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How innovative is your team?

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Strategy - Your Game PlanStrongly DisagreeSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
1. We’ve clearly identified our "innovation blockers" and outlined how we’ll overcome them.
2. Our vision for innovation is inspiring and acts as a rallying cry for all our employees.
3. Everyone within our organization is clear on who the "go-to" resource is for innovation assistance.
4. We rely on a consistent set of metrics to serve as an "innovation dashboard" and track our innovation activities.
5. There is a specific individual/group that has a central and unified picture of our innovation efforts.
Ideas - Your Molding ClayStrongly DisagreeSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
1. We have a pipeline of ideas that will keep our organization growing well into the future (time horizon greater than 5 years).
2. We are constantly looking for new ways to improve our offerings—even our most successful ones.
3. We have a deep, intimate relationship with our customers that helps us intuitively understand their needs—even when unspoken.
4. We are encouraged to generate ideas to shake the status quo in our industry.
5. We have successfully collaborated with other firms to generate and implement new ideas.
Process - Your RoadmapStrongly DisagreeSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
1. We have multiple idea submission channels (offline and online) to get ideas from diverse sources.
2. We do an excellent job stopping work on/killing unnecessary ideas.
3. We rely on set of evaluation criteria that helps us identify our best ideas.
4. We always launch our innovations in a timely manner.
5. We start with many ideas with minimal investment, and gradually increase our resources as we focus on the best ideas.
Climate - Your Office VibeStrongly DisagreeSomewhat AgreeStrongly Agree
1. Our senior management strongly believes that innovation is the lifeblood of the business.
2. Failure and risk-taking is celebrated within our organization.
3. There's an active culture of dialog between roles, departments, functions, and levels.
4. We have a rewards/recognition program that motivates people to participate in innovation.
5. Our senior managers are respected role models when it comes to innovative thinking.
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    Mehmoon Khan, Global Leader, Innovation Process Development, Unilever Unilever
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    Joan P. Lawrence-Ross, Chief Learning Officer, AXA
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    Michael Ripa, Manager, FRI Infomatics
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    Tony Tomazic, Director of Consumer Innovations, Humana Humana
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    Director of Learning & Development, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Sonovian Pharmaceuticals
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    Cindy Morgan, Innovation Manager, New England Federal Credit Union New England Federal Credit Union
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    Jeff Honious, Vice President of Innovation, Reed Elsevier Reed Elsevier
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    Jim Daly, Vice President of Human Resources, Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's
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    Sandy Stosz, Rear Admiral, United States Coast Guard United States Coast Guard
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    Mary Fennoglio, Managing Director, Citigroup Corporate Investment Bank Citigroup