A recent research in early 2010 asking senior business executives to name their top-five priorities, here were their answer, shown in reverse order:
5. Reducing costs via better efficiency
4. Attracting and retaining skilled workers/talent
3. Attracting new customers
2. Maintaining competitive advantage
1. Retaining customers and enhancing existing relationships
What happened to innovation? Are innovation and creativity mere budget items to be cut at the first signs of trouble. Or when time get tough, is that precisely when tough companies get creative? In what ways have changing times changed creativity and innovation?