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Last year the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) published a book of readings in relation to vocational education and training’s (VET) role in supporting innovation in industry and business. This paper will summarise the outcomes of this body of work. The research found that work practices and workforce skills are critical to the innovation process. VET programs increasingly will need to develop an individual’s capacity to work creatively. VET providers have an important role to play in providing training for innovative enterprises, but this may require working more effectively across disciplines, in partnerships with other organisations and developing more personalised arrangements for delivery. This paper reproduces, slightly adapted, the overview chapter to an NCVER publication entitled ‘Vocational education and training and innovation: research readings’.