that will incur higher levels of risk but will also yield significantly higher returns. It's called investing in research and development, pursuing new business models, and launching new-to-the-world products or services—in short, innovation. President Barack Obama has jumped in with both feet to pull the economy and financial markets out of their sickening drop. At his urging, Congress has enacted a record economic stimulus plan. Obama has put together plans to rescue the nation’s big banks as well as up to 9 million households overextended by their mortgages. But this is not enough. Obama needs to reignite the private sector.

The best way to accelerate growth, increase demand, and multiply jobs is to get management to make significant investments that will incur higher levels of risk but will also yield significantly higher returns. It’s called investing in research and development, pursuing new business models, and launching new-to-the-world products or services—in short, innovation.

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