hbr_InnovationAre you like us – you love the Harvard Business Review but find it a bit expensive to keep up the subscription?

One of our USA university students (we do a fully online undergraduate course in Creativity and Innovation) alerted me to the December 09 feature on Innovation. Well worth reading the long extracts given and then only a small cost if you want the full article.

So we  thought we would share these with you…

How Open Innovation Can Help You Cope in Lean Times
by Henry W. Chesbrough and Andrew R. Garman
http://hbr.org/2009/12/how-open-innovation-can-help-you-cope-in-lean-times/ar/1

The Innovator’s DNA
by Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen
http://hbr.org/2009/12/the-innovators-dna/ar/1

Create Three Distinct Career Paths for Innovators
by Gina Colarelli O’Connor, Andrew Corbett, and Ron Pierantozzi
http://hbr.org/2009/12/create-three-distinct-career-paths-for-innovators/ar/1

Enterprise 2.0: How a Connected Workforce Innovates
An Interview with Andrew P. McAfee by Anand Raman
http://hbr.org/2009/12/enterprise-20-how-a-connected-workforce-innovates/ar/1

Sort of related is the article on keeping your brain fit and body active – Mensa incorpore sano – in a healthy body is a healthy mind.

The ROI on Weight Loss at Work
by George L. Blackburn, MD

http://hbr.org/2009/12/the-roi-on-weight-loss-at-work/ar/1