The Innovation Zone: How Great Companies Re-Innovate for Amazing Success - Hardcover

Thomas Koulopoulos is founder and president of Boston-based Delphi Group, an Inc. 500 innovation management and advisory firm whose client list of twenty years reas like a "Who's Who" in business and government, including the Mayo Clinic, the FBI, Toyota, Pfizer, DuPont, Fidelity, IBM, Microsoft, HP, and Yahoo. Previously, he was executive director of the world-leading Center for Business Innovation at Babson College and managing director of the Perot Systems Innovation Lab. A frequent contributor to print and broadcast media such as Forbes, BusinessWeek, CIO, NPR, and CNN, he is the author of seven books on business and technology innovation, including Smartsourcing, The X-Economy, and Corporate Instinct.

"Innovation is a critical ingredient of any growth strategy, and it's implicit in the business model of all smart enterprises. Koulopoulos dissects what it takes to innovate, so that others can learn from the rich examples in this book." -- James Champy, chairman of consulting, Perot Systems; coauthor, Reengineering the Corporation

"Koulopoulos's distinctions between innovation and invention are fascinating. An important read for anyone looking to build and foster a culture of innovation within his or her comnpany." --Colin Angle, CEO and cofounder, iRobot

"Takes the mystery out of innovation. Moves innovation from something secret, behind the curtain, sequestered in the laboratory to a real-life, practical approach of freeing staff to generate ideas and work the ideas through a rigorous process that produces results." --Janice M. Abraham, president and CEO, United Educators