In fact, superior education and hard work are common barriers to successful innovation. Professor Ian Angel, of the London School of Economics, has reflected that most university educated entrepreneurs succeed in spite of their education. A university education, like the jobs it precedes, teaches you efficient and effective processes for achieving particular aims - and if you don't do it this way there's no degree and no career. One popular conception of the innovator holds true - that of the maverick risk taker. It's not that innovation fundamentally requires risk taking - but most organizations reward a steady pair of hands.
Organizational culture ensures that innovation is pushed to the fringes of the business.
It should be at the center. Communication provides you with an appreciation of the capabilities that existing in your organization - capabilities that deliver to the aforementioned markets. Collaboration helps you design novel ways of organizing your capabilities to deliver solutions to the market.