Leaders innovate

This is the week I keep dwelling on innovation, so why not go one more day.
This is from Wikipedia, which itself is a great innovation:
The classic definitions of innovation include:
• The process of making improvements by introducing something new
• The successful exploitation of new ideas, Department of Trade and Industry, UK.
• Change that creates a new dimension of performance, Peter Drucker,
• The creative force of humankind that allows the progress of the world to advance, World Innovation Foundation.
Innovation doesn’t have to be the creation of something along the lines of the light bulb. It may be as simple as fixing a process that saves the company a few hundred dollars a week. Or an idea that someone else takes and brings to fruition. It may even be creating an atmosphere to allow others to think freely.
The point is, any kind of thought that helps advance a product, process or goal will help the company keep growing. And smart growth is where a company has to be these days. The concept of shrinking the company down and holding on to your turf are gone. This is a new era where new business models are taking off and old time thinkers who are fighting back the concept of innovation are fast becoming dinosaurs.
As inventor Dean Kamen said at NI Week, “The way to win is not keeping everybody down.”
Innovation comes from leaders.
How does your company promote innovation? Talk to me.