Impact From

Investing In Innovation

Value From Innovation

R&D

86%

14%

Revenue

62%

38%

Margin

39%

61%

Incremental Innovations to existing offerings

Creating new offerings/markets/industries

Source: Harvard Business Review, October 2004

Innovation Impact

on Acquisition

57% of all M&A deals in

the last 36 months have

been focused on

acquiring innovation!

Innovation Impact

On GDP

Innovation is credited

with more than 50% of

GDP growth over the last

decade!

… and its accelerating!

So .. Are You Ready

To Win In

The Innovation Economy?

Are Organizations Ready?

CEO Survey on Innovation

Innovation has increased in

importance over the last 10 years

Innovation plays an important role

in assessment of company value

Confident in ability to manage and

measure innovation impact35%

73%

92%

Source: Arthur D. Little Research

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

.. and only 17% of CEO’s

consider themselves

“above average” when it

comes to innovation!

Is Your Team/Staff Ready?

In one Adobe survey --

only 25% of people

believe they are living up

to their creative

potential!

… which means 75% of the

population do not consider

themselves able to think creatively!

.. 17% of younger

generation professionals

are classified as problem

solvers as opposed to 57%

in the older generation.

So What Are We

To Do About It?