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Most organizations have realized that they need Innovation at the center of their business strategy, simple process and product focus is no longer sustainable.
There are explicit steps that must be taken to achieve the goal of Sustainable Innovation. While innovation can appear in any of the stages, you must touch them all to create sustained results. Research has shown that people and culture are the two most significant drivers for innovation, with leaders who encourage innovation and managers who manage it, the strongest motivators. Success starts with creating space for innovation. 
What is Strategy-Driven Innovation?
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Create Space |
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Clarify the link between innovation and strategy |
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Articulate a clear goal for innovation |
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Establish motivation and leadership alignment |
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Identify the critical organizational shifts that need to take place to support innovation toward the defined goal, Develop a high-level plan to get there. |
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Build Strength |
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Skill development |
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Create greater levels of customer and supply chain and employee connectedness |
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Increased effective generation, qualification, and commercialization of new ideas |
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Accelerate Growth |
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Embedding a continuous improvement mindset into the DNA of the organization. |
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Extending innovation-related processes to new levels |
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