It's easy to get left behind if you don't strive to innovate. But what are the practical steps to achieve innovation? With the world in constant flux, innovative companies can appear out of nowhere to disrupt established players. For anyone in business, it's no longer acceptable to keep doing what you've always done. Change agent and innovation strategist Andrew Hutchinson, of Alchimie, has plenty of ideas to help us face the challenges of a changing marketplace. Step One, he says, is to create our own innovative mind-set.

Like maintaining mental and physical health, it takes real effort to keep a business going. And, in a world of disruption, it can be even harder to keep moving and staying ahead of the game. Adviser Alan Hargreaves latest book 'Management Reboot - 52 ideas to make things happen' helps unpack the good and bad ways to handle the disruption of new players in the market. Alan discusses what they are and he warns businesses not to be complacent in this fast-changing world.

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