Snell Innovation Quarterly - Spring 2004

In this issue

• About Us
• Are Companies really innovating?
• How the telecommunications industry can benefit from our research

Contact Us

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Breaking News at Snell Consultancy

I am delighted to let you know we have at last completed our research for the Snell UK Telco Innovation Report 2004. The results are in and the report is shaping up nicely. The findings are certainly going to make for interesting reading.

Writing, and ultimately publishing, the report is part of our vision to share with the industry an investigation in to whether UK Telcos are doing enough to make innovation a core competency. The report examines what they should be doing to improve their innovation performance to drive sustainable, profitable revenue growth.

You may be a little shocked at the results of the survey - we certainly were. Just to give you a bit of a sneak preview, while practically all of the telcos we interviewed proclaimed that innovation is a strategic priority, the gap we found between such rhetoric and the companies' actual organisational innovation capabilities is of serious concern.

To our knowledge this is the first ever report to investigate innovation management from a holistic persopective in the UK Telco sector. It is also the first report to have support/input from key industry players, and we are very grateful for the support we have received. Naturally we are excited that it is finally coming together and we look forward to sharing our findings with you when the report is published on 6 September 2004.

Until then, I hope you all make the most of the warmer weather and enjoy reading the Spring 2004 edition of the Snell Innovation Quarterly.

Ivan Snell
Managing Director
Snell Consultancy Services Ltd.