If I want to find out more, who do I contact?

Who	British Standards Institution
Where	www.bsi.org.uk
What	BS 7000-1:1999, Design management systems - Part 1: Guide to managing innovation. This British Standard provides guidance to those who seek to boost the innovative performance of their enterprises. It promotes the importance of driving innovation from the very top and introducing innovation in all aspects of operations (products, services, business processes and facilities), at all levels and in all departments. It also stresses the importance of longer planning horizons -- two to three generations forward from what is currently on the market. Owner-managers, executives and principals will find the common language and framework to adopt -- at organizational and project levels -- in order to specify the 'Innovation Highway' they need to traverse to create the future today. Guidance will also help to pool resources, skills and experience in innovative alliances and bring them on stream quickly. Two self-assessment questionnaires help readers to start applying the guidance provided.

Who	CBI Fit for the Future Campaign
Where	www.fitforthefuture.org.uk/
What	A CBI and government backed campaign which aims to achieve a substantial increase in the number of companies engaged in the transfer of 'innovative' best practice. Best practice examples are showcased through a programme of events, news updates and a campaign newsletter.

Who	The Centre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM), Faculty of Business, University of Brighton
Where	www.centrim.bus.brighton.ac.uk
What	An interdisciplinary research group with a strong focus on innovation management and internationally recognised as an important base for innovative research in the UK. The group conducts research, related consultancy, education and training. As a result of a pilot project funded by ESRC, it is involved in several projects to produce resources in the form of a 'toolbox', which will be used to support technology and innovation management education and training.

Who	Creativity Research Unit, Manchester Business School Professor Tudor Rickards
Where	www.mbs.ac.uk Tele +44 (0) 161 275 6468 Fax +44 (0) 161 275 6327 (secretary) t.rickards@fs2.mbs.ac.uk
What	The Unit runs the ESRC Innovation Management training programme, amajor initiative to develop material for the teaching of innovation on Master's degree courses and continuing education programmes in UK Business Schools. The Creativity and Innovation Management journal is edited by Professor Tudor Rickards, Head of the Organisational Behaviour group at Manchester Business School
And	Contact Mr Kevin Grimwood for a paper copy of the training material. ESRCPolaris House North Star Avenue Swindon. SN2 1ET Or telephone ERSC Postgraduate Division 01793 413041

Who	Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), UMIST and University of Manchester, Executive Director Professor Rod Coombs
Where	www.umist.ac.uk +44 (0) 161 275 7362 Rod.Coombs@umist.ac.uk
What	Created by the ESRC in 1997, this centre of excellence was set up to provide an interface between management and the social sciences. The centre, a joint initiative between UMIST and the University of Manchester aims to contribute to understanding of the complex issues surrounding innovation and competitiveness. CRIC works closely with UK government and major companies on research and training initiatives.

Who	Design and Innovation Research Group, University of Salford Professor Rachel Cooper, Dr Jo Heeley
Where	r.cooper@salford.ac.uk j.heeley@salford.ac.uk
What	The group is recognised as an important base for NPD and design management research. They conduct research, consultancy and training in the area of design management, creativity management, new product and process development, creative technology and heritage management.
And	Innovation Forum, part of the GEMISIS project, University of Salford www.gemisis.co.uk/projects Hugh Roberts (Project Manager), h.roberts@salford.ac.uk The Innovation Forum project aims to help SMEs region-wide to develop an innovative culture both within individual companies and across supply chains and sectoral groups. Action learning is used within the projects to facilitate collaboration between SMEs, larger companies and HE institutions. The groups work together to address common business problems and opportunities, to exploit the potential for new joint venture companies and to bring new products and services to market.

Who	Design Innovation Group, Open University, Milton Keynes
Where	www-tec.open.ac.uk Dr Robin Roy r.roy@open.ac.uk Dr Stephen Potter s.potter@open.ac.uk Dr Vivien Walsh Vivien.walsh@umist.ac.uk
What	Established in the Design Department at the Open University in1979, the DIG now operates as a two-centred research group with members based at the Open University and UMIST. DIG has conducted major international studies of the practice and management of product design and innovation in manufacturing firms across a range of industrial sectors. This material has also been incorporated into OU courses, articles, papers and other educational material.

Who	DTI Innovation Now and Partnerships with People
Where	www.innovation.gov.uk/
What	This website, managed by the DTI's Innovation Unit aims to help organisations to understand innovation, why it is important and how the best organisations manage it. Videos and reports can be ordered and downloaded free of charge. An Interactive Learning Exchange allows browsers to get personalised hints and tips and to give feedback on what has helped their companies. Partnerships with People is a detailed investigation of how highly innovative companies are managing to bring the best out of their people to improve significantly their business performance. Five main themes have been identified as producing a balanced environment in which employees thrive: Shared goals, shared culture, shared learning, shared effort and shared information. Reports can be downloaded.
And	Living Innovation has been developed by the Department of Trade & Industry and the Design Council to spread the message about what makes Millennium Product businesses so successful. Experienced business people from the DTI and the Design Council are carrying out in-depth interviews with the senior management of 50 Millennium Product companies and conducting focus groups with members of the successful project teams to learn how they have tackled innovation in practice. To explore the critical attributes that allow the companies to capture new markets and capitalise on significant business opportunities visit the website. www.livinginnovation.org/ani.html. To receive a copy of the Living Innovation investigation findings send an email to info@designcouncil.org.uk

Who	PricewaterhouseCoopers
Where	www.pwcglobal.com
What	"Innovation and Growth: A Global Perspective" is part of an ongoingresearch programme by PricewaterhouseCoopers. It was conducted among Board Directors at 800 organisation throughout the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Australia, Japan and the US. For a copy of the complete report priced at £340 telephone +44 (0) 207 463 8173. Special rates are available for academic and not-for-profit organisations. To read the overview click here.
And	Read the Executive Perspective produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers titled, "Innovation and Growth: Thriving Beyond 2000."

Who	Sharing Innovation
Where	www.designcouncil.org.uk/sharinginnovation/index.html
What	Building on the legacy of Millennium Products, a whole new campaign has been launched to explore, analyse and understand the drivers and pitfalls and the benefits of innovation success. This programme is called Sharing Innovation. This programme aims to help different organisations learn from one another. Innovation stories from Millennium Product companies reveal the thinking behind the products and the reasons for their success.
And	The Business Network allows Millennium Product companies to share their ideas and new approaches through a national forum of the UK's top innovators. www.designcouncil.org.uk/businessnetwork/index.html is the extranet developed for the companies, if you would like more information please contact ellier@designcouncil.org.uk.
And	Innovation Analysis The Design Council's joint venture with Consensus Research International analysed the innovation processes of hundreds of Millennium Product companies. The companies were asked a range of questions about how they created their innovative product, what sort of problems they encountered on the road from concept to market place via design and manufacture, and how they solved those problems. See the results and trends at a glance.

Who	Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), University of Sussex
Where	www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/about.html +44 (0) 1273 686 758
What	A team of 40 researchers from a variety of disciplines in thesocial and natural sciences and engineering. SPRU is one of the world leaders in policy research on science, technology and innovation (STI), working closely with government and major companies on research and training initiatives. The SPRU research library is a key international resource in the field of STI. A fee-based information service is available for external enquiries. SPRU publishes its own Working Paper and Report series, available from the SPRU publications office. Science Technology and Innovation CD Rom Turpin Distribution Services +44 (0) 1462 672555
And	Produced by the British Library, SPRU and the Royal Society (appears twice yearly). This CD Rom provides more than 7, 000 references with abstracts on a wide variety of issues in innovation and technology. Annual subscription £195 + VAT.