Supplement to Financial Mail   7 May 2004 CONTENTS

MAKERS & BREAKERS Michael Hunt - The confidence to be creative

COVER STORY No idea deserves to die

Comment: Building on knowledge

OUTFRONT Bank steps out of the comfort zone

Comment: A good foundation for innovation

What's in an idea?

Payment on the hoof

Comment: Focus on real needs leads to solutions

Inventors at work - Lessons from the patent road

SIDELINES

Saving young offenders

Early alarm for forest fires

BMW's collective brainpower

IN MY VIEW Yours, mine and probably someone else's soon

Copyright: Financial Mail 2004