The ability to execute on both the innovation agenda and the quarterly objectives of the operating business is a key skill that the organization needs to have.
In addition to productivity as it ties to time worked, there are also the productivity bonuses associated with the ability to safely use social networks like Facebook and Twitter to meet corporate business objectives in areas like marketing, customer service and sales.
Those objectives may only be possible if energy storage is eventually commercialized, or the ability to bottle and release the wind when it is not blowing.
They have the ability to drive the operational side of execution, so that the organization meets the quarterly objectives, while simultaneously giving ample time, attention and execution focus to innovations that are coming into the market.