"Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk." -- Michael Eisner

56 Reasons Why Most Corporate Innovation Initiatives Fail, Mitch Ditkoff
Mitch provides a realistic list of how a lot of corporate innovation initiatives are approached.  Great list ... I'm sure some of them sound familiar to you.  Here are a few I thought were interesting:

2.  Absence of a clear definition of what "innovation" really means
3.  Innovation not linked to company's existing vision or strategy
4.  No sense of urgency
8.  Senior Team not aligned
18.  Senior Team not walking the talk
24.  Funky channels of communication

10 innovation experts to whom you should be listening, Innovation Weblog
This is a listing of 10 innovation experts with some links to their site and only a little information as to why they made the list ... so its up to you to go to the links and see if they are really worth listening too:)  By the way, most have blogs.

Blue Ocean Strategy Path 1: Look Across Alternative Industries, Creating Blue Oceans
Another good short reminder post about Blue Ocean Strategy.  This one focuses one looking at the alternative/competing industries for your product.

Innovation - a driver for business, Richard Branson
Short entry (might actually be a quote from his book) about Innovation.  A good quote from the entry:

Making changes and improvements is a natural part of business, and for sole traders and very small companies, the distinction between innovation and day-to-day delivery is barely noticeable and unimportant. It’s all just business, and creative, responsive, flexible business comes easier to you the smaller your operation.

Interesting new blog on creative thinking and ideas, Innovation Weblog
This entry introduces Steve Swann's blog: thinkinghow.com and points at three recent thought provoking entries.