Over the past few months, there have been a few articles and studies published that examine the chief obstacles to enterprise innovation. One of the best articles was written by business strategy expert Gary Hamel for The Wall St. Journal. Although Hamel's article predominantly focused on which companies are particularly innovative and why, he did devote a section to what he cites as the top seven limits to organizational innovation, including:

-Few, if any, employees have been trained as business innovators