Microsoft Canada General Manager Eric Gales talks Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman Management, University of Toronto, the need for more and more companies are taking faith in relation to innovation. The two discuss why Canadian companies are lagging behind their peers in innovation; dangers of the status quo for companies in any industry, the role of IT in innovation, as the Canadian capital markets hinder innovation, as well as the importance of senior leaders who are willing to stick their necks out "for the sake of innovation . ends Martin, explaining why Prove that it is the most dangerous phrase in the English language when it comes to innovation. "Hide
by Roger L. Martin, Eric Gales Source: Rotman School of Management, 4 pages. Publication date: 01 May 2011. Prod. #: ROT141-PDF-ENG
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