43% of Danish companies are innovative 43% of Danish companies are innovative Last week I read in the Danish business newspaper ErhvervsBladet that 43% of all Danish companies were innovative in the years 2005 to 2007 – according to Statistics Denmark. Statistics Denmark considered a company to be innovative if it had introduced new or...

Can innovation be people-independent? For decades we have heard business consultants tell us that people are the most valuable resource in the company. Well, I would like to challenge that statement seen from an innovation perspective. Don’t get me wrong – I do recognize the importance of creative, hardworking people. But can a company...

Innovation: Internal & External Companies, products, services etc. does in my opinion not have to be rocket science, advanced technology or something like that to be innovative. Let’s look at my definition of innovation, which is the quote of Peter Drucker: “Change that creates a new dimension of performance”. If you agree with...

Innovation tools You probably know the situation. You get a great idea for a new product or you need to make a mock-up to illustrate the idea. You can du a lot with a PowerPoint but nothing beats a working mock-up. Over the years I have used a lot of different development kits from Microchip, National and other vendors....