Ian McCaig, CEO of lastminute.com gave a talk titled Innovation in a Crisis at the SPA 2009 conference, with some very interesting thoughts. For example

Labs are a research division without permanent staff, where people volunteer to participate in labs projects and can take a break from their day-to-day routine by participating in something interesting. Staff in labs rotate so that different people get to play with innovative ideas. Hack-days are intensive coding competitions that are organised to give people a break from their daily duties but also promote innovation and allow new ideas to bubble up.

Read more at: Gojko Adzic » SPA 2009: How to foster innovation in a crisis.

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