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How to Innovate with an Executive Sponsor

Harvard Business Review

Without the foresight and intervention of senior leadership, the firm will simply concentrate on the opportunities that it was destined to concentrate on. Middle managers with limited resources and set evaluation metrics will simply operate in a predictable fashion.

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The 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company

Harvard Business Review

Comprehensive innovation metrics. Leadership: the percentage of executive time that gets devoted to mentor­ing innovation projects, and 360-degree survey results that reveal the extent to which execu­tives are exhibiting pro-innovation behaviors. Granted, it is difficult to measure.