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Not only internal, but also external factors are strong drivers of innovation. Why have, for instance, some places emerged as “hot spots” for innovation? The impact of the location on innovation is the second in a series of five articles by Gunjan Bhardwaj, head of Ernst & Young´s Global Business Performance Think-tank. The topics of the other articles are: Disruptive Innovation; Innovation in Networks; Social Innovation; and Business Model Innovation.

The Top 11 Innovative Workplace Stories Of 2013 Do you like working from home? Do you like open offices? The debate raged this year about what makes workers happiest--and the best workers. Just be glad this scary rolling conference room isn't where you have your meetings.

After writing Health Orgs Dooming Their “Innovation” To Failure, I’m often asked how to foster innovation. While that article speaks to some of the core principles, a team’s workspace can be helpful or harmful to innovation. Naturally, the office is the main environment for work, however I’ll also touch on offsites where long-term strategy can be established and so it has an out-sized impact.

providing diverse work areas, electricity, and other needs in a communal setting, the hub environment is designed to foster unexpected conversations and connections: artists, entrepreneurs, businessmen, and other individuals from an endless range of backgrounds, careers, and interests sit together at open tables, prepare food in an in-house kitchen, or draw up ideas together over coffee and at whiteboards. these spaces give participants access to ambitious, change-driven conversations that are difficult to cultivate in spheres of everyday life. special events and regular programming create a community whose members learn from each other and expand the possibilities and impact of individual projects.