Facts and Stats

Jan 17, 2013
The countries ranking highest in perceived innovation are the U.S. (35%); followed by Germany (15%); China (12%); Japan (11%); and South Korea (5%).
Global Innovation Barometer 2013 *

Jan 17, 2013
The three greatest elements of innovation include the ability to understand customers and anticipate market evolutions (60%), attract and retain innovative people (43%), and develop new technology (42%).
Global Innovation Barometer 2013 *

Jul 01, 2013
Despite the economic crisis, innovation is alive and well. Research and development spending levels are surpassing 2008 levels in most countries and successful local hubs are thriving. 
Global Innovation Index 2013 *

Jul 01, 2013
The United States rejoined the five most-innovative nations and the United Kingdom moved up to the third spot while Switzerland retained its place atop the rankings in the Global Innovation Index 2013
Global Innovation Index 2013 *

Oct 11, 2013
Companies that perform well in innovation initiatives grow significantly faster than lesser performing companies -- growing to a 3-fold difference in 5 years.
Bain *

Oct 11, 2013
  78% of millennials worldwide think that innovation is crucial to the success of companies. 
Deloitte *

Oct 11, 2013
A study of the top 50 game changing innovations over a 100 year period showed that nearly 80% of those innovations were sparked by someone whose primary expertise was outside the field in which the innovation breakthrough took place.
Dan Pink's Blog *

Oct 11, 2013
Over 40% of the companies that were at the top of the Fortune 500 in 2000 were no longer there in 2010.
Brian Solis' Future of Business *

Oct 11, 2013
  More than half (55%) of the business leaders surveyed by Accenture don’t seek innovation opportunities, while an even higher percentage (66%) doesn’t have well-defined innovation strategies in place. What’s stopping them, according to research from Forrester, are resource constraints, budget constraints and lack of structured innovative procedures. Unable to channel innovation into a meaningful reality, they remain stagnant.
Forrester *

Oct 28, 2013
When asked to rate their companies’ innovation performance relative to their peers in the marketplace, approximately one-fifth of respondents rated their own performance as strong, another fifth assessed their performance as weak, and about 60 percent said it was neutral or average.
Boston Consulting Group *