Leadership for Innovation

Höfundur: John Adair (Útgáfa: 1)
Leadership for Innovation

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New ideas and new ways of doing things are one of the main ingredients in sustained business success, but how do you create the right conditions for innovation? Leadership for Innovation will help you to create an innovative climate that encourages the development of new products and services. Drawing upon real-life examples including Google, Honda and 3M, John Adair sets out practical ways for bringing about change in organizations.

As well as identifying the characteristics of an innovative organization, he discusses key topics such as organizing for team creativity; motivating creative people, how to build on ideas and how to be a creative leader and team member. Leadership for Innovation will help you to inspire your team to go that one step further and generate the kind of ideas that are the foundations of future success.

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Útgefandi
Kogan Page
ISBN
9780749460112
Print ISBN
9780749454791
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
1
Höfundar
John Adair
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2009-02-03
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
10

Kaflar

  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • 1. What is Innovation?
  • Invention and innovation
  • Case study: Google – the world’s most powerful internet search engine
  • Innovation as incremental change
  • The management of change
  • Innovation is positive
  • All can participate
  • Key Points
  • 2. The Conditions for Successful Innovation
  • Management commitment
  • Positive strategic thinking
  • A long-term perspective
  • Responsiveness to change
  • Acceptance of risk
  • The right internal environment
  • Key Points
  • 3. Organizing for Team Creativity
  • Order and freedom
  • Integrating creativity into industry
  • Getting the balance right
  • Leadership for innovation
  • Key Points
  • 4. Case Study: The DNA Laboratory
  • No class or hierarchical differences
  • Leading by example
  • The optimum use of resources
  • The human resource
  • Creeping bureaucracy
  • Bureaucracy versus innovation
  • Key Points
  • 5. Case Study: Soichiro Honda – Leader for Innovation
  • The forge of a creative mind
  • A creative thinker in action
  • A partnership of complementary abilities
  • Not problems but opportunities
  • Passing on the torch
  • Key Points
  • 6. Real Commitment from the Top
  • The leader as teambuilder
  • Giving direction
  • Key Points
  • 7. How to Motivate the Creative Individual
  • Selecting creative people
  • Characteristics of innovators
  • Expectations of creative people
  • Creative leadership
  • Key Points
  • 8. Team Creativity
  • Building on ideas
  • Brainstorming
  • Team creativity in action
  • Team creativity and organization
  • How to criticize other people’s ideas
  • Key Points
  • 9. Harvesting Ideas
  • Suggestion Schemes
  • Quality Circles
  • Success factors for Quality Circles
  • Towards team creativity
  • The importance of training and education
  • Key Points
  • 10. Overcoming Resistance to Change
  • The human need for continuity and change
  • Understanding the forces of resistance
  • Principle one: plough up the ground
  • Principle two: market your ideas
  • Principle three: have a practice run
  • Principle four: make change incremental
  • Principle five: leadership is essential
  • Key Points
  • Conclusion: Leadership for Innovation
  • Key Points
  • Index