Top 10 Sources of Innovation: Why Your Accelerator Barely Makes the List

$350 billion is invested in R&D each year by US companies, but it is their employees who are driving innovation. Three separate studies showed that employees are responsible for small but consistent innovation while upper management is responsible for radical changes. To encourage employee ideas, companies should make it okay to fail, create safe spaces for brainstorming and ideas, and offer training for innovation. By investing in employees, companies will see real change.