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"Innovation is like a coral reef. Marine biologists don’t fully understand what causes reefs to form ... but we do know that human actions can nurture or harm the process. The same is true for innovation—a natural, chaotic, unpredictable process that is hard, perhaps even impossible, for well-meaning outsiders to foster. If we try to control or micromanage innovation, we risk squeezing out the very life forces that give rise to successful new ideas. Instead, we must focus on finding ways to nurt… Continue

An Innovation Index from the National Association of Manufacturers in the U.S. released a couple of months ago.

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http://www.nam.org/~/media/AboutUs/ManufacturingInstitute/innovationreport.ashx