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To start a new business magazine can be a daunting experience. Against that backdrop, we have been quite overwhelmed by all the positive feedback we have received, both from readers and distributors. The comment above was one of many positive voices. Needless to say, this is very encouraging. Both the design and the content seem to be really appreciated.

This week IM caught up with Debra Amidon to ask her views on the evolution of innovation management as a profession. Debrah first wrote about intellectual capital in 1987 and became a practitioner as ‘global innovation strategist’ long before it was in vogue. As founder of ENTOVATION International Ltd, she has managed a global network of innovation experts across 67 countries for over 2 decades. She provides us with some perspective and counsel for the future.

Paul Williams, founder of Idea Sandbox, is a brainstormer and professional problem solver. Today he tells IM about the eight practical tasks of innovation he recommends to his clients and his new project of designing the world’s best brainstorming destination.

This week IM caught up with Ric Merrifield – consultant, author and business scientist at Microsoft, to get his views on the most important lessons for innovation management practitioners to learn and the direction of the profession as a whole. Ric had some valuable advice to share.

What does it take to be successful at managing innovation? Patricia Seybold, founder and CEO of the Patricia Seybold Group and a New York Times best-selling author on the subject of innovation has a few ideas to share.

Innovation Management now launches a new service for enterprises. After more than two years of talking with you and sharing your experiences from around the world we’ve devised an enterprise information and capability development platform that will help you deepen and accelerate your company’s innovation potential. We are calling it IM Inside – Innovation Management Inside the Enterprise.

Everyone can greatly benefit from improved lateral thinking skills, and no one more than entrepreneurs, managers and CEOs. This is exactly where motivational speaker and author, Paul Sloane focuses his energy. In this week’s Hello There Paul tells IM about his experience and asks for your input on his most recent project.

Richard Bendis, president and CEO of Innovation America tells IM about his personal approach to innovation management and how he is helping others to embrace innovation in the interest of encouraging our future leaders.

Saul Kaplan, founder and Chief Catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory tells IM about how he is teaming up with passionate innovators to make real and lasting change in education, health care, energy, and entrepreneurship. Read more to find out how.

Commonly the best way to initiate change is to enable leaders to pave the way forward. Mike Myatt is considered to be among the world’s top CEO coaches and today he tells IM more about his experiences working with real leaders who embrace change and innovation.

This week IM caught up with Klaus-Peter Speidel, who has embraced open innovation in the company he co-founded – hypios, a social marketplace for solutions. Klaus-Peter tells us more about the need-oriented approach to innovation and the importance of multiplicity and open-mindedness in the idea creation process.

As Vice Provost for Innovation at the University of Southern California and the Executive Director of the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, Krisztina Holly is dedicated to helping students, academics and entrepreneurs make maximum impact with their ideas. Krisztina tells IM a bit more about her experiences.

This week we connected with John Steen, senior lecturer in strategic management at the University of Queensland Business School. Find out more about his views on innovation from an academic’s perspective and how he is incorporating Henry Mintzberg’s ‘friendly consulting’ into his classroom.

The US market is increasingly important to Innovation Management and innovation practitioners as policy makers and business leaders prioritise innovation here as they have done elsewhere around the world. As of this month Melba Kurman joins IM to help us grow and respond to the needs of this remarkable innovation country.

This week InnovationManagement spoke with Kamal Hassan, President and CEO at Innovation 360 Institute. Kamal shares his perspective as an innovation and consulting expert in a developing innovation community – where there is a lack of breakthrough innovations and inspirational innovative companies. Learn more about how he overcomes these challenges by turning them into opportunities.