Infusing Innovation Into Organizations

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Systemic Approach to Enhancing Innovation for an R&D Organization

M. Ann Garrison Darrin and Jerry A. Krill

CONTENTS

Introduction

Controlling the Bureaucratic Beast

Privacy, Proximity, and Permission

Systems Engineering and Innovation

The Innovation Framework

References

Introduction

This book was inspired because the editors realized that little is available about how to infuse a more innovative culture into complex, maturing research and development (R&D) organizations. One is inundated with literature and studies of small start-ups and large technology firms and the term innovation. Our journey in our respective executive roles to enhance the level of innovation within our own R&D employer, the Johns Hopkins University Applied ...