Innovation management requires clear roles, with six main groups responsible for driving the process: idea authors, innovation managers, innovation coaches, experts, method specialists, and idea submitters.
Innovation patterns from Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) can be found in America's longest running catalog, Hammacher Schlemmer, offering best, only, and unexpected gifts for 166 years.
Collaborations between corporates and start-ups often fail due to several gaps, including the Time is Money Gap and the Anxiety Gap.