I found an interesting talk about innovation by David Schwaderer:
Innovation Survival: Innovation in Science
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxc1s0vlghY
Pretty much the essence goes like this:
Innovation often:
– disrupts auto-pilots
– is an insult to the status quo
– without leadership: socializes gain, privates risk
… and some more. It’s quite worth watching.