{"id":999881331,"date":"2012-07-17T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/?p=681019338"},"modified":"2012-07-17T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T20:34:00","slug":"should-you-hire-professional-innovators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/should-you-hire-professional-innovators","title":{"rendered":"Should You Be Hiring Professional Innovators?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"height:0; overflow:hidden; padding-bottom:56.25%; padding-top:30px; position:relative\"><iframe allow=\";\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cLAY9n0TMiQ\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Innovation&#8221; as a profession or a job responsibility is on the rise. Big companies are beginning to recognize there is a skill set and discipline to helping innovate their services, products and culture, says Julie Anixter (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/julieanixter\">@julieanixter<\/a>), Co-Founder and Executive Editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/innovationexcellence.com\/\">Innovation Excellence<\/a>, a global innovation community. Anixter, who also holds the title of Chief Innovation Officer for <a href=\"http:\/\/magadesign.com\/\">Maga Design<\/a>, says there is a true discipline to innovation. Think about agile development \u2013 it\u2019s repetitive and iterative. It\u2019s a lot of trial and error, and \u201cif you codify that into a skill set, you\u2019re really talking about innovation,\u201d she says.  A true innovator brings forth something new into the world that didn\u2019t exist before. People who innovate often have to fight uphill battles, because they&#8217;re constantly taking risks. Anixter says that fortunately, big companies are now trying to make risk-taking safer in order  to stimulate that part of their business. In order to find talent that\u2019s capable of innovation, Anixter recommends looking for people who are do-ers and try-ers. Seek  out those who aren&#8217;t afraid to take risks, and have a proven history of doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Innovation&#8221; as a profession or a job responsibility is on the rise. Big companies are beginning to recognize there is a skill set and discipline to helping innovate their services, products and culture, says Julie Anixter (@julieanixter), Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Innovation Excellence, a global innovation community. 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