Innovation is in these days. The word is on the lips of just about every CEO, CFO, CIO, and anyone else with a three-letter acronym after their name. As a result, many companies are launching all kinds of "innovation initiatives" -- hoping to stir the soup. This is understandable. But it is also, far too often, very disappointing...Innovation initiatives sound good, but usually don't live up to the expectations. The reasons are many.What follows are 56 of the most common ones -- organizational obstacles we've observed in the past 22 years that...