Innovation Strategy for the Knowledge Economy, The Ken Awakening

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Summary: Great Merge betwen KM and Innovation
Review: An extraordinary book, with a comprehensive knowledge management review and fresh topics. Ideal for advanced readers in KM topics and the Innovation Process. Don't lose this reading.

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Summary: A must read for in today¿s global business environment
Review: Debra has devoted considerable time and energy to develop a practical but compelling approach to knowledge innovation. She provides a sound background on management theory but quickly extends her insights into useful strategies for assessing the current status of knowledge innovation within an organization. Senior managers can easily use Debra's work to improve the state of knowledge innovation within their enterprise and their industry.

Debra also provides valuable insights into the place of alliances and partnerships in today's global economy. Any company that wants to remain competitive can gain useful advise from reviewing the benefits of building a strong business alliance program that shares knowledge among its partner network.

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Summary: New view on Innovation - every manager should read it!
Review: We are used to considering innovation as R&D specialty. We are also used to consider each domain separately - management, economy, education, business, marketing, research, sales, engineering, etc.

"Innovation Strategy for The Knowledge Economy" teaches us to see the enterprise (or organization) in its multiple dimensions, and to practice global innovation, based on intellectual capital. It shows the way to organize the flow of knowledge building on humans and computers, including enterprise strategy and stakeholders knowledge for everybody's success. But, this way of thinking implies kaleidoscopic changes and a capability to catch, capitalize and share knowledge.

Debra M. Amidon gives a practical method to apply for analyzing « today and tomorrow » of enterprise (or organization). She defines a systematic way to organize an optimal flow of knowledge inside and integrate all strategic knowledge coming from outside in the form of an extended business network.