Most companies recognise the need for more innovation and actively encourage employees to suggest and develop new business ideas. Paul Sloane shares eight key ways to help make your idea happen.

We are all stuck into our habits. In our private lives we drive the same car brand -, read the same newspaper - and are insured at the same company for years in a row. Why shouldn't we?

What can executives do to lead their business units and the company as a whole to become more innovative? How can they innovate on how the company innovates? What can corporate innovation teams do to better educate their executives on innovation?

My question is this: Is your intellect an asset or liability? All one has to do is watch a very bright person defend their position to understand what I’m driving at with today’s post.