Open innovation: A brief history

The history and future impact of open innovation

Siemens' Toby Peyton Jones: the future of work, innovation and skills

Toby Peyton-Jones, UK and North West Europe HRD for Siemens discusses how skills, automation and innovation will shape the future of work.

Reward innovative failures that have 'learning outcomes'

Repeated failures in innovation should still be financially rewarded if they contribute to a future hit

HR should focus on 'aggregate talent' over individuals, says Hamel

HR as a function can pay too much attention to how individuals develop and should focus on "collective capability", according to London Business School visiting professor of strategy and...

HR vital for business creativity, says Hummel CEO

HR has a crucial role to play in driving an organisation's creativity, according to Hummel CEO Christian Stadil.

Employees value innovation opportunities, says L'Oréal HRD

Helping entrepreneurial employees improves engagement and retention of top staff, according to L'Oréal HR director Isabelle Minneci.

CMI accuses managers of thinking 'robotically'

Research published today suggests managers are too concerned with following processes and not are using their judgement to make moral decisions.

Manchester: A city of innovative ideas

In our fourth article exploring innovation, we return to Manchester and ask: is this the perfect home for organisations?

Manchester company UKFast takes HR innovation a step higher

In our third article exploring innovation, we visit Manchester-based web hosting provider UKFast, a company with an innovation that is just crazy enough to work: substituting HR for personal trainers...

How to build an innovative company

Today is the start of a week long series on innovation. The first issue we look at is: how to build an innovative company.

Build employee engagement through a culture of innovation

Building a culture of innovation is the hot topic at the moment and alongside how to drive growth is the stuff that’s keeping CEO’s up at night.

HR should take the lead in encouraging staff to be innovative

HR has a role to play in nurturing business innovation to survive and thrive in the downturn through leadership, according to experts at the University of Cambridge