These stories and examples all stand to prove that innovation—the search for growth and competitive differentiation—is really a way of thinking through and approaching challenges. It is being developed all over the world by small to mid-sized companies with very limited resources who are stepping up to challenge status-quo thinking and industry rules. Most importantly, these stories bear the compelling message for small business owners that innovation mainly comes from internal resources that are in their possession: human ingenuity and creativity. Their continuing success and desire to grow more meaningfully are not dictated by the extent of their material resources and necessarily subject to external constraints. The Institute for Innovation Development will be working to bring you the resources and approaches that other successful, small to mid-size business owners across industry and across the world are using and the encouragement to apply these winning strategies to your business.
The Institute for Innovation Development is an educational and business development catalyst for growth-oriented financial services firms. We position our members with the necessary ongoing innovation resources and coaching to drive and facilitate their growth, differentiation and unique community engagement strategies. The Institute was launched with the support and foresight of our founding sponsors--Innovation Equity Partners, Pershing, Voya Financial, Ultimus Fund Solutions, Fidelity, MeridianIQ/AdviceIQ, and Charter Financial Publishing (publisher of Financial Advisor and Private Wealth magazines). For more information or to join click here.