Kate Bennet on innovation

November 02, 2010

Kate Bennet on innovation

Kate Bennet has written an excellent post on her experiences working in our innovation team. She brings out 11 points - all of which hit the mark - on how to make an innovation function work in a large organisation. Its excellent, so go and have a look.

2 Nov 2010 08:56:26 | Innovation

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