Developing Capacity for Innovation in Complex Systems

Preface

Introduction

Innovation is now a central theme in everything from governmental policies to company strategies and praxes, linked to themes such as competitiveness, wealth creation, and organisational vitality. However, innovation is an elusive phenomenon and a challenging concept for organisational success.

Today, as organisations, businesses, and countries are experiencing changes and challenges related to globalisation, migration, climate change, and technology – as well as customer and employee preferences and so forth – we more often than not turn to innovation for an answer. As such, becoming better at innovation is a key challenge for all organisations and looking at how we can develop the capacity for innovation can help us achieve ...