Making innovation possible
How can we encourage innovation within an organization?

An organic structure, sufficient resources, frequent communication between units, little time pressure and management support favor innovation.

These three groups of variables, which characterize a context conducive to innovation, have been developed in this fact sheet. Organizational variables favoring innovation (Tool 1 ) are recalled.

Innovation is closely linked to uncertainty. This is because, by definition, reliable and rational information is not available at the moment of decision. If it were...