Hello fellow Emerging Leaders! There is an article in the June 19 volume of Business Week you might find interesting. The title is Champions of Innovation that discusses five archetypes achievers from the IN25, Business Week's list of forward-thinking leaders. The article includes reading material and blogs used by these leaders.

Some points from the article:

• 70% of the Innovation Champions are female.
• Creativity loves restraint: give people a vision, rules about how to get there, and deadlines.
• In merging "old " and "new" employees at Old Navy, Ivy Ross had workers create a CD about themselves so that people learned personal things about one another creating an atmosphere that was personal and created a closeness essential for innovation.
• Innovation works where employees can hang out and connect with one another.
• Build failure into your model.

You get the idea?

Becky Freer